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Show 102 harbors and navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advis- able in the interests of navigation or flood control."155 Continuing Authorizations-Drift Removal.-Another in- stance is the authorization for the Secretary of the Army to make direct allotments from appropriations for maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works or other available appropriations, "for the collection and removal of drift" in New York Harbor and its tributaries; "6 Baltimore Harbor and tributaries;157 and Hampton Roads and harbors of Norfolk and Newport News, and their tributaries.168 Continuing Authorizations-Highway, Railway, and Utility Repair.--Still another example is the 1946 authorization for 1M Act of March 2, 1945, § 3, 59 Stat. 10, 23, 33 U. S. 0. 603a. This statute repealed a 1912 authorization giving the Chief of Engineers discretionary authority, after approval by the Secretary of the Army, to "make prelimi- nary examinations and minor surveys and to remove snags and other temporary or readily removable obstructions from tributaries of waterways already under Federal improvement or in general use by navigation, to be paid from the appropriations for the adjoining waterways," the cost in a single year not to exceed $500 per tributary. Act of July 25, 1912, § 1, 37 Stat. 201, 222. The limit per tributary was increased in 1930 to $1,000. Act of July 3, 1930, § 3, 46 Stat. 918, 946. In 1940, the limit was raised to $3,000. Act of October 17,1940, § 3, 54, Stat. 1198,1200. Other general authorizations for specified work in connection with removal of snags and other obstructions, providing some discretion in the use of funds, include: Act of August 11, 1888, §§ 1, 7, 25 Stat. 400, 421, 424, as amended by Act of March 3, 1909, § 3, 35 Stat. 815, 817, 33 U. S. O. 604 (Mississippi and other named Rivers) ; Act of August 11, 1888, §§ 1, 7, 25 Stat. 400, 420, 421, 424, as amended by Act of March 2, 1907, § 1, 34 Stat. 1073, 1102, and Act of March 3, 1909, § 3, 35 Stat. 815, 816, 33 U. S. C. 605 (Upper Mississippi and other named Rivers); Act of September 19, 1890, § 13, 26 Stat. 426, 455, as amended by Act of June 3, 1896, § 3, 29 Stat. 202, 234, 33 U. S. C. 606 (Ohio River). Cf. Act of August 11, 1888, § 1, 25 Stat. 400, 420, 33 U. S. O. 601 (authorizing making gaugings, Mississippi River) ; and Act of August 11, 1888, § 1, 25 Stat. 400, 422, as amended by Act of June 6, 1900, § 3, 31 Stat. 578, 584, and Act of June 13, 1902, § 1, 32 Stat. 331, 340, 33 U. S. C. 602 (authorizing maintenance of South Pass of Missis- sippi River and examinations and surveys thereof). 1MAct of July 3, 1930, § 6, 46 Stat. 918, 947, 33 U. S. C. 607a. Cf. Act of August 8,1917, § 1, 40 Stat. 250, 252, 33 U. S. C. 607. 15TAct of June 30, 1948, § 102, 62 Stat. 1171, 1173, 33 U. S. C 572 (Supp. III). 188 Act of May 17,1950, 64 Stat. 163, -. |