February 26, 1927 [S.4411.] [Public, No. 654.] Vol. 44, p. 1247. Rivers, etc. CHAP. 216.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of South Dakota and Wyoming with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivers and other streams in which such States are jointly interested. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Belle Fourche That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States and Cheyenne of South Dakota and Wyoming to negotiate and enter Agreement of into compacts or agreements providing for an equitable division and apportionment between such States of the water supply of the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivers and of the streams tributary thereto and of other streams in which such States are jointly interested. South Dakota and Wyoming for division of waters of, consented to. Federal repre ticipate and re port. SEC. 2. Such consent is given upon condition that a sentative to par- representative of the United States from the Department of the Interior, to be appointed by the President, shall participate in the negotiations and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into: Provided, That there is hereby auPayment from thorized to be appropriated out of the Reclamation Fund $1,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the expenses of such federal participation. Proviso. reclamation fund. Legislature and proval required. SEC. 3. No such compact or agreement shall be bindCongress ap ing or obligatory upon either of such States unless and until it has been approved by the legislature of each of such States and by the Congress of the United States. SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herewith expressly reserved. Amendment. February 28, 1927. [H. R. 16462.] [Public, No. 660. Vol. 44, pp. 1250, 1254. Act, 1927. Approved, February 26, 1927. CHAP. 226.-An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and prior fiscal years, and to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, First Deficiency That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and prior fiscal years, and to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes, namely: War Depart ment. Inland Water ways Corporation. Purchase of re For the purchase of the remainder of the capital stock mainder of capital authorized by section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to create the Inland Waterways Corporation for the pur stock. Vol. 43, p. 360. pose of carrying out the mandate and purpose of Congress as expressed in sections 201 and 500 of the Transportation Act, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1924, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. * Vol. 41, pp. 458, 499. CHAP. 229.-An Act To amend paragraph (c) of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to create the Inland Waterways Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the mandate and purpose of Congress as expressed in sections 201 and 500 of the Transportation Act, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1924. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (c) of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to create the Inland Waterways Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the mandate and purpose of Congress as expressed in sections 201 and 500 of the Transportation Act, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1924, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Advisory Board. civilian, or detail of Army officer as Appointment of chairman. Army officer to major general. "(c) In addition to the six members, the Secretary of War shall appoint an individual from civil life, or (notwithstanding section 1222 of the Revised Statutes or any other provision of law, or any rules and regulations issued thereunder) detail an officer from the Military Establishment of the United States, as chairman of the board. Any officer so detailed at the date of the passage of this amendatory Act shall, during his term of office as chair- have rank, etc., of man, have the rank, pay, and allowances of a major general, United States Army, and shall be exempt from the operation of any provision of law or any rules or regulations issued thereunder which limits the length of such detail or compels him to perform duty with troops. Any individual appointed from civil life shall, during his term of office as chairman, receive a salary not to exceed $10,000 a year, to be fixed by the Secretary of War. The Secretary of War may delegate to the chairman any ferred. of the functions vested in the Secretary by this Act." Approved, February 28, 1927. CHAP. 271. An Act Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to defray the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, ary revenue (not including the proportionate share of the United States in any revenue arising as the result of the expenditure of appropriations made for the fiscal year 1924 and prior fiscal years) now required by law to be Pay for civilian. Functions con activities from all trict. Revenues from credited to the District of Columbia and the United sources to be cred States in the same proportion that each contributed to ited to the Dis- the activity or source from whence such revenue was derived shall be credited wholly to the District of Columbia, and, in addition, $9,000,000 is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be advanced July 1, 1927, and all the remainder out of the combined revenues of the District of Columbia and such advances from the Federal Treasury as are authorized in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1923, namely: Advances. Vol. 42, p. 668. Anacostia Park. Continuing development. land above Ben ANACOSTIA RIVER AND FLATS For continuing the reclamation and development of Anacostia Park, in accordance with the revised plan as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 37, Sixtyeighth Congress, first session, $217,500, of which amount Purchase of $125,000 shall be available for expenditure below Benning Bridge, and not more than $92,500 shall be available immediately for the purchase of necessary land above Purchase price Benning Bridge: Provided, That the purchase price of any site or sites acquired hereunder shall not exceed the full value assessment last made before purchase thereof plus 25 per centum of such assessed value. ning Bridge.] Proviso. restriction. March 3, 1927. [S. 2164.] [Public, No. 737.] Vol. 44, p. 1370. CHAP. 330.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permission to the Port of Portland Commission to close the east channel of Swan Island, Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to grant permission to the Port of Portland Commission to close the east channel of Swan Island, Oregon, upon condition that such commission shall open the west channel of Swan Island and that such operations shall be conducted under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers. Approved, March 3, 1927. CHAP. 334.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the city of Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, to construct, maintain, and operate a dam across the Poteau River. Poteau River, Whereas the city of Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ar Okla. Preamble. kansas, a duly organized and incorporated city in said county and State, is dependent for its water supply upon the Poteau River, a stream originating in the State of Oklahoma and emptying into the Arkansas River just east of the State line between the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma; and Whereas it is necessary for a dam to be constructed in order to preserve the purity of the water supply of the said city of Fort Smith: Therefore Fort Smith, Ark., may dam, west of State di Provisos. dam. Payment of damages. Approval of plans. lock, etc., may be required. Construction of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the viding line. city of Fort Smith, a duly incorporated city, of Sebastian County, Arkansas, to construct, maintain, and operate a dam across the Poteau River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near a point just west of the State line dividing the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma, and near or just above the mouth of Mill Creek: Provided, That the crest of such dam shall not exceed an elevation of six feet above the low-water stage of the Poteau River and that the city of Fort Smith shall be responsible and pay for all damage which may accrue to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians as a result of the construction of the dam or the use by the city of Fort Smith of the Poteau River for water-supply purposes: Provided further, That the work shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That in approving the plans for said dam such conditions and stipulations may be imposed as the Chief of Engineers. and the Secretary of War may deem necessary to protect the present and future interests of the United States, which may include the condition that the said city shall construct, maintain, and operate, without expense to the United States in connection with said dam, a lock, boom, sluice, or any other structure or structures which the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers or Congress at any time may deem necessary in the interests of navigation, in accordance with such plans as they may approve: And provided further, That this Act shall not authorized. be construed to authorize the use of such dam to develop water power or generate hydroelectric energy. SEC. 2. That the authority granted by this Act shall struction. cease and be null and void unless the actual construction of the dam hereby authorized is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval of this Act: Provided, That from and after thirty days' notice from the Federal Power Commission, or other authorized agency of the United States, to said city or their successors, that desirable water-power development will be interfered with by the existence of said dam, the authority hereby granted to construct, maintain, and operate said dam shall terminate and be at an end; and any grantee or licensee of the United States proposing to develop a power project at or near said dam move, etc., dam. shall have authority to remove, submerge, or utilize said dam under such conditions as said commission or other agency may determine, but such conditions shall not Power use not Time of con Proviso. terminate on no- tice from Federal sion of interfering Grantee of pow er project may re Amendment. March 3, 1927. include compensation for the removal, submergence, or utilization of said dam. SEC. 3. That the right is hereby reserved to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, March 3, 1927. CHAP. 381.-Joint Resolution Amending the Act of May 13, [H. J. Res. 345.] 1924, entitled "An Act providing a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande," and so forth. [Pub. Res., No. 62.] Vol. 44, p. 1403. Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers. lower. Vol. 43, p. 115. Commission authorized to coop can representa Vol. 43, p. 118, amended. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of May 13, 1924, entitled "An Act providing for a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, in cooperation with the United States of Mexico," is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the President is hereby authorized to designate erate with Mexi- three special commissioners to cooperate with representtives in equitable atives of the Government of Mexico in a study regarding use of the waters. the equitable use of the waters of the lower Rio Grande and of the lower Colorado Rivers, for the purpose of securing information on which to base a treaty with the Government of Mexico relative to the use of the waters of these rivers. One of the commissioners so appointed shall be an engineer experienced in such work. Upon completion of such study the results shall be reported to Congress. The commission may also, with the concurrence of Mexico, make a study of the Tia Juana River, with the view of having a treaty governing the use of its water. Tia River. Expenses thorized. Juan March 3, 1927. au [S. J. Res. 154.) [Pub. Res., No. 63.) Vol. 44, p. 1403. Columbia Riv er compact. pletion of, by par "SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such amounts not to exceed $50,000 as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions hereof." Approved, March 3, 1927. CHAP. 382.-Joint Resolution Extending the provisions of the Acts of March 4, 1925, and April 13, 1926, relating to a compact between the States of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana for allocating the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Time further the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1925, entitled "An extended for com- Act to permit a compact or agreement between the ticipating States, States of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana respecting the disposition and apportionment of the Vol. 43, p. 1268. waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes," and the Act of April 13, 1926, entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the States of Idaho, Montana, to December 31, 1930. Public Laws, 1st sess., p. 247. |