Proviso. Columbia River the Columbia River: Provided, That a strip forty feet Strip reserved wide be reserved from such transfer for a roadway con- for roadway to nection between the lock keeper's grounds at Celilo and Highway. the Columbia River Highway. Approved, February 9, 1929. CHAP. 179.-An Act Authorizing preliminary examinations of sundry streams with a view to the control of their floods, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations to be made of the following streams with a view to the control of their floods in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes, approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for such purposes: Rivers indi West branch of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania; Auglaize, Blanchard, and Ottawa Rivers, Ohio, and their cated. tributaries; Saint Marys River, Ohio; Kootenai River, Idaho; Mouse River, North Dakota; Black River, Arkansas; Mud River, Kentucky; Lumber and Little Pee Dee Rivers, South Carolina; Lynchs River, South Carolina; Mayfield Creek, Kentucky; Missouri River, near Elk Point, South Dakota; Salmon River, Alaska; Choctawhatchee River and its tributaries, Florida and Alabama; Brazos and Colorado Rivers, Texas, and their tributaries; Canadian River and its tributaries, New Mexico; Staunton, Roanoke, Dan, and James Rivers, Virginia; Yellowstone River, Montana; and Rough River, Kentucky. Removal of pol SEC. 2. The reports of the preliminary examinations of the west branch of the Susquehanna River, Pennsyl- lution. vania, and the Auglaize, Blanchard, and Ottawa Rivers, Ohio, shall also contain data relative to devising methods whereby the sources of pollution of said streams may be removed. Approved, February 12, 1929. CHAP. 265.-An Act To authorize a preliminary survey of Mud Creek in Kentucky with a view to the control of its floods. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a preliminary survey to be made of Mud Creek in Kentucky from Mining City, at which point said creek empties into Green River, up to Report to Congress. a point twenty-five or thirty miles in distance where a drainage project has been started by owners of the land on and near said creek, with a view to the control of its floods. Also to submit a report to Congress as to the feasibility of controlling the said flood waters by a drainage project, together with an estimate of the cost of said improvement. Approved, February 19, 1929. February 28, 1929. [H. R. 13831.] [Public, No. 839.] Vol. 45, p. 1345. Kankakee River. Momence con may dam, at Momence, Ill. Provisos. Approval of plans required. posed. CHAP. 362.--An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Momence conservancy district, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, repair, and improve a dam across the Kankakee River at Momence, in Kankakee County, Illinois. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, servancy district That the consent of Congress be, and is hereby, granted to the Momence conservancy district, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, repair, and improve a dam across the Kankakee River at Momence, in Kankakee County, Illinois: Provided, That work shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers, United Conditions im 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: And provided further, That this Act shall Power use not not be construed to authorize the use of such dam to authorized. develop water power or generate hydroelectric energy. SEC. 2. The authority granted by this Act shall cease Time of con- 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 Provisio. to approval of this Act: Provided, That from and after thirty days' notice from the Federal Power Commission, Commission of in- or other authorized agency of the United States, to said terfering with Momence conservancy district, or its successors and assigns, that desirable water-power development will be interfered with by the existence of said dam, the authority hereby granted to construct, maintain, repair, and improve 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 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 include compensation for the removal, submergence, or utilization. of said dam. struction. Authority terminate on notice from Power water-power development. Grantee of power project dam. may remove, etc., Amendment. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 28, 1929. CHAP. 366.-An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes. February 28, 1929. War Depart 1930. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ment appropriaThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any tions, fiscal year money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I-MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND OTHER Military activi ties. Chief of Engi neers. Provisos. Draftsmen, etc., payable from tions. Office of Chief of Engineers, $121,858: Provided, That the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office of the Chief of other appropriaEngineers, to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, surveys, and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations: Provided further, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1930 shall not exceed $191,620; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. * TITLE II.-NONMILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE * CORPS OF ENGINEERS * BIRTHPLACE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, WAKEFIELD, VIRGINIA For maintenance, care, and improvement of reservation and monument, $2,500. CALIFORNIA DÉBRIS COMMISSION For defraying the expenses of the commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act approved March 1, 1893 (U. S. C., p. 1086, sec. 661), $15,340. Alaska. trails, etc., in. under road com- CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, BRIDGES, Roads, bridges, For the construction, repair, and maintenance of roads, Construction tramways, ferries, bridges, and trails, Territory of Alaska, expenses, etc., to be expended under the direction of the Board of Road Commissioners described in section 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes," approved January 27, 1905, as amended (U. S. C., p. 1584, secs. 321-337), and to be expended conformably to the provisions of said Act as amended, $800,000, to be available immediately, and to include $1,000 compensation to the president of board of road com- the Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska, in addition to his regular pay and allowances. U. S. Code, p. 1581. President of missioners. Rivers and har bors. Immediately available. Preserving, conauthorized projects. RIVERS AND HARBORS To be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision. of the Chief of Engineers: For the preservation and maintenance of existing river structing, etc., and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation; for survey of northern and northwestern lakes, Lake of the Woods, waters, etc., sur and other boundary and connecting waters between the Boundary veys. surveys, etc. bor deposits. said lake and Lake Superior, Lake Champlain, and the natural navigable waters embraced in the navigation system of the New York canals, including all necessary expenses for preparing, correcting, extending, printing, binding, and issuing charts and bulletins and of investiExaminations, gating lake levels with a view to their regulation; for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors, provided that no funds shall be expended for any preliminary examination, survey, project, or estiNew York Har- mate not authorized by law; and for the prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, for pay of inspectors, deputy inspectors, crews, and office force, and for maintenance of patrol fleet and expenses of office, $50,000,000. For bank protection for the control of floods and the Bank protec prevention of erosion of the Missouri River at and near the town of Niobrara in the State of Nebraska, $85,000, said work to be carried on under the control and supervision of the Chief of Engineers of the War Department: Local interests Provided, That the local interests shall contribute twothirds of the cost of said work. Missouri River. tion, etc., at Niobrara, Nebr. Proviso. to contribute. Bank protec Yankton, S. Dak. For bank protection for the control of floods and the ankton. Dat prevention of erosion of the Missouri River at and near the town of Yankton in the State of South Dakota, $85,000, said work to be carried on under the control and supervision of the Chief of Engineers of the War Department: Provided, That the local interests shall contribute two-thirds of the cost of said work. Proviso. Local interests to contribute. Arkansas River. Conway County. Public Laws, 1st sess., p. 537. That as a contribution in aid from the United States, in view of the unprecedented conditions obtaining in levee on bank of, in Conway levee district numbered 1, Conway County, Arkansas, in the reconstruction of the levee along the left bank of the Arkansas River in the said Conway levee district numbered 1, as provided under the terms of section 7 of the Flood Control Act, approved May 15, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 537), authority is hereby granted to the Secretary of War, upon the recommendation and approval of the Chief of Engineers, to relocate all or any part of said levee when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such relocation shall be deemed practical and feasible: Provided, That the total expense occasioned to the United States by reason of the provisions of this paragraph shall not exceed $20,000. INLAND WATERWAYS CORPORATION Proviso. Expense lim ited. Water Inland ways Corporation. Purchase of capital stock. Public Laws, Vol. 43, p. 360. U. S. Code, p. 1685. For the purchase of the capital stock of the Inland Waterways Corporation, authorized by section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act 1st ses.. p. 978. 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 May 29, 1928, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount herein appropriated $2,500,000 shall be available immediately, and of the balance not more than $1,500,000 shall be withdrawn from the Treasury during the fiscal year 1930, not more than $3,000,000 during the fiscal year 1931, and not more than $3,000,000 during the fiscal year 1932. Proviso. Use of amounts. Conduit Road, Great Falls, Md., for widening That the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, under the direction of the Secretary of War, is authorized and directed to make an examination and survey of the Conduit Road from the District of Columbia line to Great Falls, Maryland, of Cabin John Bridge, and of land contiguous to that part of such road and to such bridge, for the purpose of making recommendations for improving and widening that part of such road and such bridge, and, upon the completion of such examination and survey, to report to Congress the results thereof, together recommendation. with estimates of the probable cost of carrying out such recommendations, and together also with recommendations as to the amount, if any, which justly should be advanced therefor by the Government of the United States. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $3,000 to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. Report with |