876 Mo ney in lieu of accrued taxes . 44 Stat. 915. Amou nt to sati sfy reimbursable charges against fund . Proviso . Paying deficiencies in county payments . 44 6tat. 915. Payments to coun- ties after charges re- imbursed . Amount for admin- istrative purposes ; e x - cess covered in . Prov iso, Use of moneys cov- ered in. Conflicting laws re- pealed . Flood Co ntrol Act of 1936, amendments . 40 eat. 1586. Ohio River Basin. Levees, fioodwalls, and drain age s truc- tures . 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS . 876, 877-AUGUST 28, 1937 (b) Twenty-five per centum to said counties as money in lieu of taxes accrued or which shall accrue to them prior to March 1, 1938, under the provisions of the Act of July 13, 1926 (44 Stat . 915), and which taxes are unpaid on said date, such moneys to be paid to said counties severally by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior, until such ta x indeb tedness as sha ll have accru ed prio r to Ma rch 1, 1938, is extinguished . From and after payment of the above accrued taxes said 25 per centum shall be accredited annually to the general fund in the Treas- ury of the United States until all reimbursable charges against the Oregon and California land-grant fund owing to the general fund in the Treasury have been paid : Provided, That if for any year after the extinguishment of the tax indebtedness accruing to the counties prior to March 1, 1938, under the provisions of Forty-fourth Statutes, page 915, the total amount payable under subsection (a) of this title is less t han 78 per cen tum of the ag gregate amount of tax claims which accrued to said counties under said Act for the year 1934, there shall be additionally payable for such year such portion of said 25 per centum (but not in excess of three-fifths of said 25 per centum), as may be necessary to make up the deficiency . When the general fund in the Treasury has been fully reimbursed for the expenditures which were made charges against the Oregon and California land- grant fund said 25 per centum shall be paid annually, on or after June 30, to the several counties in the manner provided in subsection (a) hereof . (c) Twenty-five per centum to be available for the administration of this Act, in such annual amounts as the Congress shall from time to time determine . Any part of such per centum not used for admin- istrative purposes shall be covered into the general fund of the Treas- ury of the United States : Provided, That moneys covered into the Treasury in such manner shall be used to satisfy the reimbursable charges against the Oregon and California land-grant fund men- tioned in subsection (b) so long as any such charges shall exist . All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed to the extent necessary to give full force and effect to this Act. Approved, August 28, 1937 . [CHA PTER 8 77] Au gust 28
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To amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public [Public, No . 4061
works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved June 22, 1936 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled . That the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other pur- poses", approved June 22, 1936, is hereby amended by adding a third paragraph reading as follows under the heading "Ohio River Basin" in section 5 : "Levees, floodwalls, and drainage structures : Construction of levees, floodwalls, and drainage structures for the protection of cities and towns in the Ohio River Basin, the projects to be selected by the Chi ef of E ngineer s with the ap proval of the Secreta ry of W ar, in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers in House Com- mittee on Flood Control Document Numbered 1, Seventy-fifth Con-
