948 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crrs. 141, 144. 1917. February 27, 1917- CHAP. 141.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the County of Pearl [H- R· ]m°·] River, pi, and the fourth ward of the Parish of Washington,_Louisiana, to [1>ubuc,No.3ee.] $ns£ri1ct a Pearl River, between Pearl River County, Mississippi, and as mgton , ursrana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House %;1R'ei€lresentatives of the ggliiiilftl Cougngoy, gnited States of bAmenZca Oozgress a.ssen¥bP , 1 lpt the Lrizonsent of
md W"·""“. " ongress is here y ante to the county 0 ear iver ississippi,
P°mE’L°"mybImg°` and the fourth war? of the parish of Washington, State df Louisiana, and their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridige and approaches thereto across the Pearl River at a point suitab e to the interests of navigation, at or near the fourth ward of the parish of Washington, State of Louisiana, in accordance with ‘,i<;*$*3;¤*;°*g- the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construc- `’`` tiond of bridgeshovgpcnavigable waters," approved March twenty- thir nineteen un d an six. ·*m°“‘”““°· Sec. 2. That the t to alter, amend, or re eal this Act is hereb l ed P y express y reserv . Approved, February 27, 1917. ll?1aic1§·1{·1i%iIl CHAP. 144.-~An Act To Iplrovide for the control of the Hoods of the Mississippi
River and of the Sacramento `ver, California, and for other purposes.
. . . . Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Representatives of the United “"`“°“""”mv°”' States of America in Oongresa assembled, 'Shat for controlling the Hoods ,,0*&“*¤0mgg,9P*f,*},_ Q; of the Mississippi River and continuing its improvement from the mum ¤re»¤bm¤.' Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River the Secretary of Zyar i:Slherr§>ylpj11n6p1o§v¢;)md, authhorrzed, diriected £;c;hcar%Son conimuo y_ _ a or or o erwrse, e p ans o e SISSIPPI River (igmmrssnon heretofore or hereafter ado ted, to be paid for Limit erm. as approrilriations may from time to time be mad)e by law, not to ex- ,{’f,°§u”§; expend,. ceed in the ¥1%lre)gate $4g&)0i000; Promkied, That not more than
- “£°S- . $10 000,000 s e expen there or during an one fiscal year.
mZ`ii~ii° °f mpmw (si) All money appropriated under authority ofythis section shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War in accordance véith th; plans, specifications, ;5l¢%)fGi(1l1II1%§?(§8tg0I:;gS of the Miisissippi rver ommissron as approv y e e 0 n eers, or c0n— trolling the Hoods and for the general im rovement oiiuthe i . . . P PP ,,,;'¥"""“ °° l‘°°dw°` R1V8I',8l1d forsurveys, mcluding the sruweyfrom theHead of the Passes iansanya Outlet to the headwaters of the river, and a survey of the Atchaafalaya Outlet so far as may be necessary to determine the cost of rotecting its basin from the ood waters of the Mississippi River either b its drvorcement from the Mrssrssrppi River or by other means, and, for S°*°’*°°· isilgries, clelrécal, cgiice, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the i sissr pr iver omrmssron. rigxt Mmmm I (b) Tihat no money] appropriated under authority of this section 0,, ,,,,3,, M, ,_.,,,,,§§_ shall be expended in the construction or repair of any levee unless and susan until assurances have been given satisfactory to the commission that local interests protected thereby contribute for such construction andrepair a sum which the commission shaH determine to be just and P _ equrta le but which shall not be less than one-half of such sum as may A@,,,(,,,,,,,,,,d,_ have been allotted by the commission for such work: Provided, That mg- { UH) { suchnontrrbutroni shall be expended under the direction of the com-
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tributioir made by any State or levee district shisili bweeexgerildbiioiln any other State or levee district except with the approval of the authorities of the State or district so contributing. Qggding mix; _ (c) Any funds which may hereafterbe appéoprrated under authornam, nr rgy of this Act for unproving the Mississippi rver between the Head o the Passes and the mouth of the Ohio River, and which may be
