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SIX.{I`YeNINTH_-CONGRESS. Sass; It Cns.157, 158; 1%6i 301 flood waters of the·Mi¤3$•zeip i River between Point Breeze and Fort Jackson in Louisiana, in order to revent the waters. of said river exceeding stages of approximately sixteen, seventeen; eighteen, nineteen, and twenty ¤feet on the-Carrolltongauge at New Orleans, and of approximately forty-six,=»forty-seven, randforty-eight feet onithe gauge at on the Atchafalaya Out et and the Secretary of War is hereby. authorized to cause the hllississippi {’,§,,,$§',§, River (Gommission to transmit to him all engineering records, data, ¤·¢•··*¤··¤·*•¤¤¢¢¤·. Held n(;>tes,·s§1;i suézh otflileir infomation in ilts possession gauge; may deem esira an use incar ingoutte urposeso ' ct. S¤c..2. The .see»emy or will is surimgsa to use $50,000, ’“**¤<*·*°*·°°··"· or so much thereof as may be necesary, from funds heretofore gppropriated for flood control, Missidp 1 River, to carry out the mm jects and purposes of this Act: That no spillway shall nmmiif waters w be constructed as a result of the survey authorized by this Act {,'fd"§}p" B°‘“‘° '°" whereby the waters of the Mimissippi River would be diverted into Mississippi Sound. · Ra to C Sno. 3. The %ecretary of War is hereby authorized and directed pm °°°”°°' to report to th Congress as soon as practicable the results of the survey authorized by this Act. Approved, April 17, 1926. CHAP. 168.-—An Act Toiiromote the production of sulphur upon the pub- Mil? lic domain within the State ‘ ,_ · Be it enacted by the Senate and Home 0f`Re enldtioe 0 the new sam of America in awww; wmkdgrrisr me sgcrgmy %J‘“¤‘?‘w»·e of the Interior ivhereby authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe to grant to any ualificd a pli- cant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive riglilt to prospect for sulp-lgur in lands belongigf to the United States located ·• in the‘State of nisiana for a peri ofnot exceeding two rs: mm Provided, That the area to be inc uded in such a` permit shall gdanot mmm. exceeding six hundred and forty acres of land in reasonably compact fom- · ·~ 0 L.... e mm. Sno. 2. Upon showing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the waewvuy. Interior that valuable eposits of sul hur have been discovered by the rmittee within the area covered) by his permit, and that the lancfis chiefly valuable therefor, the permittee be eeutitled to a lease for any or all of the land embraced in the prospecting permit, mm,,y_ at a royalty of 5 per centumof the quantity orgrom value of the output of sulphurat thepoint of shijgxpnt to market,_such lease to be taken in compact form by legal su 'visions of the public-land surveys; or if the land be not surveyed by survey executed, at the cost of the permittee in accordance with rggplations prescribed by P,,,,,,_ .4 the Secretarygof the Interior:. Provided, at where sanyperson Pgv¤¤s¤ having been games an our and gas permit makes e discovery of?.‘;.’a..m‘a’.. a f' sulphur in lands covered by said permit,..he shall have the same »— privilege ofleasing not to exceed six hundred- and forty acres of saidland underthe terms and conditions as are g1ven°asulpliu.r permittee underthe provisions of this l · , _ _ Lam 0, ,,,,,1, WN, Snc.43. Lands. known to contain yvaluable, deposits ,of sulphur and my ¤¤1v¤¤r ¤•- not covered permits or leasesvshall be held subject to lease by the ' Secretary ` o the. Interior through advertisement, competitive bidding, or such other methods as e may by geneigal reglulations adopt and in such areas as he shall fix, not exceeding six hun red and 1;,,,,,.,],,,,,, M forty acres; all leases to be conditioned upon the palyment by the lessee of such royalty as may be fixed in the lease an the payment in advance of a rental of 50 cents per acre per annum, the rental