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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. CH. 232. 1928. York canals, including all necessary expenses for preparing, cor- rect ing, e xtendi ng, pr inting , bind ing, an d issu ing ch arts a nd bul le- tins and of investigating 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 exam- ination, survey, project, or estimate 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, $55,886,310 . MUSCLE SHOALS For operating, maintaining, and keeping in repair the works at Dam Numbered 2, Tennessee River, including the hydroelectrical development, $275,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers . FLOOD RELIEF Flood r elief, Missi ssippi River : For the reimbursement of funds contributed by local interests to the Mississippi River Commission, and used for emerg ency leve e con struc tion and repai r wo rk on the lower Missi ssippi River on ac count of the flood of 192 7, $1, 500,00 0, to be immediately available and to be expended by the Mississippi River Commission : Provided, That the provisions of the Flood Control Act approved March 1, 1917, in so far as they forbid expenditures by the Mississippi River Commission for levee work unless local interests contribute one-third the cost thereof, shall not apply to emergency levee work done, or to be done, on account of the flood of 1927. FLOOD CONTR OL NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS Muscle Shoals . Operating, etc ., works at Dam No . 2, Tennes- see River . Flood relief . Mississippi River . Reimbursinglocal in- terests of funds used for emergency levee work on account of flood of 1927 . Flood control . Support . Dayton, Ohio . Current expenses . 359 Examinations sur- veys, etc . New York Har bor deposits . Proviso . Requirement for con- tribution by local inter- ests, waived . Vol. 39, p. 948. Flood control, Mississippi River : For prosecuting work of flood `Qil s 33ipp pi9 148 e` of control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Acts 42, p . 1505 . approved March 1, 1917, and March 4, 1923, $10,000,000 . Flood control, Sacramento River, Califor nia : F or p rose cuti ng work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood -Control Act approved March 1, 1917, $400,000 . Sacramento River, Calif. Vol. 39, p. 948. Nat ional Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers . For support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer ,Soldiers, as follows Central Branch, Dayton, Ohio : Current expenses : For pay of officers and noncommissioned officers of the home, with such exce ptions as ar e here inafte r note d, and their clerks , weig hmaste rs, and orderlies ; chaplains, religious instruction, and entertainment for the members of the home, printers, bookbinders, librarians, musicians, telegraph and telephone operators, guards, janitors, watchmen, fire company, and property and materials purchased for their use, including repairs ; articles of amusement, library books, magazines, papers, pictures, musical instruments, and repairs not done by the home ; stationery, advertising, legal advice, payments due heirs of deceased members : Provided, That all receipts on account of the Receipts from de . effects of deceased members during the fiscal year shall also be ceased members . available for such payments ; and for such other expenditures as can not properly be included under other heads of expenditure, $83,500 ;