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SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS . SESS. III. C H . 279 . 1931 . Control Act, approved May 15, 1928 (U . S . C ., Supp . III, title 33, sec . 7 02a), $35,000,000 . Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River : For rescue work and for repair or maintenance of any flood- control work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood, in accordance with section 7 of Flood Control Act, approved May 15, 1928 (U . S . C ., Supp . III, title 33, sec . 702g), $400,000 . Fl ood co ntrol, Sacra mento River , California : For prosecuting work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act approved March 1, 1917 (U . S . C ., title 33, sec . 703), as modified by the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928 (U . S . C., Supp . III, title 33, sec . 704), $1,000,000 . THE PANAMA CANAL 1307 Vol.45,p.534. U.S. C., Supp.IV, p. 475. Emergency funds for tributaries . Vol.45,p.537. U.S. C., Supp.IV, p. 477. Sacramento River . Vol. 39, p. 948; Vol. 45, p. 539. U.S. C., Supp.IV, p. 478 . Panama Canal . Th e li mita tion s on the exp endi ture of appr opri atio ns h erei nbef ore pli ita to ns not ap made in this Act shall not apply to the appropriations for the tions for . Panama Canal . For e very expendit ure requisite for and incid ent to the ma inte- nance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, including the following : Compensation of all officials and employees ; foreign and domestic newspapers and period- icals ; law books not exceeding $1,000 ; textbooks and books of ref- erence ; printing and binding, including printing of annual report

rent and personal services in the District of Columbia ; purchase or exchange of typewriting, adding, and other machines ; purchase or exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles ; claims for damages to ves- sels passing through the locks of the Panama Canal, as authorized by the Panama Canal Act ; claims for losses of or damages to prop- erty arising from the conduct of authorized business operations ; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal ; acquisition of land and land under water, as authorized in the Pan- ama Canal Act ; expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, storing, repairing, and selling material, machinery, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sales ; expenses incident to con- ducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus ; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise provided for herein ; traveling expenses, when prescribed eto raveling expenses, by the Governor of the Panama Canal to persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business ; and for such other expenses not in the United States as the Governor of the Panama Canal may deem necessary best to promote the maintenance and operation, sani- tation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, all to be expended under the direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal and accounted for as follows : F or mai ntenan ce and oper ation of the Pana ma Can al : Salary of aoo ern ~o s, etc . the governor, $10,000 ; purchase, inspection, delivery, handling, and et Purcha se of s upplie s, storing of materials, supplies, and equipment for issue to all depart- ments of the Panama Canal, the Panama Railroad, other branches of the United States Government, and for authorized sales

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to alien in lump sums of not exceeding the amounts authorized by the Injury Vol . 11,,p- 7580 : Compensation Act approved September 7, 1916 (U. S. C., title 5, sec . 793), to alien cripples who are now a charge upon the Panama Canal by reason of injuries sustained while employed in the construc- All expenses . Objects specified . Claims for damages . Acquisition of land . Emergencies . Maint enance , etc .