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74TH CONGRESS . SESS. II. CUS . 642-644 . JUNE 20, 1936 .

15 65 [CHAPTER 642 .] AN ACT June 20, 1936 . To provide for a preliminary examination of Six Mile Creek in Logan County, [n .R . 12202.] Arkansas, with a view to flood control and to determine the cost of such [Public, No.736.] improvement . Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of Six Mile Creek (also known in its low er reac h as Sh ort Mountain Creek) in Lo gan Coun ty, Arkansas, to determine the feasibility of flood-control work on said creek and the cost of such improvement, in accordance with the pro- vol39p . 950 ; U. S. visions of section 3 of the Act entitled cc An Act to provide for the c., P.'1447. control of floods of the Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes", approved March 1, 1917, and the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors . Approved, June 20, 1936 . [CHAPTER 643 .] Six Mile Creek, Ark . Survey directed for controlling floods of. AN ACT June 20, 1936 . To au thoriz e a p relimi nary examin ation of th e tri butari es, s ources , and head- [H . R. 12240 .1 waters of the Alle gheny and Susquehan na Rivers in the St ate of Pennsylvania , [Public, No. 737.] where no examination and survey has heretofore been made, with a view to the control of their floods and the regulation and conservation of their waters . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be ma de a preliminary examination of the tributaries, sources, and headwaters of the Allegheny River in the State of Pennsylvania, where no examination and survey has heretofore been made, including the Clarion Ri ver, Redbank Cree k, Mahoning Creek , Pine Creek, Kis - kiminetas River, Loyalhanna Creek, Conernaugh River, Blacklick Creek, and Stoney Creek ; and to cause to be made a similar examina- tion of the tributaries, sources, and headwaters of the Susquehanna River, where no examination or survey has heretofore been made, including Clearfield Creek and Chest Creek ; with a view to the con- trol of their floods and the regulation and conservation of their waters, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the control of the floods of the Missis- sippi River and of the Sacramento River , California, and for other purposes", approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appro priations heretof ore or hereafter made for examinat ions, sur- veys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors . Approved, June 20, 1936 . Allegheny and Sus- quehanna Rivers, Pa. Surv ey of, an d tribu- taries , direc ted for flood control and water con- servation . Vol .39,p.950; U. S. C., p. 1487- [ CHAPTE R 644 .] JOINT RESOLUTION A uthor izing the P reside nt of the U nited State s of Americ a to procla im Oct ober 11, 1936, General Pul ask i's Mem ori al Day for the observance and co mmem ora - tion of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski . Re solv ed by the Senate and Hou se of Rep res ent ati ves of the United States o America in Congress assembled, That the Presi- General Pulaskis Me morial Da y. dent of the United States is authorized and directed to issue a President aut ho riz ed proclamation calling upon officials of the Government to display to invite obser vance of . June 20, 1936 . [S.J . Res . 187 .] [Pub . Res., No. 110 .1