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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 250 -MAY 18 , 1938 necessary to develop such electric energy as rapidly as markets may be found therefor. The electric energy thus generated and not required for the operation of the dam at such project and the navi- gation facilities employed in connection therewith shall be delivered to the Bureau for disposition as provided in this Act. Disposal of electric SEC. 2 . (a) The electric energy generated in the operation of the said Fort Peck project shall be disposed of by the Bureau as here- inafter provided. The Bureau shall exercise the powers and per- form the duties provided for in this Act under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the 44Ut s. c.373. Act of May 26, 1926 (44 Stat. 657). The Bureau shall, as herein- Sale, etc. , ofsurplus after provided, make all arrangements for the sale and disposition energy. of electric energy generated at the Fort Peck project not required for the operation of the dam at such project and the navigation Form of adminis facilities employed in connection therewith. The form of admin- tristration herein established for the Fort Peck project is intended to be provisional pending the establishment of a permanent adminis- tration for Fort Peck and other projects in the Missouri River Basin. Additional facilities The Secretary of War shall install and maintain additional machin- ery, equipment, and facilities for the generation of electric energy at the Fort Peck project when in the judgment of the Bureau such additional generating facilities are desirable to meet actual or poten- Scheduingof opea- tial market requirements for such electric energy. The Secretary of War shall schedule the operations of the several electrical gen- erating units and appurtenant equipment of the Fort Peck project Station tspace and in accordance with the requirements of the Bureau. The Secretary equpme of War shall provide and maintain for the use of the Bureau at said Fort Peck project adequate station space and equipment, including such switches, switchboards, instruments, and dispatching facilities as may be required by the Bureau for proper reception, handling, and dispatching of the electric energy produced at the said project, together with transformers and other equipment required by the Bureau for the transmission of such energy from that place at suitable voltage to the markets which the Bureau desires to serve. Encouragement of (b) In order to encourage the widest possible use of all electric energy that can be generated and marketed and to provide reasonable n.oPrltion of mo- outlets therefor, and to prevent the monopolization thereof by limited groups, the Bureau is authorized and directed to provide, construct, operate, maintain, and improve such electric transmission lines and substations, and facilities and structures appurtenant thereto, as it finds necessary, desirable, or appropriate for the purpose of transmit- ting electric energy, available for sale, from the Fort Peck project to existing and potential markets, and, for the purpose of inter- change of electric energy, to interconnect the Fort Peck project with either private or with other Federal projects and publicly owned power systems now or hereafter constructed. Acquisition of prop- (C) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in the name of the United States, to acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or dona- tion, such real and personal property, or any interest therein, includ- ing lands, easements, rights-of-way, franchises, electric transmission lines, substations, and facilities and structures appurtenant thereto, as he finds necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Title. Act. Title to all property and property rights acquired by said Secretary shall be taken in the name of the United States. Acquisitionofprop- (d) The Secretary of the Interior shall have power to acquire any erty or property property or property rights, including patent rights, which in his opinion are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, by pur- chase, lease, donation, or by the exercise of the right of eminent 404 [52 STAT.