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PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 377-AUG. 18 , 1941 No increase in authorizations ceptions. Proviso. President of sissippi River mission. Retirement sions. Homochitto Miss. Additional ci improvements. 49 Stat. 157 Stat. 1222 . Approprii authorized. [55 STAT. contemplated in the report dated March 24, 1941, of the Special Board of Officers at an estimated cost of $2,600,000 is hereby authorized. total (g) The total authorizations heretofore made for the flood control ex project of the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River shall not be increased by reason of any provision in this Act, except for the additional amounts necessary for the Yazoo and Red River back- water improvements, and any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made or authorized for said project as herein or heretofore modified may be expended upon any feature of the said project, notwith- standing any restrictions, limitations, or requirements of existing law: Provided, That funds hereafter expended for maintenance shall not be considered as reducing present remaining balances of authorizations. Mis- (h) Any officer of the Corps of Engineers who has served or shall o serve four years as President of the Mississippi River Commission provi- and who has been or shall subsequently be retired, shall, from the date of such retirement, receive the rank, pay, and allowances of a retired major general. River, The project for flood control on the Homochitto River in Missis- aannel sippi, authorized by the Act of June 22, 1936 (Public, Numbered I7; 52 738, Seventy-fourth Congress), and modified by the Act of June 28, 1938 (Public, Numbered 761, Seventy-fifth Congress), is hereby fur- ther modified to provide for additional channel improvements and related works for flood control on the Homochitto River and tribu- taries in accordance with plans approved by the Chief of Engineers, ation and for the execution of these plans there is hereby authorized $50,000. RED-OUACHITA RIVER BASIN Calion, Ark. The project for local flood protection on the Ouachita River near Calion, Arkansas, is hereby authorized to be constructed substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 427, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $50,000. Grant Parish, La. The project for local protection on the Red River in Grant Parish 52 Stat. 122. below Colfax, Louisiana, authorized by the Act approved June 28, 1938, is hereby amended to add and authorize the following: Levee enlargement, new levee extension, and the construction of appur- tenant drainage structures on the left bank of the Red River opposite Pineville, La. Alexandria for the protection of Pineville, Lousiana, and vicinity, 49 Stat. 1571. 33 St. s. C. 701C. at an estimated cost to the United States of $159,100, subject to the provisions of section 3 of the Act approved June 22, 1936. Improvements in- The project for local flood protection on the Red River in Grant 5"'Stet. 120. Parish below Colfax, Louisiana, authorized by the Act approved June 28, 1938, is hereby further amended to include and to authorize the following: Levees and appurtenant drainage works on the left bank of the Red River and along Bayous Darrow and Rigolette, the improvement of the channel of Bayou Rigolette, and the separation of the channels of Bayous Darrow and Rigolette in the Aloha-Rigo- lette area, Grant and Rapides Parish, Louisiana, all at an estimated 49Stat.1571. cost to the United States of $914,500, subject to the provisions of 33 U.s. c. §701c. section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Bayou Bodcau Res- The project for the Bayou Bodcau Reservoir, Louisiana, authorized ervoir, La. 49 stat. 1576; 52 by the Act of June 22, 1936, as modified by the Acts of June 28, 1938, at. 1220; 53 Stat. and June 28, 1939, is hereby further modified to include and to authorize channel improvements below the reservoir on Bayou Bodcau, Red Chute, and Loggy Bayou at an estimated cost of 49 Stat. 1571. $198,000, subject to the provisions of Section 3 of the Flood Control 33 u.s . . . 70 C. Act approved June 22,1936. 644