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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 19-MAR . 2 , 1945 Alabama and Flor- Chipola River, Alabama and Florida, with a view to its improvement d. in the interest of navigation, flood control, power, and other related purposes. Waterway from the Intracoastal Waterway south across Santa Rosa Island, Florida, to a point at or near Deer Point Light. La Grange Bayou, Florida. Saint Josephs Bay, Florida. Aucilla River, Florida. East Pass from the Gulf of Mexico into Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida. Bayou Texar, Florida. Pensacola Harbor, Florida. dlabama and Flor- Entrance to Perdido Bay, Alabama and Florida, from the Gulf of Mexico to deep water in Perdido Bay, via the most practicable route. eorgia and Fior- Columbus, Georgia, to Pensacola, Florida: Waterway via Chatta- hoochee, Conecuh, and Escambia Rivers. Florida and Ala- Waterway from the Escambia River to the Alabama River, Florida and Alabama. Adabama and Mis- Tombigbee River, Alabama and Mississippi, and canal connecting the Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers. Tennessee, Tombigbee, and Mobile Rivers, with a view to securing a through waterway of twelve feet depth and suitable width between the Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico. Fly Creek, Fairhope, Alabama. Channel forty feet deep, to serve as a deepwater outlet to the Gulf of Mexico from the harbors of Mobile, Alabama, and Pascagoula, Biloxi, and Gulfport, Mississippi. Pearl River, in the interest of flood control in Pearl River, Marion, Hinds, and Lawrence Counties, Mississippi. Louisina. Grand Bayou Pass, Louisiana, from the Gulf of Mexico to Buras and Empire. Bayou Schofield, Louisiana, from the Gulf of Mexico to Buras and Empire. Ship canal to extend from the Mississippi River at a point at or near the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, by way of the best available route or routes. Barge channel in vicinity of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, extending from the Mississippi River through Devils Swamp or along its eastern edge. Grand Bayou, connecting Bayou Boeuf and Bayou Chevreuil, Louisiana. Barataria Bay and connecting channels, Louisiana, to provide a continuous waterway from the Gulf of Mexico to the Intracoastal Waterway. Bayou Boeuf, La Fourche Parish, Louisiana. Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, with a view to the construction of a seaplane base in the vicinity of New Orleans and with a view to the protection of the shoreline and repairs to the existing protective works on Lake Pontchartrain at Mandeville, Louisiana. For flood control, irrigation, navigation, and drainage, and for the prevention of stream pollution and salt-water intrusion, on all streams and bayous in southwest Louisiana, west of the West Atchafalaya Basin protection levee and south of the latitude of Boyce; on all streams and bayous in Louisiana lying between the East Atchafalaya Basin protection levee and the Mississippi River; and on Amite and Tangipahoa Rivers and tributaries, Louisiana. Mermentau River, Louisiana, from Grand Chenier to the Gulf. Bell City Drainage Canal, Louisiana. Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana, from the Gulf of Mexico to Leeville or to Golden Meadow. 30 [59 STAT.