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Federal Power

Commission.

For all ex

penses.

2d sess., p. 1063.

Provisos.

Rent restriction.

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the Public Laws, work of the Federal Power Commission as authorized by law, including not exceeding $500 for books of reference and periodicals, $100,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia if suitable space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission: Provided further, That no National parks, portion of this appropriation shall be available for any expense connected with the leasing of any water-power facilities in any national park and national monuments.

and monuments,
prohibition.
Ante, p. 1353.

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Rivers and har

bors.

Harbors and rivers, contract work: Toward the conContract work. struction of works on harbors and rivers, under contract and otherwise, and within the limits authorized by law, including horse-drawn and motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicles required and to be used only for official business, namely:

Vol. 39, p. 393.

Hudson River,

N. Y.

Flood control.
Vol. 39, p. 948.

Mississippi

River.

Sacramento

River.

Survey of

northwestern

lakes, etc.

For work authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1916, as follows:

Hudson River, New York: For improvement, under contract authorization, $100,000.

FLOOD CONTROL: For prosecuting work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act approved March 1, 1917, as follows:

Mississippi River, $6,670,000.

Sacramento River, California, $500,000.

Survey of northern and northwestern lakes: For survey northern and of northern and northwestern lakes, Lake of the Woods, and other boundary and connecting waters between said lake and Lake Superior, Lake Champlain, and the natural navigable waters embraced in the navigation system of New York ca the New York canals, including all necessary expenses for preparing, correcting, extending, printing, binding, and issuing charts and bulletins, and of investigating lake levels with a view to their regulation, $125,000.

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California Débris Commission: For defraying the expenses of the commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act approved March 1, 1893, $15,000.

Harbor of New York: For the prevention of obstructive Preventing in and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City:

jurious deposits.

For pay of inspectors, deputy inspectors, and office force, and expenses of office, $14,260.

For pay of crews and maintenance of patrol fleet, six steam tugs and one launch, $95,000.

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CHAP. 164.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant a right of way over certain Government lands to the State of Oregon for the Columbia River Highway.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant to the State of Oregon, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating the Columbia River Highway, a permanent right of way over and across portions of the lands of the United States acquired and held in connection with the improvement of the Dallas[sic]-Celilo section of the Columbia River: Provided, That the exact location and dimensions of the right of way shall be fixed by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That the grant shall be subject to the express condition that the right of way shall be used solely and exclusively for the roadway purpose aforesaid, and any part thereof not so used shall revert to the United States.

Approved, March 4, 1921.

March 4, 1921. [S. 4511.]

[Public, No. 392.] Vol. 41, p. 1437.

Columbia River improvements. Oregon granted

right of way over, River Highway.

for Columbia

Proviso.
Location, etc.

Reversion for

nonuse.

CHAP. 176.-Joint Resolution Giving consent of the Congress of the United States to the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska, or any two or more of said States, to agree upon the jurisdiction to be exercised by said States over boundary waters between any two or more of said States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the Congress is hereby given to the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska, or any two or more of them, by such agreement or compact as they may deem desirable or necessary, or as may be evidenced by legislative acts enacted by any two or more of said States, not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States or any law thereof, to determine and settle the jurisdiction to be exercised by said States, respectively, over offenses arising out of the violation of the laws of any of said States upon any of the waters forming the boundary lines between any two or more of said States, or waters through which such boundary line extends, and that the consent of the Congress be, and the same is hereby, given to the

159602-40-vol. 3-17

March 4, 1921.

[S. J. Res. 233.] [Pub. Res., No.68.] Vol. 41, p. 1447.

Boundary

waters. Consent to agreed jurisdicified States.

tion over, by spec

isdiction by Min

Dakota.

Concurrent jur- concurrent jurisdiction agreed to by the States of nesota and South Minnesota and South Dakota, as evidenced by the act of the legislature of the State of Minnesota approved April 20, 1917, and the act of the legislature of the State of South Dakota approved February 13, 1917.

Approved, March 4, 1921.

June 18, 1921. Vol. 42, p. 65. [H. R. 3018.] [Public, No. 20.]

Isthmus Inlet,
H. H. Haynes

Oreg.

may construct dike across Mud Slough on.

Provisos. Approval plans.

CHAP. 25. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to H. H. Haynes to construct a dike across Mud Slough on Isthmus Inlet, in section twenty-three, township twenty-six south, range thirteen west, of Willamette meridian in Oregon.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to H. H. Haynes, and his legal representatives and assigns, to construct and maintain a dike and approaches thereto across the Mud Slough on Isthmus Inlet at or near its mouth in section twenty-three, township twenty-six south, range thirteen west, of Willamette meridian in Oregon, in the county of Coos, in the State of Oregon: Provided, That the work shall not be commenced until of the plans therefor have been filed with and approved by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That no dam or dike constructed under the consent hereby granted shall be used to develop water power nor to generate electricity. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Use for power,

etc., forbidden.

Amendment.

Approved, June 18, 1921.

July 15, 1921.

Vol. 42, p. 141. [H. R. 4976.] [Public, No. 37.]

River.

dam, near Warren, Ohio.

Provisos. Approval plans.

of

CHAP. 46. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Trumbull Steel Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a dam across the Mahoning River in the State of Ohio.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Mahoning Trumbull Steel Company and its successors and assigns, Trumbull Steel to construct, maintain, and operate at a point suitable Company way to the interest of navigation a dam across the Mahoning River near the city of Warren, in the county of Trumbull, in the State of Ohio: Provided, That the work shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been filed with and approved by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and by the Secretary of War: Provided Use for power, further, That this Act shall not be construed to authorize the use of such dam to develop water power or generate electricity: And provided further, That the authority and completion. hereby granted shall cease and be null and void unless the actual construction of the dam herein authorized be

etc., forbidden.

Construction

Termination if

ment.

develop

Removal, etc.,

by power licensee.

commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this Act: And pro- interfering with vided further, That the consent hereby given shall termi- water nate and be at an end from and after thirty days' notice from the Federal Power Commission, or other authorized agency of the United States, to said company or its successors, that desirable water-power development will be interfered with by the existence of said dam; and any grantee or licensee of the United States proposing to develop a power project at or near said dam shall have authority to remove, submerge, or utilize said dam under such conditions as said commission or other agency may determine, but such conditions shall not include compensation for the removal, submergence, or utilization of said dam if the water level to be maintained in said power project is higher than the level of the crest of said dam. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, July 15, 1921.

Amendment.

CHAP. 52.-Joint Resolution To change the name of the Grand River in Colorado and Utah to the Colorado River.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act the river heretofore known as the Grand River, from its source in the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to the point where it joins the Green River in the State of Utah and forms the Colorado River, shall be known and designated on the public records as the Colorado River.

SEC. 2. That the change in the name of said river shall in nowise affect the rights of the State of Colorado, the State of Utah, or of any county, municipality, corporation, association, or person; and all records, surveys, maps, and public documents of the United States in which said river is mentioned or referred to under the name of the Grand River shall be held to refer to the said river under and by the name of the Colorado River. Approved, July 25, 1921.

July 25, 1921. Vol. 42, p. 146. [H. J. Res. 32.] [Pub. Res., No. 10.]

Grand River,

Colo. and Utah. to Colorado.

Name changed

Rights, etc., not affected.

CHAP. 54. An Act Providing for a preliminary examination of the Yazoo River, Mississippi, with a view to the control of its floods.

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 a preliminary examination to be made of the Yazoo River, Mississippi, with a view to the control of its floods, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the

July 29, 1921. Vol. 42, p. 146. [H. R. 5651.] [Public, No. 43.]

Yazoo River,

Miss.
control floods of.

Examination to

Vol. 39, p. 918.

August 18, 1921.
Vol. 42, p. 171.
[H. R. 1269.]
[Public, No. 54.]

Calaveras

River, Calif.

for flood control.

Vol. 39, p. 948.

control of the floods of the Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1917.

Approved, July 29, 1921.

CHAP. 70.-An Act To make a preliminary survey of the Calaveras River in California with a view to the control of its floods. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Survey, etc., of, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a preliminary survey to be made of the Calaveras River in California with a view to the control of its floods, in accordance with provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River and the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1917.

Approved, August 18, 1921.

August 19, 1921.
Vol. 42, p. 171.
[H. R. 6877.]
[Public, No. 56.]

Colorado River.
Preamble.

CHAP. 72.-An Act To permit a compact or agreement between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Colorado River, and for other purposes. Whereas the Colorado River and its several tributaries

rise within and flow through or from the boundaries between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Whereas the territory included within the drainage area of the said stream and its tributaries is largely arid and in small part irrigated, and the present and future development necessities and general welfare of each of said States and of the United States require the further use of the waters of said streams for irrigation and other beneficial purposes, and that future litigation and conflict respecting the use and distribution of said waters should be avoided and settled by compact between said States; and

Whereas the said States, by appropriate legislation, have authorized the governors thereof to appoint commissioners to represent said States for the purpose of entering into a compact or agreement between said States respecting the future utilization and disposition of the waters of the Colorado River and of the streams tributary thereto; and

Whereas the governors of said several States have named and appointed their respective commissioners for the purposes aforesaid, and have presented their resolution. to the President of the United States requesting the appointment of a representative on behalf of the United States to participate in said negotiations and to represent the interests of the United States: Now, therefore,

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