designated States ment of waters of Federal appointed. repre Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Agreement by of the United States of America in Congress assembled, or apportionThat consent of Congress is hereby given to the States Colorado River, of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, consented to. Utah, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement not later than January 1, 1923, providing for an equitable division and apportionment among said States of the water supply of the Colorado River and of the streams tributary thereto, upon condition that a suitable person, who shall be appointed by the President sentative to be of the United States, shall participate in said negotiations, as the representative of and for the protection of the interests of the United States, and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into, and the sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be thorized. appropriated to pay the salary and expenses of the representative of the United States appointed hereunder: Provided, That any such compact or agreement shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been approved by the legislature of each of said States and by the Congress of the United States. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herewith expressly reserved. Approved, August 19, 1921. Expenses au Proviso. Approval quired. Amendment. re CHAP. 1.-An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and prior fiscal years, supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and subsequent fiscal years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and prior fiscal years, supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and subsequent fiscal years, and for other purposes, namely: For rebuilding levees on Mississippi River and tributaries damaged by flood, $2,988.03. For increase of compensation, rivers and harbors, $217.60. * Approved, December 15, 1921. March 20, 1922. Vol. 42, p. 437. [H. R. 10663.] [Public, No. 172.] Second Defi Deficiency appropriations. CHAP. 104.-An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and prior fiscal years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ciency Act, 1922. of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and prior fiscal years, and for other purposes, namely: March 20, 1922. [S. 2993.] [Public, No. 176.] Indiana Har bor, Ind. Vol. 36, p. 657. Lands released interests. River and HARBOR WORK: For payment of claims adjusted and settled under section 4 of the River and Harbor Appropriation Act approved June 25, 1910, and certified to Congress during the present session in House Document Numbered 168, $266.37. CHAP. 108.-An Act Authorizing a modification of the adopted project for Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Improvement of the United States of America in Congress assembled, project modified. That the project adopted in the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910, for the improvement and maintenance. of Indiana Harbor, Indiana, is hereby so modified as to eliminate that part of the projected inner canal extending from the northwest corner of the southwest quarter conveyed to local of section twenty, township thirty-seven north, range nine west of the second principal meridian, westwardly to Lake George; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to quitclaim and convey to local interests, on such terms and conditions as he may deem just and equitable, the rights of way which have been heretofore donated by local interests to the United States for the said section of the canal and for connecting the said Lake George with Wolf Lake. Approved, March 20, 1922. CHAP. 139.-Joint Resolution Appropriating $1,000,000 for the preservation, protection, and repair of levees under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 to be immediately available as an emergency fund to be expended by the Mississippi River Commission during Provisos. subsequent flood the present flood in the Mississippi River for the purpose of preserving, protecting, and repairing the levees under its jurisdiction: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall deduct $1,000,000 from the appropriation deducted from that shall first hereafter be made for the use of said Mississippi River Commission under the terms of the Flood Control Act of March 1, 1917, and said $1,000,000 be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury: Provided further, That any unexpended bal- pended balances. ance of the sum hereby appropriated remaining after the present flood emergency has passed may be expended by the Mississippi River Commission under the authority and subject to the provisions of the said Flood Control Act. Approved, April 21, 1922. Post, p. 760. May 2, 1922. [H. J. Res. 319.] CHAP. 175.-Joint Resolution Making available funds for preserving and protecting, in the present flood emergency, the levees on the Mississippi River, its tributaries and outlets, not [Pub. Res., No.54.] under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a sum not to exceed $200,000 from funds heretofore appropriated for improvement of rivers and harbors and which remain in the Treasury unexpended because the works or projects for which the same were appropriated have been completed or have been recommended for abandonment, is hereby made available for expenditure by and under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the purpose of protecting life and property by preserving and maintaining during the present flood emergency, the levees not under Government control on the Mississippi River, its tributaries and outlets. Approved, May 2, 1922. CHAP. 198.-An Act Declaring Lake George, Yazoo County, Mississippi, to be a nonnavigable stream. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Lake George, in Yazoo County, in the State of Mississippi, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by the Congress for the preservation and protection of such waters. SEC. 2. That the right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 24, 1922. Vol. 42, p. 504. Mississippi River. Use of river and harbor improvement balances during flood protect levees not ment control. emergency, to under Govern Chap. 217, infra. May 24, 1922. [S. 1162.] [Public, No. 223.] Vol. 42, p. 552. Lake George, Miss. Declared not a navigable water. Amendment. June 10, 1922. [H. J. Res. 339.] [Pub. Res., No.58.] Vol. 42, p. 635.] River. CHAP. 217.-Joint Resolution Making available funds for repairing and restoring levees on the Mississippi River above Cairo, Illinois. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Mississippi the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Emergency an amount, not exceeding $100,000, of the funds authoring, etc., levees ized to be expended by Public Resolution Numbered 54 on, above Cairo, approved May 2, 1922, is hereby made available as an Chap. 175, supra. emergency fund to be expended by the Mississippi River Ill. condition of flood control act. emergency of bonds, etc. Commission, under the direction of the Secretary of War, for repairing and restoring any levees on the Mississippi River above Cairo, Illinois, which have been destroyed or seriously injured by the recent floods of the Mississippi Not yet under River and which are not now within, but may, before June 15, 1922, be brought within, the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the control of floods Acceptance in of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1917: Provided, That if the Mississippi River Commission finds that the levee or drainage district in which the broken levee is situated can not legally, by or before June 15, 1922, comply with section (b) of such Act of March 1, 1917, the commission may accept, in this emergency, bonds of standing approved by it in amount sufficient to cover not less than one-third of the cost involved: Provided further, That nothing in this resolution shall be construed as authorizing a departure from the established practice of the commission except so far as may be necessary to permit the restoration of broken levees in districts which are willing but can not legally comply with said method of procedure in time to avoid another threatened overflow this year. Temporary de parture from es tablished prac tice. Vol. 42, p. 716. [H. R. 10871.] [Public, No. 259. tions. Approved, June 10, 1922. CHAP. 253. An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ment appropria- of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes, namely: * Northern and northwestern lakes. Survey, etc., of waters. SURVEY OF NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES For survey of northern and northwestern lakes, Lake and connecting 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 navi gation system of 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, $75,000. 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. PREVENTION OF DEPOSITS, HARBOR OF NEW YORK New York canals. California Débris Commission. Expenses. Vol. 27, p. 507. New York Har bor. Preventing injurious deposits For the prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New in. York City: For pay of inspectors, deputy inspectors, crews, and office force, and for maintenance of patrol fleet, and expenses of office, $109,260. * * RIVERS AND HARBORS River and harbor improvements. Appropriations immediately To be immediately available and to be expended under available. the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers: Preserving, maintaining, etc., For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects authorized works. heretofore authorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation, $42,815,661. For examinations, surveys, and contingencies for rivers and harbors for which there may be no special appropriation, $325,000: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be expended for any preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate not authorized by law. MUSCLE SHOALS Post, p. 1038. Examinations surveys, etc. Proviso. Limited to authorizations. Muscle Shoals, Ala. Continuing work on Dam For the continuation of the work on Dam Numbered Two on the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, No. 2. but not to become available until the 1st day of October, 1922, $7,500,000, For works authorized by the Flood Control Act of March 1, 1917, as follows: 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, $400,000. |