April 15, 1932. [H. R. 9451.] [Public, No. 83.] Vol. 47, p. 84. Flint River. amination of, authorized. CHAP. 110. An Act to provide a preliminary examination of the Flint River, Alabama and Tennessee, 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, authorPreliminary ex- ized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of the Flint River, Alabama-Tennessee, with a view to control of its floods in accordance with the Vol. 39, p. 950. provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1917. Approved, April 15, 1932. April 15, 1932. [H. R. 9452.] [Public, No. 84.] Vol. 47, p. 84. Flint Creek. Preliminary ex thorized. CHAP. 111. An Act to provide a preliminary examination of Flint Creek and its branches in Morgan County, Alabama, 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, authoramination of, au- ized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of Flint Creek and its branches in Morgan County, Alabama, with a view to control of its floods in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes," approved March 1. 1917. Vol. 39, p. 950. April 15, 1932. [H. R. 9453.] [Public, No. 85.] Vol. 47, p. 84. Cataco Creek. thorized. Approved, April 15, 1932. CHAP. 112. An Act to provide a preliminary examination of Cataco Creek and its branches in Morgan County, Alabama, 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, authoramination of, au- ized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of Cataco Creek and its branches in Morgan County, Alabama, with a view to control of its floods in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River. California, and for other purposes," approved March 1. 1917. Vol. 39, p. 950. Approved, April 15, 1932. CHAP. 127.—An Act granting certain lands to the board of Commissioners of the Orleans levee district in the city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, for levee and street purposes. April 22, 1932. [H. R. 8779.] [Public, No. 97.] Vol. 47, p. 133. La. New Orleans, Land for levee and street pur Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following-described land, to wit: A strip of land two hundred and ten and two one-hundredths feet in length and thirty feet in depth, fronting on North Peters poses granted to. Street, between Barracks Street and Esplanade Avenue, being a part of the Old Mint Site, transferred to the control and custody of the Department of Justice by the Secretary of the Treasury on May 15, 1931, and shown on a plan made by the chief engineer of the Board of Levee Commissioners, dated January 2, 1932, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the board of commissioners of the Orleans levee district, of New Orleans, Louisiana, for levee and street purposes; and the Attorney General is, upon the passage of this Act, authorized to execute a proper quit-claim deed upon due proof of the organization and legal existence of the board of commissioners of the Orleans levee district. SEC. 2. That the said lands are granted solely for levee and street purposes, and shall revert to and become the property of the United States of America, if used for any purpose whatsoever other than or foreign to those for which this donation is made. SEC. 3. The transfer of this property and its use for the purposes mentioned shall be without expense to the United States of America. Approved, April 22, 1932. Reversion or nonuser. No Federal ex pense. CHAP. 175.-An Act to amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters," approved February 8, 1895. May 9, 1932. [S. 3908.] [Public, No. 127.] Vol. 47, p. 152. Navigation on Vol. 28, p. 645, amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first two paragraphs of rule 3 under the heading the Great Lakes. "Lights" in the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters," approved February 8, 1895 (U. S. C., title 33, sec. 252), are amended to read as follows: "Rule 3. Except in the cases hereinafter expressly provided for, a steam vessel when under way shall carry: "(a) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast, then in the fore part of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the beam of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such beam, so, however, that such height need not exceed forty feet, a bright white light so constructed as to show an U. S. C., p. 1061, amended. Steam vessels. Regulation of lights. unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect April 15, 1932. CHAP. 251. An Act To provide a preliminary examination of the Edisto River and its branches, South and North Edisto, South Carolina, 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 Edisto River and its branches, South and North Edisto, South Carolina, with a view to control of its floods in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes,' approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors. Approved, June 14, 1932. CHAP. 252. An Act For estimates necessary for the proper maintenance of the Government wharf at Juneau, Alaska. 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 authorized to submit, for the consideration of Congress, such estimates as are in his judgment necessary for the proper maintenance of the Government wharf at Juneau, Alaska, constructed under authority contained in Public Resolution Numbered 33, Sixty-ninth Congress, approved May 28, 1926. Approved, June 14, 1932. CHAP. 253. An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Montana and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement for division of the waters of the Yellowstone River. Montana and Compact for division of waters of River, etc., au Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That consent of Congress is hereby given to the States Wyoming. of Montana and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement not later than January 1, 1936, Yellowstone providing for an equitable division and apportionment thorized. between the States of the water supply of the Yellowstone River and of the streams tributary thereto, upon condition that one suitable person, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate by President. in said negotiations as the representative of the United States and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into: Provided, That any such compact or agreement shall not be binding or obligatory upon either of the parties thereto compact. 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. Approved, June 14, 1932. Appointment Report to Congress. Proviso. June 14, 1932 [S. J. Res. 41.J CHAP. 258. Joint Resolution Granting consent of Congress to a compact or agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating the Delaware (Pub. Res., No. River Joint Commission and specifying the powers and duties thereof. Whereas, pursuant to act numbered 200 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved June 12, 1931, and chapter 391 of the Laws of New Jersey, approved June 30, 1931, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey have entered into a certain compact or agreement, which said compact or agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on behalf of said Commonwealth, and by the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission on behalf of said State; and Whereas the aforesaid agreement or compact is in sub- "Whereas the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the 26.] Vol. 47, p. 308. Delaware River Joint Commis sion. Compact between Pennsyl vania and Del aware for creation of Preamble. Pennsylvania and New Jersey agreement. Corporation created. Purposes. Commission in connection with the operation and maintenance of said bridge; and "Whereas the interests of the people of the two States will be best served by consolidating the two commissions in corporate form, and granting additional powers and authority thereto with reference to the said bridge, and to other and further means of communication between the two States in the vicinity of Philadelphia and Camden; and "Whereas additional transportation facilities between the "Whereas both States have mutual interests in the "ARTICLE I "There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Delaware River Joint Commission (hereinafter in this agreement called the 'Commission'), which shall constitute the public corporate instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey for the following public purposes, and which shall be deemed to be exercising an essential governmental function in effectuating such purposes, to wit: "(a) The operation and maintenance of the bridge owned jointly by the two States and the city of Philadelphia, as its interests may appear, across the Delaware River between the city of Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the city of Camden in the State of New Jersey, including its approaches, and the making of additions and improvements thereto. "(b) The effectuation, establishment, construction, operation, and maintenance of railroad or other facilities for the transportation of passengers across the said bridge, including extensions thereof to the vicinity of Race Street and Eighth Street in the city of Philadelphia, and to the vicinity of Carman Street and Haddon Avenue in the city of Camden. |