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 1164 Amend ment. February 12, 1929. [S. 5180 .] --[Public, No. 724 .] Indian trust funds . Interest rate on, es- tablished. Amount not required for paym ents cov ered int o the Tre asury. February 12, 1929. [H. R. 13484.] CHAP. 179.-An Act Authorizing preliminary exa mina tion s of sundry [Public, No. 725 .] Flood control. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Preliminary exami- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary nations for, of desig- nated streams, author- of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause pre- iZed. lien nary examinations to be made of the following streams with a view to the control of their 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, Cali- fornia, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for such purposes West branch of the Susqueh anna River, Pennsylvania; A u g la i z e , Blanchard, and Ottawa Rivers, Ohio, and their tributaries; Saint Marys River, Ohio; Kootenai River, Idaho; Mouse River, North Dakota; Black River, Arkansas; Mud River, Kentucky; Lumber and Little Pee Dee Rivers._ South Carolina; Lynchs River, South Caro- lina; Mayfield Creek, Kentucky; Missouri River, near Elk Point, South Dakota; Salmon River, Alaska; Choctawhatchee River and its tributaries, Florida and Alabama; Brazos and Colorado Rivers, Texas, and their tributaries; Canadian River and its tributaries, New Mexico; Staunton, Roanoke, Dan, and James Rivers, Virginia; Yellowstone River, Montana; and Rough River, Kentucky. Re mov al of pollu- SEC. 2. The reports of the preliminary examinations of the west tion. bra nch o f th e Sus queha nna River, Pen nsyl vania, and the Augl aize, Blan chard, and O ttawa Rivers, Ohio, shall also contai n data relat ive to d evisin g meth ods wh ereby the so urces o f poll ution of sai d stre ams may be removed. Approved, February 12, 1929. Rivers indicated. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 177-179 .7 1929 . and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall ac quire the same by m ortga ge f orecl osure or other wise, is h ereb y authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person. SEC. 6 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 11, 1929. CHAP. 1 7 8 .-An Act To au thorize the payment of interest on certa in funds held in trust by th e United Sta tes for India n tribes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all money in excess of $500 held by the United States in a trust fund account, and carried on the books of the Treasury Department to the credit of an Indian tribe, if the payment of interest thereon is not other- wise authorized by law, shall bear simple interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum from the date of the passage of this Act. The amount held in any such trust fund account, which in the judg- ment of the Secretary of the Interior may not be required for pay- ment in accordance with law, shall be covered into the surplus fund of the Treasury; but so much thereof as may be necessary for mak- ing any such payment may, at any time thereafter, be restored to such account without reappropriation by Congress. Approved, February 12, 1929. streams with a view to the control of their floods, and for other purposes.

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