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 1572 74 TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 688 . JUNE 22, 1936 . maintenance, for the payment of damages, and for the purchase of rights-of-way, lands, and easements in connection with such project Ratification b y Con- or operation. No such compact or agreement shall become effective gress; exception. without the further consent or ratification of Congress, except a compact or agreement which provides that all money to be expended pursuant thereto and all work to be performed thereunder shall be e xpended and pe rforme d by the Depar tment of War, with the exc eption of such r easonable sums as may be reserved by the States entering into the compact or agreement for the purpose of collecting taxes and maintaining the necessary State organizations for carrying out the compact or agreement. Projects adopted and authorized to be pros- ecuted. P rovis o. Installation of pen- stocks, etc. L ake C hamp lain basin. Lamoille River, Vt. Rutland, Vt. Proctor, Vt. North Adams, Mass. Benn ingt on, Vt. Hoosic Falls, N. Y. Lamoille River, Vermont : Channel improvement by reconstruction of Hardwick Dam, exca vation at Johnsons Gorge and bank reve t- me nt at twelve places ; House Document Numbered 145, Seventy- second Congress, first session ; e stimat ed co nstru ction cost, $66, 000. Rutland, Vermont, on Otter Creek : Channel improvement by con- struction of dikes ; House Document Numbered 1 44, Seven ty-second Congress, first session ; estimated construction cost, $49,500. Proctor, Vermont, on Otter Creek : Channel excavation and dam reconstruction ; Ho use Do cument Numbere d 144, Sevent y-secon d Congress, first session ; estimated construction cost, $22,500. North Adams, Massachusetts, on Hoosic River : Channel clearing ; House Document Numbered 684, Seventy-first Congress, third ses- sio n ; estimated construction cost, $66,000. Bennington, Vermont, on Hoosic River : Channel clearing ; House Document Nu mbered 684, Seven ty-first Congress, third session mated construction cost, $216,000. Hoosic Falls, New York, on Hoosic River : Channel clearing ; House Document Numbered 684, Seventy-first Congress, third session ; estimated construction cost, $43,000. Merrimack River, MERRIMACK RIVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MASSACHUSETTS N. H. and Mass. Reservoir system for reducing flood heights. Construction of a system of flood-control reservoirs in the Merri- mack River Basin for the reduction of flood heights in the Merrimack Valley generally ; estimated construction cost, $7,725,000 ; estimated cost of lands and damages, $3,500,000. Connecticut River CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN basin. Reservoirs in Ver- Reservoir system for the control of floods in the Connecticut River wont and New Ramp- Valley : Construction of ten reservoirs in Vermont and New Hamp- shire e shire on tributaries of the Connecticut River ; plans in House Docu- FLO OD CO NTR OL ACT OF 1 936 SEC. 5 . That pursuant to the policy outlined in sections 1 and 3, t he f ollow ing work s of impr ovem ent, for the bene fit of na viga tion and the control of destructive flood waters and other purposes, are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted, in order of their emergency as may be designated by the President, under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the plans in the respective report s and records hereinafter des ignated : Provided', That penstocks or other similar facilities, adapted to possible future use in the development of ade- qua te electric powe r may be installe d in any dam here in authorized wh en approv ed by the Secretary of War up on the rec ommendati on of the Chief of. Engineers. J .ARF CHAMPLAIN BASIN
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