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 1592 Skagit River. Avon Cut-off, wash ., c onst ructi on. Preliminary flood control examinations, etc ., authorized. Provisos. Specific authority re- quired for new works. Supplementary re- ports restricted. Project not author- ized until adopted by law. Maine. Vermont. Mas sachuset ts and New Hampshire. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut. Mas sachuset ts. Mas sachuset ts and Rhode Is land. Rhode Island. New York. 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 688 . JUNE 22, 1936 . SKAGIT RIVER Construction of Avon Cut-off in Washington, for the diversion of flood waters from Skagit River to Padilla Bay for protection of lower river valley ; House Document Numbered 187, Seventy-third Congress, second session ; estimated construction cost, $3,150,100 ; estimated cost of lands and damages, $1,832,000. SEC. 6. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys for flood control at the following-named localities, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authori zed and directed to cause prelimi nary examinations and sur- veys for run-off and waterflow retardation and soil erosion preven- tion on the watersheds of such localities ; the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for such purposes Provided, That no preliminary examination, survey, project, or esti- mate for new works other than those designated in this or some prior Act or joint resolution shall be made : Provided further, That after the regular or formal reports made as hereby authorized on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposed are submitted to Congress, no supplemental or additional report or esti- mate shall be made unless authorized by law or by resolution of the Committee on Flood Control of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Commerce of the Senate : And provided further, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway mentioned in this Act until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law Androscoggin River, Maine. Kenne bec River, Maine. Penobscot River, Maine. Saco River, Maine. Passu mpsic Rive r, Vermon t. Wi noos ki River, Vermont. Dog River, Vermont. West River, Vermont, between Weston and Brattleboro. Merrimack River, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Connecticut River, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Co nnec ticut. Big Black River, Massachusetts. Blackstone River, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Seekonk River, Rhode Island. Woonasquatucket River and tributaries, Rhode Island. Moshassuk River and tributaries, Rhode Island. Birch Creek, New York. Bushnelville Creek, New York. Beaverkill Creek, New York. Beaverkill River, Sullivan County, New York. Catskill Creek, Greene County, New York. Delaware River, East Branch, Sullivan County, New York. M oose and Bl ack Riv ers, New York. Esopus Creek, New York. Lackawack River, Sullivan County, New York. Neversink Creek, Ulster County, New York. Neversink River, Sullivan County, New York. Oswego, Oneida, Seneca, and Clyde Rivers, New York. Rondout Creek, Ulster County, New York. Sawkill Creek, Ulster County, New York. Schoharie Creek, Greene County, New York. Schoharie Creek and tributaries, Schoharie County, New York. Wo odland Creek, New York. Warner Bushkill Creek, New York.