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 204 M 25, 193 7 V17691 [Public, No. 110] Maine. Release of account- ability for certain Federal property. May 25, 1937 (S . 1943] [Public, No . 111] Flood Control Act of 1936, amen dment . 49 Stat . 1572. Con nec tic ut Riv er Valley reservoir sys- tem; plans modified . May 25, 1937 1111241	 To authorize the Director of the Census to collect and publish statistics of red- [Public, No . 1121 cedar shingles . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed S tates of A meri ca in Cong ress asse mbled, That the D irect or of the Census be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to collect and publish statistics concerning the number of squares of red-cedar shingles produced in shingle-manufacturing establishments in the United States; the shipments of red-cedar shingles by pro- ducers; the withdrawals from warehouses of red-cedar shingles which have been imported into the United States from Canada; an d th e imports of red-cedar shingles from Canada. SEC. 2 . That the statistics as to the number of squares of shingles as provided for herein shall relate to each calendar month and shall be published as soon as possible after the close of the month. All of these publications containing statistics of red-cedar shingles shall be mailed by the Director of the Census to all red-cedar-shingle producers and to all dealers in shingles in the United States who shall request the same, and to all daily newspapers throughout the Red-cedar shingles. Directo r of th e Cen- sus to co llect and publish statistics con- cerning . Imports from Can- a da. Monthly statements to be made. To he fu rnished pro- ducers, etc ., on re- quest, and to press. 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT S ESSION-CHS. 2 55, 256, 261- MAY 25, 1 937 [CHAPTER 255] [CHAPTER 2561 [CHAPTER 2611 AN ACT For the relief of the State of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the State of Maine is hereby relieved from accountability for certain property belonging to the United States, of the value of $175, which was loaned byy the United States property and disbursing officer of the State of 'Maine, at the request of the mun icipal of ficers of the city of Ellsworth, Maine, for emergency relief work at the fire which destroyed a part of the city of Ellsworth, Maine, on May 8, 1933, such property having been unavoidably lost or destroyed in the course of such work, and listed as property shortages in the report of survey dated June 26, 1933. Approved, May 25, 1937. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved June 22, 1936. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved June 22, 1936, is hereby amended by changing the para- graph under the heading "Connecticut River Basin", to read as follows : "Reservoir system for the control of floods in the Connecticut River Valley : Construction of ten reservoirs on tributaries of the Connecticut River; plans in House Document Numbered 412, Sev- enty-fourth Congress, second session, as the same may be revised upon further investigation of the 1936 flood; estimated construction cost $10,028,900; estimated cost of lands and damages, $3,344,100 ." Approved, May 25, 1937. AN ACT