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 856 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH. 832-AUGUST 26, 1937 Expanses. The cost of the survey, and such incidental expenses as may be necessary in connection therewith, shall be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and con- tingencies of rivers and harbors. Riv Little Callao Land- SEC. 6 . That the project for the maintenance and operation of the Big. Sun flo wer lock and dam at Little Callao Landing, mile 62 Big Sunflower River, Miss. Project abandoned. River, Mississippi, be, and the same is hereby, abandoned. That the right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved. Sa bin e-N ech es Wa- SEC. 7 . That the project for improvement of the existing channel terway. Portion of project of that section of the Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas, south and at Beaumont, Tex ., abandoned. west of Harbor Island from a point opposite Orleans Street, in the city of Beaumont, Texas, to the junction of the main channel in the Neches River, be, and the same is hereby, abandoned. That the right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved. Eastside, oreg ., SEC. 8. That authority is hereby granted to the State of Oregon, dam, etc ., co nstrue- tine. acting through its highway department, and to the city of Eastside, Coos County, Oregon, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate, at a point suitable to the interest of navigation, a dam and dike for preventing the flow of tidal waters into Willanch Slough in Coos County, Oregon. Approval of plans. Work shall not be commenced on such clam and dike until the plans t herefor, incl uding plans fo r all accesso ry works, are sub- mitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secre- tary of War, who may impose such conditions and stipulations as they deem necessary to protect the interests of the United States. Time of construe- The author ity gr anted by th is sec tion s hall termin ate if the clan. actual construction of the dam and dike hereby authorized is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from Amendment, etc. the date of the passage of this Act. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved. dam c co onstruction,e c.. SEC. 9. That authority is hereby granted to the State of Oregon, actin g through its highway depar tment, to the North Slough Drain- age District, and to the North Slough Diking District, organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, to construct, maintain, and operate, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, a dam and dike for preventin g the flow of tidal waters into North Sl ough in Coos County, Oregon, in township 24 south, range 13 west, Wil- lamette meridian. Approval of plans. Work shall not be commenced on such dam and dike until the plans therefor, in cluding plans for all acces sory works, a re sub- mitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War, who may impose such conditions and stipulations as they deem necessary to protect the interests of the United States. Time of construe' ti on The autho rity granted b y this Act sh all terminate if the actual . construction of the dam and dike hereby authorized is not com- menced within one year and completed within three years from the Amendment, etc. date of the passage of this Act. The right to alter, amend, or repeal Rivers and harbors, thi s sect ion is hereby expres sly res erved. com pilati on of laws SEC. 10. That the laws of the United States relating to the menttg to improve- ment. improvement of rivers and harbors, passed between March 4, 1913, until and including the laws of the first session of the Seventy-fifth Congress, shall be compiled under the direction of the Secretary of Wa r and printed as a document, and that si x hundred add itional copies shall be printed for the use of the War Department. Approved, August 26, 1937.