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 75TH CONGRE SS, 1sT SESSION-CHS. 877, 878, 888-AUGUST 28, 30, 1937 881 provide protection for the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood prote ction shall be pro vided for sa id city by ch annel enlarg ement or other works : Provided, That the total estimated construction cost of the entire project shall not be increased. SEC. 9 . That section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the constr uction of ce rtain public works on riv ers an d harb ors fo r floo d control, and for other purposes", approved June 22, 1936, is hereby amended by adding a third paragraph reading as follows, under the heading "Mississippi River" "Memphis . Tennessee : The construction of floadwalls, levees, and Memphis, Tenn ., revetments along Wolf River and Nonconnah Creek for the protec- tion of Memphis, Tennessee, in accordance with the report on record in the office of the Chief of Engineers . Estimated construction cost, $9,000,000 . Estimated cost of lands and damages, $4,324,000 ." Approved, August 28, 1937. [CHAPTER 878] AN ACT To extend the benefits of section 21 of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativ es of the United States o f America in Congr ess assembled, That the provi- sions of section 21 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges", approved June 29, 1935, and known as the Bankhead-Jones Act, be, and the same are hereby, extended to Puerto Rico in such amounts as are hereinafter authorized without diminution of the amounts authorized for payment to the States and the Territory of Hawaii, as provided in section 21 of that Act. SEC. 2 . To carry into e ffect the ab ove pr ovision s for extend ing to Puerto Rico, to the exten t here in pro vided, the be nefits of th e said Bankhead-Jones Act, the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated : For the fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, $88,000 ; for the fiscal year following the first fiscal year for which an appropriation is made in pursuance of the foregoing authorization, the additional sum of $40,000 ; and for each succeed ing fi scal y ear th ereaft er an additio nal su m of $ 40,000 until the total appropriations authorized by this section shall amount to $4 08,000 annually, the authorization to continue in that amount for ea ch succee ding fisc al year. Approved, August 28, 1937. [CHAPTER 888 1 AN ACT To provide for the addition of certain lands to the Fort Donelson National Military Park in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the following- des cribed tr acts or p arcels of land, ly ing and b eing with in the se venth civil district of Stewart County, Tennessee, are hereby transferred fro m the jurisd iction of th e Secr etary of War to the juris dictio n of the Secretary of the Interior as additions to the Fort Donelson National Military Park, and shall hereafter be subject to all laws and rules and regulations applicable to said park Tract numbered 1, a right-of-way, fifty feet wide, lying twenty-five feet on each side of a center line, beginning at a point in the southerly 1251 51'- -37- 5e Proviso. Cost li mitatio n. Mississippi River. 49 Stat. 1575. August 28, 1937 [H. R. 79081 [Public, No. 4071 Puerto Rico. C oopera tive S tate agricultural extension work extended to. 49 Stat.438. 7 U. S. C., Supp. II,°343e. Amounts author- ized. August 30. 1937 [S. 20261 [P ublic, No . 408] Fort Donelson Na- tional Military Park, Tenn. Certain lands added. Description.