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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 795, 796-JUNE 28, 29, 1938 Run-off retardation, etc., works on water- sheds, prosecution. Proviso. Works on water- sheds of Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers. 49 Stat. 1570. Weather Bureau. Current informa- tion service on precipi- tation, flood forecasts, etc., establishment and maintenance. Expenditure au- thorized. Appropriations au- thorized. Division of expendi- ture. Ante, p. 1116. June 29, 1938 [H. R. 10380] [Public, No. 762] Society of American Florists and Orna- mental Horticultur- ists. Act of Incorporation amended. 31 stat. 1453. Incorporators. War with the program for the improvement of watersheds by the Department of Agriculture, works of improvement for measures of run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on the watersheds of waterways, for which works of improvement for the benefit of navigation and the control of destructive floodwaters and other provisions have been adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, are hereby authorized to be prosecuted by the Department of Agriculture under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture and in accordance with plans approved by him. For prosecuting said work and measures there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 to be expended at the rate of $2,000,000 per annum during the five-year period ending June 30, 1944: Provided, That such works and measures which are herein authorized to be prosecuted by the Department of Agriculture may be carried out on the watersheds of the Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers subject to the proviso in section 2 of the said Act of June 22, 1936. SEC. 8. That there is hereby authorized an expenditure of not to exceed $375,000 per annum, from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control by the United States, for the estab- lishment, operation, and maintenance by the Weather Bureau of a current information service on precipitation, flood forecasts, and flood warnings, whenever in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers and the Chief of the Weather Bureau such service is advisable in connection with either preliminary examinations and surveys or works of improvement authorized by the law for flood-control pur- poses and the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers is authorized to allot the Weather Bureau funds for said expenditure. SEC. 9. That the sum of $375,000,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the improvements herein over the five- year period ending June 30, 1944, and the sum of $10,000,000 addi- tional is authorized to be appropriated and expended in equal amounts by the Departments of War and Agriculture for carrying out any examinations and surveys provided for in this Act and any other Acts of Congress, to be prosecuted by said Departments. The sum of $1,500,000 additional is authorized to be appropriated and expended by the Federal Power Commission for carrying out any examinations and surveys provided for in this Act or any other Acts of Collgress, to be prosecuted by the said Federal Power Commission. Approved, June 28, 1938. [CHAPTER 796] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists within the District of Columbia". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists within the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (31 U. S. Stat. L ., ch. 876, p. 1453), is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. That James Dean, of Freeport; Charles W. Ward, of Queens; William Scott, of Buffalo; and Charles Henderson, of New York City, all in the State of New York; William J. Stewart, Michael H. Norton, and Patrick Welch, of Boston; Edmund M. Wood, of Natick; and Lawrence Cotter, of Dorchester, all in the State of Mas- sachusetts; Edward G. Hill, of Richmond, in the State of Indiana; 1226 [52 STAT.

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