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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 535-JUNE 20, 1938 terms of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act. This section shall apply to any exchanges heretofore deemed advisable in connection with the construction of the Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. SEC. 3. To provide suitable office quarters for the district engineer in charge of maintenance and operation of the Washington Aqueduct and of river and harbor improvements in the Washington District the Secretary of War is authorized to alter and remodel the pumping station building at McMillan Park in accordance with plans approved by the Chief of Engineers, the cost of such alteration and remodeling to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made by Con- gress for maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works. SEC. 4. That any amounts collected from any person, persons, or corporations as a reimbursement for lost, stolen, or damaged prop- erty, purchased in connection with river and harbor or flood control work prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, whether collected in cash or by deduction from amounts otherwise due such person, persons, or corporations, hereafter shall be credited in each case to the appropria- tion that bore the cost of purchase, repair, or replacement of thelost, stolen, or damaged property. SEC. 5. That the provisions of section 204 of part II of the Legis- lative Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1933, shall not be so construed as to prevent the employment by the Chief of Engineers under agree- ment as authorized by section 6 of the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, of any retired civilian employee whose expert assistance may be needed in connection with the prosecution of river and harbor or flood control works: Provided, That during the period of such employment a sum equal to the retired pay of the employee shall be deducted from the compensation agreed upon. SEC. 6. That the conditions of local cooperation applicable to the improvement of the Illinois Waterway (Calumet-Sag route) printed in House Document 180, Seventy-third Congress, second session are hereby modified by eliminating therefrom the requirement that local interests will furnish "evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the twenty movable bridges across the Sanitary Canal will be placed in operating condition or otherwise satisfactorily altered": Provided, That local interests will install operating machinery and place in operating condition the three drawbridges across the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal between its junction with the Calumet-Sag Channel and Lockport when directed by the Secretary of War: Pro- vided further, That this resolution shall not be construed as modify- ing the provisions of section 18 of the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1153). SEC. 7. That section 14 of Public Law Numbered 585, Sixty-eighth Congress, approved March 3, 1925, is hereby amended by striking out the word "Locust" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Sipsey", so that said section 14, as amended, will read as follows: "SEC. 14. That the portion of Black Warrior River between Dam Numbered 17 and the junction of Sipsey and Mulberry Forks, in the State of Alabama, shall hereafter be known as 'Lake Bankhead.' " SEC. 8. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made at the fol- lowing-named localities, the cost thereof to be paid from appropria- tions heretofore or hereafter made for such purposes: Provided,That no preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate 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 required by law on any examination. survey, project, or work under way or proposed are submitted no Application to Bonneville Dam. Washington Aque- duct, district engi- neer's office quarters. McMillan Park pumping station building, alteration, etc. Credit of reim- bursements on ac- count of loss or dam- age. Employment of re- tired expert civilian employees. 47 Stat. 404. 5U.S.C.§i715, 715a. 46 Stat. 947. 33U. .C.f.569a, 584a, 607a. Proviso. Deduction of amount of retired pay. Illinois Waterway. Modification of con- ditions of local coop- eration. Provisos. Operating machin- ery, designated draw- bridges, by local n- terests. Prevention of navi- gation obstructions. 30 Stat. 1163 . 33 U.S. C .§502. 43 Stat. 1197. Lake Bankhead. Name of portion of Black Warrior River changed to. Preliminary exam- inations and surveys. Proisos. Specific authority required. No subsequent re- port to be made. 805

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