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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 24- -JUNE 28, 1939 canalized river, or other public works for the use and benefit of navi- gation belonging to the United States, including maintenance of the Hennepin Canal in Illinois; for payment annually of tuition fees of not to exceed fifty student officers of the Corps of Engineers at civil technical institutions under the provisions of section 127a of the National Defense Act, as amended (10 U. S. C. 535); for examina- tions, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors; for printing and binding, newspapers, lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, and office supplies and equipment required in the Office of the Chief of Engineers to carry out the purposes of this appropriation, includ- ing such printing as may be authorized by the Committee on Print- ing of the House of Representatives, either during a recess or session of Congress, of surveys authorized by law, and such surveys as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with illustra- tions, as documents of the next succeeding session of Congress, and for the purchase (not to exceed $220,708) of motor-propelled passen- ger-carrying vehicles and motorboats, for official use: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for any pre- liminary examination, survey, project, or estimate not authorized by law, $96,000,000: Provided, That from this appropriation the Secre- tary of War may, in his discretion and on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers based on the recommendation by the Board of Rivers and Harbors in the review of a report or reports authorized by law, expend such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency, outside of harbor lines and serving essential needs of general commerce and navigation, such work to be subject to the conditions recommended by the Chief of Engineers in his report or reports thereon: Provided further, That no appropriation under the Corps of Engineers for the fiscal year 1940 shall be available for any expenses incident to operating any power-driven boat or vessel on other than Government business: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be available for the support and maintenance of the Permanent International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation and for the payment of the actual expenses of the properly accredited delegates of the United States to the meet- ing of the congresses and of the commission. 859 Student officers at civil technical insti- tutions. 41 Stat. 785. 10 U.S. C. §535. Surveys, etc. Printing and bind- ing. Vehicles, etc. Provisos. Unauthorized sur- veys, etc., forbidden. Maintenance of har- bor channels outside harbor lines. Power-driven boats, restriction on use. Permanent Interna- tional Commission of the Congresses of Nav- igation. FLOOD CONTROL Flood control, general: For the construction and maintenance of rPubic certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and Prst,. i: for other purposes, in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented, 4 Sutat including printing and binding, newspapers, law books, books of IVh. 15 . reference, periodicals, and office supplies and equipment required in inrg. the Office of the Chief of Engineers to carry out the purposes of this appropriation, the purchase (not to exceed $149,500) of motor- Vehicles. propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motorboats for official use, and for preliminary examinations and surveys of flood-control proj- - naPtlinsi ects authorized by law, $133,000,000: Provided, That $3,000,000 of Proisos. this appropriation shall be transferred and made available to the fow retarda Secretary of Agriculture for preliminary examinations and surveys, surveys. as authorized by law, for run-off and water-flow retardation and soil- erosion prevention on the watersheds of flood-control projects, includ- Personal' ing the employment of persons in the District of Columbia and else- where, purchase of books and periodicals, printing and binding, rent in the District of Columbia, the purchase (not to exceed $75,000) of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motorboats, and for other necessary expenses: Providedfurther, That funds appropriated ka,. on R herein may be used for flood control work on the Salmon River, 9S907°-:l9--I'T 2---23 works on larbors. 328. 570. C., Supp. and bind- ary exam- nd water- ition, etc., services. River, Alas-

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