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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 377-AUG. 18, 1941 California. Laguna Canyon, California. All streams in San Diego County, California, flowing into the Pacific Ocean. All streams in San Diego and Imperial Counties, California, flow- ing into the Salton Sea. Coyote River and tributaries, California. San Francisquito Creek, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, California. Alhambra Creek and tributaries, California. Matadero Creek, Santa Clara County, California. Novato Creek and its tributaries, Marin County, California. Petaluma Creek and tributaries, Sonoma County, California. Guadalupe River and tributaries, California. Oregon. Silvies River and tributaries, Oregon. Washington. Columbia River and tributaries, Washington, from the down- stream point of Vancouver Lake to upstream point of Bachelor Island. Alaska. Salmon Creek, in the vicinity of Juneau, Alaska. Puerto Rico. Yaguez, Estero, Portuguez, Bucana, Lapa, Guamani, Chico, Maunabo, Quebrada Arena, and Susua Rivers, and tributaries, Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands. Creque Gut and Fair Plain Gut and their tributaries, Island of Saint Croix, and of Turpentine Run, and Crown Mountain water courses and their tributaries, Island of Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Allotment forrescue SEC. 5. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to allot, wor etc. from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control, not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year to be expended in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. Extension of provi. SEC. 6. That the provisions of the following Acts of Congress sions to flood-control works. relating to river and harbor improvements are hereby made appli- cable to works of flood control heretofore or hereafter authorized: 33U .c.§§ 593 - August 8, 1917, section 9 (40 Stat. 267); July 18, 1918, sections 5 , 5a. and 6 (40 Stat. 911); and August 30, 1935, section 7 (49 Stat. 1048). Leasing of lands. SEC. 7. That 25 per centum of all moneys received and deposited Payments to States from proceeds. in the Treasury of the United States during any fiscal year on account of the leasing of lands acquired by the United States for flood control purposes shall be paid, at the end of such year, by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State in which such property is situated, to be expended as the State legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or Prorome. counties in which such property is situated: Provided, That when such property is situated in more than one State or county the distributive share to each from the proceeds of such property shall be proportional to its area therein. Utilization of other SEC. 8. Section 5 of the Act approved June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. public agencies, etc. 52Stat. 12O. 1215), is amended by striking out the words "in carrying out the 33U.S.C.§70-2. purposes of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "in carrying out the purposes of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1570), as amended and supplemented"; and by adding at the end visipcablityofrtai of said section the following sentence: "The provisions of this sec- un lds. tion shall be applicable to any funds heretofore appropriated for the prosecution by the Secretary of Agriculture of works of improvement for measures of run-off and waterflow retardation and soil-erosion prevention upon watersheds." 50 Stat. 877. SEC. 9. That Section 2 of the Flood Control Act of August 28 1937, as amended is hereby further amended to read as follows: Removal of debris "That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to allot not to etc. exceed $500,000 from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for any one fiscal year for flood control, for removing accumu- [55 STAT.

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