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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 665-DEC. 22, 1944 Buggs Island and Philpott Reservoirs. Clark Hill Reser voir. AllatoonaReservoir, Oa. 55 Stat. 641. Modification of project. 45 Stat. 534. 33U.S.C.i702a- 702m; Supp. IIl, i 702a-1%, 702o-12. 55 Stat. 643 . 33U.S.C.Spp. nI, 702a-12 (d). Reimbursement of local authorities. Boeuf and Tenas Rivers. Bayou Macon, Ar sod L6 tions of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 702, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session, at an estimated additional cost of $4,755,000. ROANOKE RIVER BASIN The general plan for the comprehensive development of the Roa- noke River Basin for flood control and other purposes recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 650, Sev- enty-eighth Congress, second session, is approved and the construc- tion of the Buggs Island Reservoir on the Roanoke River in Virginia and North Carolina, and the Philpott Reservoir on the Smith River in Virginia, are hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in that report at an estimated cost of $36,140,000. EDISTO RIVER BASIN The project for local flood control on Edisto River, South Carolina, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recom- mendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 182, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, at an estimated cost of $139,000. SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN The general plan for the comprehensive development of the Savan- nah River Basin for flood control and other purposes recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 657, Sev- enty-eighth Congress, second session, is approved and the construction of the Clark Hill Reservoir on the Savannah River in South Carolina and Georgia, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in that report at an estimated cost of $35,300,000. MonBLE RIVER BASIN-ALABAMA-COOSA RIVER BASIN In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized the completion of the Allatoona Reservoir on the Etowah River Georgia approved in the Act of August 18, 1941, at an estimated cost of $14,400,000. LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER The project for flood control and improvement of the Lower Mississippi River adopted by the Act of May 15, 1928, as amended by subsequent Acts of Congress, is hereby modified in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 509, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, and, as modified, is hereby adopted and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, in addition to the sums previously authorized, $200,000,000 for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in said document. Paragraph (d) of the Lower Mississippi River item in section 3 of the Flood Control Act of August 18, 1941, is hereby construed to authorize reimbursement for the actual market value of lands, rights- of-way, and easements, furnished subsequent to August 18, 1941, for set-backs of main-line Mississippi River levees, regardless of State laws limiting payments to local tax assessment valuations. The project for flood control on the Boeuf and Tensas Rivers and Bayou Macon, Arkansas and Louisiana, is hereby authorized sub- stantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 151, Seventy-eighth Con- gress, second session, at an estimated cost of $5,013,000. 894 [58 STAT.

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