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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 665-DEC. 22, 1944 That pending the appropriation of said sum the Secretary of War may allot from existing flood control appropriations such sums as may be necessary for the immediate prosecution of such bank protection works; such appropriations to be reimbursed from the appropriation herein authorized when made. SEC. 13. That the following works of improvement for run-off and waterflow retardation, and soil-erosion prevention, are hereby adopted and authorized in the interest of the national security and with a view toward an adequate reservoir of useful and worthy public works for the post-war construction program to be prosecuted by the Department of Agriculture, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with the plans of the respective reports hereinafter designated and subject to the conditions set forth therein: Provided, That the necessary plans and preliminary work may be prosecuted during the war with funds from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for such works so as to be ready for rapid inauguration of post-war construction: Providedfurther, That when the existing critical situation with respect to materials, equipment, and manpower, no longer exists and in any event not later than immediately following the cessation of hostilities in the present war, the projects herein shall be initiated as expeditiously and prosecuted as vigorously as may be consistent with budgetary requirements: Provided further That nothing in this section shall be construed as approving or authorizing the acquisition of any land by the Federal Government until the legislature of the State in which the land lies shall have consented to the acquisition of lands by the United States for the purposes within the scope of this section: Provided further, That there shall be paid annually to the county in which any lands acquired under this section may lie, a sum equal to 1 per centum of the purchase price paid for the lands acquired in that county or, if not acquired by purchase, 1 per centum of their valuation at the time of their acquisition. Los ANGELES RIVER BASIN The program on the Los Angeles River watershed is hereby approved substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Under Secretary of Agriculture in House Document Numbered 426, Seventy-seventh Congress, first session, at an estimated cost to the United States of $8,380,000. SANTA YNEZ RIVER WATERSHED The program on the Santa Ynez River watershed is hereby approved substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Acting Secretary of Agriculture in House Document Numbered 518, Seventy-eighth Congress, first session, at an estimated cost to the United States of $434,000. TRINITr RIVER BAsIN (TEXAS) The program on the Trinity River watershed is hereby approved substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture in House Document Numbered 708, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session, at an estimated cost to the United States of $32,000,000. LrrrLE TATT.ATATCHTE RIVER WATERSHED The program on the Little Tallahatchie River watershed is hereby approved substantially in accordance with the recommendation of 905 Interim allotments Run-off and water- flow retardation, etc. Preparation for post-war construction. Initiation of proj- ects. State consent to land acquisition. Annual payment to counties.

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