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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 771-JUNE 30,1948 Neches and Ange- lina Rivers, Tex. 59 Stat. 18. Bayou Carlin, La. 59 Stat. 18. Compilation of laws since June 25, 1938. Permanent Inter- national Commission of the Congresses of Navigation. Ante, p. 1021. Foster Creek Dam. 60 Stat. 637. Preliminary exami- nations and surveys. Supplemental re- ports. Adoption of project by law. Reports of surveys on beach erosion, etc. Noninterference with duties of FPC. New York. Maryland. thence east along the old canal right-of-way to the divide in section 3; thence south to Alligator Creek; thence southwest to Lemon Bay; Route 4: Cut an inlet from the open Gulf to Route 1 (House Docu- ment Numbered 371, Seventy-sixth Congress) in the vicinity of south end of the airport, with the necessary protecting works and jetties, thence along present Route 1 to Lemon Bay: Provided,That the cost to the United States shall not exceed the cost of the original route. SEC. 104. That the existing project for the Neches and Angelina Rivers, Texas, adopted in the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, is hereby modified so as to provide that the local agency which gives assurances that upon completion of the entire project it will contribute toward the first cost of the work the sum of $5,000,000, shall be permitted to withdraw from the pool of dam B not to exceed two thousand cubic feet of water per second for its own use. SEC. 105. In the prosecution of the work for the improvement of Bayou Carlin, Louisiana, in accordance with project adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, the Chief of Engineers is hereby authorized to protect the piers of the railway bridge crossing Bayou Carlin at Delcambre, Louisiana. SEC. 106. That the laws of the United States relating to the improve- ment of rivers and harbors passed since June 25, 1938, shall be compiled under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers and printed for use of the Department of the Army. SEC. 107. That not to exceed $5,000 annually of the funds appro- priated for rivers and harbors shall be available for the support and maintenance of the Permanent International Commission of the Con- gresses of Navigation and for the payment in amounts approved by the Chief of Engineers of the expenses of the properly accredited delegates of the United States to the meetings of the congresses and of the Commission. SEC. 108. The dam site known as Foster Creek Dam on the Columbia River authorized in the River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946, shall hereafter be known as the Chief Joseph Dam, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such dam is desig- nated or referred to under the name of Foster Creek Dam shall be held to refer to such dam under and by the name Chief Joseph Dam. SEC. 109. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made at the following-named localities, the cost thereof to be paid from appro- priations 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 title or some prior Act or joint resolution shall be made: Providedfurther,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 supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless authorized by law: Provided further, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this title until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law: Provided,further, That reports of surveys on beach erosion and shore protection shall include an esti- mate of the public interests involved, and such plan of improvement as is found justified, together with the equitable distribution of costs in each case: And provided further, That this section shall not be construed to interfere with the performance of any duties vested in the Federal Power Commission under existing law: Dosoris Creek, New York; Tolchester Beach area, Maryland; Little Magothy River, Maryland, [62 STAT.

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