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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 771-JUNE 30, 1948 The projects for flood protection at Carthage and Monett, Missouri, in the Arkansas River Basin are hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 445, Eightieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $740,000. The projects for local flood protection on the Arkansas River author- ized by the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, in accord- ance with House Document Numbered 447, Seventy-eighth Congress, are hereby modified to provide that the United States will participate in the cost of raising the approaches to the highway bridges across the Arkansas River at Morrilton and at Van Buren-Fort Smith in an amount not to exceed $300,000. The Chief of Engineers is authorized to construct, as an emergency measure, bank protection and control works at Bradens Bend, Okla- homa, in accordance with plans on file in the office of the Chief of Engineers, at an estimated cost of $1,000,000, as a part of the multiple- purpose plan for the Arkansas River and tributaries, Arkansas and Oklahoma, authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved July 24, 1946, and the authorization for appropriation for the Arkansas River Basin is hereby increased accordingly. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN The project for flood protection at South Beloit, Illinois, on the Rock River is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 112, Eightieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $100,000. The project for flood protection on the Henderson River, Illinois, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommenda- tions of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 245, Eightieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,520,000. The project for flood protection at and in the vicinity of Aitkin, Minnesota, on the Mississippi River is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 699, Eightieth Congress, at an esti- mated cost of $1,680,000. RED RIVER OF THE NORTH The comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Red River of the North drainage basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota as set forth in the report of the Chief of Engineers dated May 24, 1948, is approved and there is hereby authorized the sum of $2,000,000 for the partial accomplishment of that plan. OHIO RIVER BASIN The local flood-protection works at and in the vicinity of Union- town, Pennsylvania, on Redstone Creek, are hereby authorized sub- stantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 301, Eightieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,015,000. The project for flood protection at Rosiclare, Illinois, on the Ohio River is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recom- mendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 125, Eightieth Congress, at an estimated cost of $500,000. MISSOURI RIVER BASIN The project for bank protection on the Missouri River from Kenslers Bend, Nebraska, to Sioux City, Iowa, authorized by the Act approved August 18, 1941, is hereby modified and extended upstream to include 1177 Carthage and Mo- nett, Mo. Morrilton and Van Buren-Fort Smith. 58 Stat. 895. Bradens Bend, Okla. 60 Stat. 647. South Beloit, nl. Henderson River, il. Aitkin. Minn. Uniontown, Pa. Roselare. m. Kenslers Bend, Nebr., to Sioux City, low. $ Stat.I67.

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