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PUBLIC LAW 7 8 0 - S E P T. 3, 1954

Waikiki Beach, Territory of Hawaii: House Document Numbered 227, Eighty-third Congress, at an estimated cost of $283,700. SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized to reimburse local interests for such work done by them on the beach erosion projects authorized in section 101, subsequent to the initiation of the cooperative studies which form the basis for the projects: Provided, That the work which may have been done on these projects was approved by the Chief of Engineers as being in accordance with the projects hereby adopted: Provided further, That such reimbursement shall be subject to appropriations applicable thereto for funds available therefor and shall not take precedence over other pending projects of higher priority for improvements. SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made at the following-named localities, and subject to all applicable provisions of section 110 of the River and Harbor Act of 1950: Eastern River, at and in the vicinity of Orland, Maine; Southwest Harbor, Maine; Vicinity of Wells Beach and Drakes Island, Maine; Channel from the Gulf of Mexico into Choctawatchee Bay, Florida, in the vicinity of Point Washington; Lake Tarpon (formerly Lake Butler), Florida, to determine the cause of salt water intrusion and corrective measures with respect thereto; and Chipola River, Florida, for measures to maintain satisfactory water levels in the Dead Lakes; Big Sandy River and Tug and Levisa Forks in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia. SEC. 104. The consent of Congress is hereby granted to the city of Mobile, Alabama, and the State of Alabama, their successors and assigns, for the closing of Garrows Bend Channel, in the county of Mobile, Alabama, by the construction and operation of an earth-filled causeway across said channel in the county of Mobile, in the State of Alabama: Provided, That the work on said causeway shall not be commenced until the plans and location therefor have been filed with and approved by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and by the Secretary of the Army. This provision shall be null and void unless the actual construction of the causeway hereby authorized is commenced within three years and completed within five years from the date of this Act and the right to alter, amend, or repeal this provision is hereby expressly reserved. SEC. 105. The authorization of the improvement of the Intracoastal Waterway from the Caloosahatchee River to the Anclote River (House Document Numbered 371, Seventy-sixth Congress) authorized in the River and Harbor Act of 1945 and modified by the River and Harbor Act of 1948 and the River and Harbor Act of 1950 is further modified so as to authorize the use of alternate route C-1 in the Venice and Lemon Bay, Florida, area, as designated in plans of the Corps of Engineers. The Chief of Engineers is directed to report to the Congress prior to request for appropriation to construct this part of the project his recommendation as to the fair amount of local contribution in the light of the changed condition. Provisions as to local contribution based on these recommendations shall become effective when approved by the Public Works Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives. SEC. 106. That the requirement, that local interests provide the ferries and bridges required for land traffic across the lateral and terminal canals, with respect to the river and harbor project authorized by the

Hawaii. R e i m bursemem: to local interests,, authorization.

Preliminary examinations and survey s, author! zation. 64 Stat. 168.

Florida.

Kentucky, W e s t Virginia, and Virginia. Causeway. Alabama.

Intracoastal Waterway, Fla.

59 Stat. 17: 62 Stat. 1173; 64 Stat. 168.

Report to C o n gress.

Mississippi.

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