Chapter 3530. To provide for a commission to examine and report concerning the use by the United States of the waters of the Mississippi River flowing over the dams between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
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CHAP. 3530.— An Act To provide for a commission to examine and report concerning the use by the United States of the waters of the Mississippi River flowing over the dams between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 25, 1906. [[S. 6451](/us/bill/59/s/6451).] [[Public, No. 282](/us/pl/59/282).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Mississippi River. Commission to report on use of surplus water, Minnesota.
That a commission is hereby created to examine and report to the Secretary of War, for transmission to Congress, concerning the use of the surplus water which shall not be needed for the purposes of navigation flowing over the dams now under construction by the United States in the Mississippi River between the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. 457 That such commission shall be composed of one officer of the CorpsComposition. of Engineers of the United States Army, one officer of the Quarter-master’s Department of the United States Army, both of whom shall be designated by the Secretary of War, and one official of the Treasury Department, who shall be an expert in electrical engineering, who shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 2. That this commission shall examine and report upon the followingScope. propositions: First. Whether there will be any surplus water flowing over said dams not needed for the purposes of navigation which might be avail-able for mechanical or commercial power. Second. Whether such power, or any part thereof, could be economically utilized for furnishing the light and power now needed or which hereafter may be needed in the buildings and property of the United States at Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and, if so, to what extent, and what proportion or amount of the available power could be so utilized by the United States or disposed of in any manner to the advantage of the United States.
Third. If it shall appear to said commission feasible and economical for the United States to use or dispose of such power or any part thereof, then said commission shall report a plan or plans, with terms and conditions for such use or disposition, and an estimate of the cost thereof to the United States. Sec. 3. That the said commission shall meet at such time and placeReport. as may be directed by the Secretary of War, and shall transmit said report within two years after the passage of this Act.
Approved, June 25, 1906.