Chapter 918.
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Chap. 918: To appoint a Board of Engineers to examine and report upon the dam to be constructed under H. R. 5773, the Boulder Dam bill. Chapter 918 45 Stat. 1011 1928-05-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 918.— Joint Resolution To appoint a Board of Engineers to examine and report upon the dam to be constructed under H.
R. 5773, the Boulder Dam bill. May 29, 1928.[[S. J. Res. 164](/us/bill/70/sjres/164).][[Pub. Res., No. 65](/us/pl/70/65).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Boulder Dam.Appointment o f board of engineers authorized to examine proposed site, plans, etc., of, and report prior to December 1, 1928. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a board of five eminent engineers and geologists, at least one of whom shall be an engineer officer of the Army on the active or retired list, to examine the proposed site of the dam to be constructed under the provisions of H.
R. 5773, Seventieth Congress, first session, and review the plans and estimates made therefor, and to advise him prior to December 1, 1928, as to matters affecting the safety, the economic and engineering feasability, and adequacy of the proposed structure and incidental works, the compensation of said board to beCompensation. fixed by him for each, respectively, but not to exceed $50 per day 1012 and necessary traveling expenses, including a per diem of not to exceed $6, in lieu of /subsistence, for each member of the board so employed for the time employed and actually engaged upon such work: *And provided further*, That the work of construction shall*Proviso.*No construction, work until plans approved. not be commenced until plans therefor are approved by said special board of engineers.
No authority hereby conferred on the SecretaryApproval of President. of the Interior shall be exercised without the President’s sanction and approval. The expenses herein authorized shall be paid out of theExpenses from lamation fund.Vol. 32, p. 388. reclamation fund established by the Act of June 17, 1902. Approved, May 29, 1928.
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