Chapter 336. For the relief of the State of Georgia for damage to and destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929
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CHAP. 336.— An Act For the relief of the State of Georgia for damage to and destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929. May 27, 1930.[[S. 3783](/us/bill/71/s/3783).][[Public, No. 267](/us/pl/71/267).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Georgia. That there is 387 hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in theSum authorized for relief of, as reimbursement for destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929.*Post*, pp. 872, 1276.
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $506,067.50 for the relief of the State of Georgia, as a reimbursement or contribution in aid from the United States, induced by the extraordinary conditions of necessity and emergency resulting from the unusually serious financial loss to the State of Georgia through the damage to or destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929, imposing a public charge against the property of the State beyond its reasonable capacity to bear.
Such portion of the sum hereby authorizedAvailable for restoring, etc., roads and bridges of Federal-aid highway system, with approval of Secretary of Agriculture. to be appropriated as will be available for future construction shall be expended by the State highway department, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, for the restoration, including relocation, of roads and bridges of the Federal-aid highway system so damaged or destroyed, together with interstate bridges across the Savannah Fiver at or near Augusta, Georgia, in such manner as to give the largest measure of permanent relief, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Any portionAmount available when like sum expended from State funds. of the sum hereby authorized to be appropriated shall become available when the State of Georgia shows to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Agriculture that it has, either before or after the approval of this Act, actually expended, or made available for expenditure, for the restoration, including relocation, of roads and bridges so damaged or destroyed, a like sum from State funds. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as an acknowledgment of anyNo Federal liability. liability on the part of the United States in connection with the restoration of such roads and bridges: *Provided*, That out of any*Provisos*.Allowance for personnel, supplies, etc. appropriations made for carrying out the provisions of this Act, not to exceed 2½ per centum may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to employ such assistants, clerics, and other persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere, to purchase supplies, material, equipment, and office fixtures and to incur such travel and other expense as he may deem necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Act: *Provided further*, That no portion of this appropriation shall beUse restricted on highways and bridges in Federal aid highway system in Georgia. used except on highways and bridges now in the Federal-aid highway system in Georgia, or the necessary relocation of such roads and bridges.
Approved, May 27, 1930.