Chapter 77. To authorize a preliminary examination of Yellow Creek and other tributaries of the Cumberland River in and about the city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, with a view to the control of their floods, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 77.— An Act To authorize a preliminary examination of Yellow Creek and other tributaries of the Cumberland River in and about the city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, with a view to the control of their floods, and for other purposes. January 31, 1931.[[H. R. 11230](/us/bill/71/hr/11230).][[Public, No. 590](/us/pl/71/590).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Yellow Creek, etc.Preliminary survey directed with view to control its flood.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of Yellow Creek and other tributaries of the Cumberland River in and about the city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, with a view to the control of their floods in Vol. 39, p. 950.[U. S. C., p. 1090](/us/usc/p1090).accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes,” Cost, etc.approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors.
Approved, January 31, 1931.