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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · March 1, 1917 · Public Law 648

Public Law 648. to provide for control of the floodsVol. 30. p. 950.[U

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(/us/pl/74/647).] *Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Nueces River, Tex.Survey directed for controlling floods of. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause a preliminary examination of the Nueces River in the State of Texas, with a view1463to the control of its floods, in acccordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for control of the floodsVol. 30. p. 950.[U.
S. C., p. 1487](/us/usc/p1487). of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes”, 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, June 4, 1936. Authorizing construction, operation, and maintenance of Rio Grande canalization project and authorizing appropriation for that purpose. 1936-06-04 49 Stat. 1463 500 Chapter 74 2 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 500.] AN ACT Authorizing construction, operation, and maintenance of Rio Grande canalization project and authorizing appropriation for that purpose. June 4, 1936.[[H. R. 11768](/us/bill/74/hr/11768).][[Public, No. 648](/us/pl/74/648).] *Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That upon theRio Grande canalization project.Construction, operation, and maintenance of, authorized.*Ante*, pp. 24, 74. completion of the engineering investigation, study, and report to the Secretary of State, as heretofore authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 4, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved February 13, 1935, the Secretary of State, acting through the American Section, International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, in order to facilitate compliance with the convention between the United States and Mexico concluded May 21, 1906, providing for theVol. 34, p. 2953. equitable division of the waters of the Rio Grande, and to properly regulate and control, to the fullest extent possible, the water supply for use in the two countries as provided by treaty, is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain, in substantial accordance with the engineering plan contained in said report, works for the canalizationLocation of project. of the Rio Grande from the Caballo Reservoir site in New Mexico to the international dam near El Paso, Texas, and to acquire byAcquisition of property. donation, condemnation, or purchase such real and personal property as may be necessary therefor.
Sec. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $3,000,000Appropriation authorized. for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 1 hereof, other than for operation and maintenance, including salaries and wages, fees for professional services; rents; travel expenses; per diem in lieu of actual subsistence; printing and binding, law books, and books of reference: *Provided*, That the amount herein authorizedProvisos.Diversion dam, completion. to be appropriated shall include so much as may be necessary for completion of construction of the diversion dam in the Rio Grande wholly in the United States, in addition to the $1,000,000 authorized*Ante*, p. 961. to be appropriated for this purpose by the Act of August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 961): *Provided further*, That the total cost of constructionCost limitation. of said diversion dam and canalization works shall not exceed $4,000,000: *Provided further*, That the provisions of section 3709 ofMinor purchases.[R.
S., sec. 3709, p. 733](/us/rs/s3709/p733).[U. S. C., p. 1803](/us/usc/p1803). the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) shall not apply to any purchase made or service procured when the aggregate amount involved is $100 or less; purchase, exchange, maintenance, repairVehicles. and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and freight-carrying vehicles; hire with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment; acquisition by donation, condemnation, or purchase of real and personal property; transportation (including drayage) of personal effects ofTransportation, etc. employees upon change of station; telephone, telegraphic, and air-mail communication; rubber boots for official use by employees; ice;Miscellaneous expenses. equipment, services, supplies, and materials and other such miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem necessary properly to carry out the provisions of the Act:Transfer of funds authorized. *And provided further*, That any part of any appropriation made hereunder may be transferred to, for direct expenditure by, the Department of the1464Interior pursuant to such arrangements therefor as may be from time to time effected between the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, or as directed by the President of the United States.
Approved, June 4, 1936. To correct an error in section 16
(1)of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, with respect to adjustments in taxes on stocks on hand, in the case of a reduction in processing tax. 1936-06-04 49 Stat. 1464 501 Chapter 74 2 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 501.] AN ACT To correct an error in section 16
(1)of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, with respect to adjustments in taxes on stocks on hand, in the case of a reduction in processing tax. June 4, 1936.[[H. R. 11821](/us/bill/74/hr/11821).][
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