52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 782, 795--JUNE 28, 1938 SEC. 2 . There is hereby conferred upon the States of Minnesota Acquisition of ap' and Wisconsin, jointly or separately, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and to acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property needed for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor, to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the con- demnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State. SEC. 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 28, 1938. [CHAPTER 795] AM ACTrp June 28,1938 Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for [H. R. 1061s] flood control, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 761] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, hereafter, Federal investigations and improvements of rivers and other water- ways for flood control and allied purposes shall be under the juris- diction of and shall be prosecuted by the War Department under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers and Federal investigations of watersheds and measures for run-ok and waterflow retardation and soil erosion prevention on watersheds shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prose- cuted by the Department of Agriculture under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress. SEC. 2 . That section 3 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (Public, Num- bered 738, Seventy-fourth Congress), as heretofore amended and as herein further modified, shall apply to all flood control projects, except as otherwise specifically provided by law. That in case of any dam and reservoir project, or channel improve- ment or channel rectification project for flood control, herein author- ized or heretofore authorized by the Act of June 22, 1936 (Public, Numbered 738, Seventy-fourth Congress), as amended, and by the Act of May 15, 1928 (Public, Numbered 391, Seventieth Congress) as amended by the Act of June 15, 1936 (Public Numbered 678, Seventy-fourth Congress), as amended, title to all lands, casements, and rights-of-way for such project shall be acquired by the United States or by States, political subdivisions thereof or other responsible local agencies and conveyed to the United States, and provisions (a), (b), and (c) of section 3 of said Act of June 22, 1936, shall not apply thereto. Notwithstanding any restrictions, limitations, or requirement of prior consent provided by any other Act, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to acquire in the name of the United States title to all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for any dam and reservoir project or channel improvement or channel rectification project for flood control, with funds heretofore or here- after appropriated or made available for such projects, and States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies, shall be granted and reimbursed, from such funds, sums equivalent to actual expenditures deemed reasonable by the Secretary of War and Flood control cf rivers, etc.; run-off re- tardation, etc., on watersheds. Jurisdiction and prosecution. State, etc., coopera- tion. 49 Stat. 1571; 60 Stat. 877. 33 U. S. C., Supp. III, 9 701c. Title to lands, ease- ments, etc. 49 Stat. 1570. 33 U. S. C., Supp. III, §§ 701a-701h. 45 Stat. 534; 49 Stat. 1508. 33U.S.0.i9702a- 702n, 704; Supp. III, § 702a-l -702a-10, 702g- 1,702j-1 , 2 ,702k-1, 2. Dam and reservoir projects, channel im- provements, etc. Reimbursement of funds expended. 1215
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