52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS. -CH. 348-JUNE 11, 1938 of the Chief of Engineers to carry out the purposes of this appro- priation, the purchase (not to exceed $33,250) of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motorboats for official use, and not to exceed $3,000,000 for preliminary examinations and surveys of flood-control projects authorized by law, $82,000,000: Provided,That $7,000,000 of this appropriation shall be transferred and made avail- able to the Secretary of Agriculture, and of such sum not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for preliminary examinations and sur- veys, as authorized by law, for run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on the watersheds of flood-control projects, and not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available for the prosecution, under plans to be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, of works of improvement for measures of run-off and waterflow retardation and soil erosion prevention upon the watersheds of waterways for which works of improvement for the benefit of navigation and the control of destructive floodwaters and other provisions have been or hereafter may be adopted or authorized by law, including the employment of persons in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of books and periodicals, printing and binding, rent in the District of Colum- bia, the purchase (not to exceed $75,000) of motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicles and motorboats, and for other necessary expenses. Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries: For prosecuting work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act, approved May 15, 1928 (33 U. S . C. 702a), as at present or subsequently amended and supplemented, including printing and binding, and office supplies and equipment required in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry out the purposes of this appropriation, and for the purchase (not to exceed $53,450) of motor-propelled pas- senger-carrying vehicles and motorboats for official use, $31,000,000. Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River: For rescue work and for repair or maintenance of any flood- control work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood, in accordance with section 9 of the Flood Control Act, approved June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1508), $800,000. Flood control, Lowell Creek, Alaska: For maintenance of flood- control works in accordance with the Act approved February 14, 1933 (47 Stat. 802), $1,000. Flood control, Salmon River, Alaska: For maintenance repairs to dikes in the flood-control works at the town of Hyder, Alaska, as authorized by the Act approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 991), $800. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' Home, to be paid from the Soldiers' Home Permanent Fund, $801,572. THE PANAMA CANAL For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the mainte- nance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, including the following: Compensation of all officials and employees; foreign and domestic newspapers and peri- odicals; law books not exceeding $1,000; textbooks and books of reference; printing and binding, including printing of annual report; rent and personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase or exchange of typewriting, adding, and other machines; purchase or exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles; claims for damages All expenses. Objects specified. Printing and bind- ing. Vehicles. Damage claims. 671 Vehicles. Preliminary exami- nations, etc. Provisos. Run-off retardation, etc., su rv eys. Prosecution of run- off, etc., retardation measures on water- sheds of flood-control projects. Personal services. Mississippi River and tributaries. 45 Stat. 534; 49 Stat. 1508. 33 U.S. C. § 702a; Supp. III, § 702a-1 . Emergency fund for flood control. 49 Stat. 1511 . 33 U. S. O., Supp. III, §§ 702g-1. Lowell Creek, Alaska. 47 Stat. 802 . Salmon River, Alaska. 48 Stat. 991. 33U.S.C.§705. United States Sol- diers' Home. Maintenance, etc. The Panama Canal.
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