646 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 596-JULY 24, 1946 [60 STAT. such cases and by such means as the Chief of Engineers may consider warranted, at an estimated cost of $7,500,000 for modification of the authorized project. (g) Extension of the authorized headwater project for the Yazoo River and tributaries to include the drainage of run-off waters from the watershed of McKinney Bayou or the providing of pumping capacity additional to that now existing for said waters in the pro- portion determined by the Chief of Engineers are authorized in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers at an estimated cost of $300,000 for modification of the authorized project. Louisana(h) The Bayou des Glaises diversion channel, Louisiana, author- Infra. ized by and constructed under the Act approved June 22, 1936. North Little Rock, (i) That portion of the North Little Rock to Gillette, Arkansas, 49 Stat. 1570; 45 levee on the north bank of the Arkansas River along and below Plum Sta33 t.. c. i701a Bayou authorized by and constructed under the Act approved June eupp.v702a 8 e s§ ; 22, 1936, work thereon to be hereafter prosecuted in accordance with e., 702d. the Act of May 15, 1928, as amended. WhiteRiver. (j) The projects for local flood protection on the White River, on the east side between Augusta and Clarendon, Arkansas, and at the 55tat.3 s. town of DeValls Bluff, Arkansas, at an estimated cost of $2,847,500 33 U.S. C., Supp. V, 7Olb et seq. authorized by the Act approved August 18, 1941. P. P. e42; post, (k) The Tiptonville-Obion Levee authorized by and constructed Tiptonville-Obion under the Act approved June 22, 1936. Levee. supra. (1) Extension of the levee under subparagraph (k) to include the levee and drainage improvements, at an estimated cost of $6,000,000 substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers dated April 16, 1946. Mont John's Bayon, (m) The improvement of Saint John's Bayou, Missouri, at an esti- mated cost of $1,300,000, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated April 16, 1946. Memphis, Tenn. (n) The improvement of the harbor at Memphis, Tennessee, at an estimated cost of $17,120,000, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers dated April 12, 1946. icksburg, Miss. (o) Modification of the main line levee system of the authorized project for the Lower Mississippi River to include protection of the potential industrial area immediately north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, known as the Vicksburg-Yazoo area, together with local dredging and the construction of such drainage facilities as in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers are requisite and justified, at an estimated cost of $4,000,000, subject to the conditions that local interests provide without cost to the United States all rights-of-way required for levees and drainage, and maintain and operate the works after completion. Drainage. (p) Modification of the authorized project for the Lower Missis- sippi River to provide drainage in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers where drainage is impaired by levees hitherto or hereafter constructed, at an estimated cost of $500,000, subject to the conditions that local interests provide without cost to the United States all rights- of-way and maintain and operate the works after completion. aint Francis and (q) Modification of the authorized project for the Lower Missis- sippi River to provide that the local cooperation to be hereafter fur- nished for the works authorized in the Saint Francis River Basin and the Yazoo River Basin shall consist of the requirement that responsible local interests agree to maintain levees in accordance with the pro- 46 Stat. 35. visions of section 3 of the Act of May 15, 1928, where maintenance is 33U.. C. 702c. required under existing law. Mnssissippi River (r) Any former officer of the Corps of Engineers who, after retire- Retired Army of- ment and recall to active duty in the Army, has served over fifteen oara years as a member of the Mississippi River Commission while on such active duty shall, upon being relieved of such active duty, be eligible
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