Volume 49
Public Law 74–187
Authorizing a preliminary examination of Marshy Hope Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River, at and within a few miles of Federalsburg, Caroline County, Maryland, with a view to the controlling of floods.
Approved April 10, 1936
Statutory text
AN ACT
Authorizing a preliminary examination of Marshy Hope Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River, at and within a few miles of Federalsburg, Caroline County, Maryland, with a view to the controlling of floods.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of Marshy Hope Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River, at and within a few miles of Federalsburg, Caroline County, Maryland, with a view to the control of floods, in accordance with
Vol. 39. p. 950.
U. S. C., p. 1487.
the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for control of floods 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 river 11So in original. and harbors.
Approved, April 10, 1936.