Public Law 74–643

That the Secretary

Allegheny and Susquehanna Rivers, Pa.

Survey of, and tributaries, directed for flood control and water conservation.

of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be made a preliminary examination of the tributaries, sources, and headwaters of the Allegheny River in the State of Pennsylvania, where no examination and survey has heretofore been made, including the Clarion River, Redbank Creek, Mahoning Creek, Pine Creek, Kiskiminetas River, Loyalhanna Creek, Conemaugh River, Blacklick Creek, and Stoney Creek; and to cause to be made a similar examination of the tributaries, sources, and headwaters of the Susquehanna River, where no examination or survey has heretofore been made, including Clearfield Creek and Chest Creek ; with a view to the control of their floods and the regulation and conservation of their waters, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Act

Vol. 39, p. 950; U. S. C., p. 1487.

entitled “An Act to provide for the control of the 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 rivers and harbors.