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458 utilizing for the common good to the fullest extent prac- ticable the works for any one of the three projects. Congress did not approve this plan until it enacted the 1917 flood control statute.290 In the 1936 and 1938 Flood Control Acts, Congress directed the Army Engineers to make preliminary examinations and surveys of a large number of rivers including the Sacramento, certain of its tributaries, and the San Joaquin.291 Pursuant to this authority, a number of interim reports were prepared for specific projects, some of which were authorized in the 1941 and 1944 Flood Control Acts.292 Meanwhile, the Bureau of Reclamation was also prosecut- ing a basin-wide development program. The California Legis- lature in 1929 had authorized a state survey to evolve "a co- ordinated plan for the conservation, development and utiliza- tion of the water resources of California." 293 Such a plan was submitted to the State Legislature in 1931, but was not ap- proved until 1941.294 In 1933, the initial units of this plan, known as the Central Valley project, were approved by the State Legislature and by a special referendum.295 This same Legislature memorialized the Federal Government to include the Central Valley project as a part of the emergency unem- ployment relief program.296 Initial portions of the Central Valley project were authorized by Congress in 1935 as a river and harbor improvement.297 That same year, portions of the 290 Act of March 1,1917, § 2, 39 Stat. 948, 949. 291 Act of June 22, 1936, § 6, 49 Stat. 1570, 1592, 1595; Act of June 28, 1938, § 6, 52 Stat. 1215,1223, 1225. 292 Act of August 18, 1941, § 3, 55 Stat. 638, 639, 647; Act of December 22, 1944, § 10, 58 Stat. 887, 891, 901. 293 California Statutes of 1929, ch. 832. 294 State of California Department of Public Works, Bulletin No. 25, "Report to Legislature of 1931 on State Water Plan" (1930) ; California Statutes op 1941, ch. 1185, Deerings Calif. Codes, Water, §§ 10000-10002. 298 California Statutes of 1933, ch. 1042, Deerings Calif. Codes, Water, §§ 11100-11855; Special Election, December 19,1933. 298 California Statutes of 1933, Sen. J. Res. 29, ch. 109, p. 3166. 291 Act of August 30, 1935, § 1, 49 Stat. 1028, 1038.

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