An Act to amend the act entitled ""An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, and for other purposes,"" approved September 3, 1954
PL 84-218 (H.R.4362), enacted 08/03/1955

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easements) at fair market value, as determined by him on the basis 
of an appraisal made by an independent real estate expert selected 
by him, in and to War Housing Project MASS-19051, known as 
Old Colony project, containing eight hundred and seventy-three 
dwelling units and nondwelling facilities, on approximately eigTiteen 
acres of land in Boston, Massachusetts, to the Boston Housing Author-
ity, for use as a relocation project under applicable local law. 
The 
sale pursuant to this Act shall be on such terms and conditions as 
the Administrator shall determine, and the amount received for each 
project shall be reported by the Administrator to the Banking and 
Currency Committee of the Senate and the Banking and Currency 
Committee of the House of Representatives: Provided^ That full 
payment to the United States shall be required within a period of 
not to exceed thirty years with interest on the unpaid balance not to 
exceed 5 per centum per annum: Provided 
further^ That the pro-
visions of this Act shall be effective only if the sale is consummated 
within six months after the time of approval of this Act: And 
provided further, That the Administrator may extend the time for 
the consummation of the sale for such additional period or periods 
of time as he may deem advisable. 
Approved August 3, 1955. 
Public Law 218 
CHAPTER 501 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and 
preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, 
flood control, and for other purposes", approved September 3, 1954. 
August 3, 1955 
[H. R. 4362] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 203, 
title II, of Public Law 780, Eighty-third Congress, be amended by 
adding thereto the subtitle, 
u 
5) 
RED RIVER BASIN 
and the following wording under that subtitle: 
"That the existing flood-control project for Ked River below Deni-
son Dam be modified to provide for improvements substantially in 
accordance with the construction plans recommended in the report 
of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 488, Eighty-
third Congress: Provided, 
That local interests shall contribute to-
ward the costs of construction, maintenance, and operation of Cooper 
Reservoir the amounts allocated to water supply; and shall, with 
respect to other features of the modified project, give assurances 
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will— 
"(a) provide without cost to the L^nited States all lands, ease-
ments, and rights-of-way, and make alterations and relocations 
of highways and related facilities, and utilities except railroads, 
necessary for the construction; 
"(b) hold and save the United States free from damages due 
to the construction; and 
"(c) maintain and operate all works after completion, and 
preserve channel capacities by preventing encroachment, in 
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Army." 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated sUch sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved August 3, 1955. 
Red River Basin. 
68 Stat. 1256. 
F l o o d - c o n t r o l 
project, modifica-
Appropri ation. 
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