PubUc Law No. 520, 71st Congress (H.R. 11781), approved July 3, 1930. "An Act 

 Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and 

 harbors, and for other purposes." 



Section 2. 



The Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, under the direction of the 

 Secretary of War, is authorized and directed to cause investigations and studies to be 

 made in cooperation with the appropriate agencies of various States on the Atlantic, 

 Pacific, and Gulf coasts and on the Great Lakes, and the Territories, with a view to 

 devising effective means of preventing erosion of the shores of coastal and lake waters by 

 waves and currents; and any expenses incident and necessary thereto may be paid from 

 funds appropriated for examinations, Surveys and Contingencies for Rivers and Harbors: 

 Provided, That the War Department may release to the appropriate State agencies 

 information obtained by these investigations and studies prior to the formal transmission 

 of reports to Congress: Provided further. That no money shall be expended under 

 authority of this section in any State which does not provide for cooperation with the 

 agents of the United States and contribute to the project such funds and/or services as the 

 Secretary of War may deem appropriate and require; that there shall be organized under 

 the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, by detail from time to time from the Corps 

 of Engineers and from the engineers of State agencies charged with beach erosion and 

 shore protection, a board of seven members, of whom four shall be officers of the Corps 

 of Engineers and three shall be selected with regard to their special fitness by the Chief of 

 Engineers from among the State agencies cooperating with the War Department. The 

 board will furnish such technical assistance as may be directed by the Chief of Engineers 

 in the conduct of such studies as may be undertaken and will review the reports of the 

 investigations made. In the consideration of such studies as may be referred to the board 

 by the Chief of Engineers, the board shall, when it considers it necessary and with the 

 sanction of the Chief of Engineers, make, as a board or through its members, personal 

 examinations of localities under investigation: Provided further. That the salary of the 

 civilian members shall be paid by their respective States, but the traveling and other 

 necessary expenses connected with their duties on the board shall be paid in accordance 

 with the law and regulations governing the payment of such expenses to civilian 

 employees of the Engineer Department. 



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