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ited to necessary medical and hospital expenses : Provided further, 

 That this section shall not apply to any claim on account of personal 

 injury for which a remedy is provided by section 10 of this Act: 

 Provided further, That no claim shall be considered hereunder which 

 is in excess of $500, or which is not presented in writing within one 

 year from the date of accrual thereof : Provided further, That accept- 

 ance by any claimant of the amount allowed on account of his claim 

 shall be deemed to be in full settlement thereof, and the action of the 

 Director or of the head of a cooperating department or agency upon 

 such claim so accepted by the claimant shall be conclusive. 



Sec. 17. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any 

 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may 

 be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this Act : 

 Provided, That no part of any such appropriation shall be used in 

 any way to pay any expense in connection with the conduct, opera- 

 tion, or management of any camp exchange, save and except such 

 camp exchanges as are established and operated, in accordance with 

 regulations to be prescribed by the Director, at such camps as may 

 be designated by him, for real assistance and convenience to enrollees 

 in supplying them and their supervising personnel on duty at any 

 such camp with articles of ordinary use and consumption not fur- 

 nished by the Government: Provided further, That the person in 

 charge of any such camp exchange shall certify, monthly, that during 

 the preceding calendar month such exchange was operated in 

 compliance therewith. 



Sec. 18. This Act, except as otherwise provided, shall take effect 

 July 1, 1937. 



FLOOD CONTROL SURVEY ACT 



Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1570), as amended by Act of August 28, 1937 (50 

 Stat. 877) ; sees. 701 and following, title 16, U. S. C. 



Section 1. It is hereby recognized that destructive floods upon the 

 rivers of the United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing 

 loss of life and property, including the erosion of lands, and impair- 

 ing and obstructing navigation, highways, railroads, and other chan- 

 nels of commerce between the States, constitute a menace to national 

 welfare ; that it is the sense of Congress that flood control on navigable 

 waters or their tributaries is a proper activity of the Federal Govern- 

 ment in cooperation with States, their political subdivisions, and locali- 

 ties thereof, that investigations and improvements of rivers and other 

 waterways, including watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes 

 are in the interest of the general welfare ; that the Federal Government 

 should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters 

 or their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for flood-control pur- 

 poses if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of 

 the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are 

 otherwise adversely affected. 



Sec. 2. That hereafter Federal investigations and improvements of 

 rivers and other waterways for flood control and allied purposes shall 

 be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the War Depart- 

 ment under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of 

 the Chief of Engineers, and Federal investigations of watersheds and 



