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Show DAM LAWS AMENDED IN GENERAL MEASURE WASHINGTON, April 25. The houso interstate commerce committee today roportod a general bill amending tho dam laws with a view to encouraging encourag-ing private capital for power generation genera-tion purposes. Tho mcasuro prohibits acquisition of dam tracts by combinations combina-tions of so-called trusts, and requires nrior approval by the wur department of hJI plans and epecificntious. Jt also provides, in the ovont stato """"Jics fail satisfactorily to regulate i o or rates, charges ami practices, lederul authority au-thority shall be assumed by tho sccie-tary sccie-tary of war. |