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Show FLOOD CONTROL BILL DRAFTED Measure Proposes Expenditure of $45,000,000 for Mississippi Missis-sippi and $3,800,000 for Sacramento River. Washington, April 6. Flood conditions condi-tions on the Sacramento river will be cared for in the general bill being drawn to cover conditions on the Mississippi. Mis-sissippi. Tho new public flood control con-trol committee has so decided and will vote on the bill within the next few days. The measure proposes an expenditure of $45,000,000 for the Mississippi Mis-sissippi and $5,800,000 for the Sacramento. Sacra-mento. The latter appropriation will be spent in co-operation with California state and district appropriations. These appropriations will cover continuing con-tinuing work over five or six years. |