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Show 376 for approval programs for 11 watersheds.137 These were spe- cifically authorized in the 1944 Flood Control Act.138 Congress stated that this action was taken:139 in the interest of national security and with a view toward an adequate reservoir of useful and worthy public works for the post-war construction pro- gram * * *. With respect to the work thus authorized, the Act directs that state consent be obtained for proposed land acquisitions.140 Moreover, it also requires that there be paid to the county in which the lands are acquired:141 a sum equal to 1 per centum of the purchase price paid for the lands acquired in that county or, if not acquired by purchase, 1 per centum of their valuation at the time of their acquisition. In flood-control work, the Secretary of Agriculture has cer- tain authority much like that available to him under the 1935 Erosion Control Act.142 Thus, he is authorized to condition the prosecution of flood-control works on the enactment, and reasonable safeguards for the enforcement, of state and local laws imposing suitable, permanent restrictions on the use of lands involved, "and otherwise providing for run-off and water- flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention." "3 Also, he may require agreements or covenants as to perma- nent use of such lands and contributions in money or other- wise.144 It does not appear that this authority has been in- voked to require implementing flood-control legislation, as 137 See H. Rep. No. 1309, 78th Cong., 2d sess., pp. 51-52 (1944) ; Sen. Rep. No. 1030, 78th Cong., 2d sess., pp. 26-29 (1944); and see documents desig- nated in Act of December 22, 1944, § 13, 58 Stat. 887, 905. For provisions governing authorization of flood-control work by the Army Engineers, see supra, pp. 134, 136-142. 188 § 13, 58 Stat. 905. 189 Id. 140 Id. 141 Id. 143 See supra, p. 368. 148 Act of August 28,1937, § 4, 50 Stat. 876, 877, see 33 U. S. C. 701c. 144 Id. |