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Show 398 1912 River and Harbor Act permits the inclusion in the per- manent parts of authorized navigation dams of "such founda- tions, sluices, and other works, as may be considered desirable for the future development of its water power." 44 The 1910 General Dam Act.-In 1910, Congress amended the 1906 General Dam Act.45 As we have seen, the 1906 Act required approval of plans by the Secretary of the Army, and of fishways by the Secretary of Commerce. The 1910 Act added a requirement that in administrative action upon plans, consideration must be given to the bearing of the proposed structure "upon a comprehensive plan for the improvement of the waterway over which it is to be constructed with a view to the promotion of its navigable quality and for the full devel- opment of water power."46 The 1911 Annual Report of the Secretary of the In- terior.-Further official recognition of the relationships among water-resource development purposes was given by the Secre- tary of the Interior in 1911. In recommending congressional consideration of the whole problem of water-power develop- ment and control, he pointed out that: " it is increasingly clear that proper development and protection of stream flow for all purposes, including those of navigation, domestic use, irrigation, and power, 44 Act of July 25,1912, § 12,37 Stat. 201, 233, 33 U. S. C. 609. 46 Act of June 23,1910, 36 Stat. 593. 46 § 1, 36 Stat. 593. Another proviso added by this section directed the collection of charges for the privilege "granted to all dams" authorized under the Act which receive direct benefit from federal headwater storage reser- voirs, from the acquisition and maintenance of any forested watershed, or lands "located by the United States" at headwaters of navigable streams, whenever these things be for the benefit of navigation in such streams. 47 Annual Resort of the Secretary of the Interior, vol. 1, p. 15 (1911). The report also said: "As a general principle, the revenues derived in this way should be devoted to waterway improvement, with special care for the river system and watershed of the stream from which the revenues are derived * * *. Logically, the revenues derived from the water power may belong to the Nation for its general use, but it would seem that national and local interests can best be reconciled by devoting these revenues to local improvements so far as such improvements are necessary or wise. Such a use removes one of the principal objections to Federal control." IMd. |