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Show 266 such conditions, approval of plans by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army was made prerequisite, and these officials were authorized to require at any time the con- struction and operation of navigation facilities by the grantee.87 Provision was also made for fishways. But no provision was made for charges, and no time limit was placed on the duration of the grant. Since, however, the right to alter or repeal with- out liability was expressly reserved, the grantee's investment was insecure. In the main, the provisions of the 1906 statute were re- peated in the 1910 General Dam Act. The latter Act, how- ever, limited grants to 50 years and reserved the right to re- voke them at any time for public use but only upon payment of reasonable value of the works, exclusive of the value of the grant.38 In addition, the 1910 Act provided for certain charges, including compensation for benefits from federal headwater improvements.89 But still no provision was made for imposi- tion of a charge for the privilege itself. Nor was provision made for disposition of the properties upon termination of the grant. Some consistency was achieved for special grants adopted after passage of the 1906 and 1910 statutes.40 But considerable variations may be noted in conditions of such grants, both be- fore and after the 1906 and 1910 legislation, especially as to disposition of properties.41 Some of them required transfer of 87 § 1,34 Stat. 386. 88 Act of June 23,1910, § 4, 36 Stat. 593, 595. 89 § 1, 36 Stat. 593, 594. 40 In the ten years following enactment of the 1906 Act, Congress adopted 20 special acts subject to its provisions, and 16 new or amended special grants in the two years following the 1910 amendment. Fibst Annual Report of the Federal Power Commission, pp. 48-49 (1921). Under these two statutes, only eight dams were actually completed, developing a total of 140,000 horsepower. H. Rep. No. 61, 66th Cong., 1st sess., p. 3 (1919). 41 See, e. g., Act of April 26, 1904, § 4, 33 Stat. 309 (grantee to give lock and dam to the United States free of cost, but to have use of water power for 99 years) ; Act of February 9, 1905, § 1, 33 Stat. 712 (upon grantee's completion of dam, lock, and related facilities, United States to have ownership of lock and related facilities) ; Act of March 3, 1905, § 1, 33 Stat. 1117,1133 (upon expiration of 40-year right to grantee to collect navigation tolls, United States to assume possession of locks without compensation, but |