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Show 391 supply.18 Moreover, in an act "for the protection of the water- sheds of navigable streams," Congress in 1911 authorized the acquisition for national-forest purposes of private lands "lo- cated on the headwaters of navigable streams," which may be "necessary to the regulation of the flow of navigable streams."19 The 1906 General Dam Act.-In the early part of the cen- tury, Congress continued to enact special legislation authoriz- ing specific projects for nonfederal water-power development.20 In 1906, the General Dam Act was passed prescribing condi- tions for general application to nonfederal power developments thereafter authorized by Congress in navigable waters.21 It recognized interrelations of power, navigation, and fish preser- vation, by making provision for the installation of navigation and fish-passage facilities. But these provisions seem designed to serve the passive purpose of preventing obstruction by the dam, rather than affirmatively promoting nonpower uses. Multiple Uses at Reclamation Dams.-Only a few months previously, Congress had expressly recognized the interrela- tionship of power and irrigation when it supplemented the 1902 Reclamation Act by providing for power development and lease of any surplus power of power privilege at reclamation projects.22 At the same time, it authorized contracts for water 18 See supra, pp. 354-355. 19 Act of March 1,1911, §§ 3, 6, 36 Stat. 961, 962, see 16 U. S. C. 515. Later, this Act was amended to authorize acquisition of lands for promoting the production of timber as well as for protecting navigation. Act of June 7, 1924, § 7, 43 Stat. 653, 654,16 U. S. O. 569. 20 See supra, p. 262 and n. 41, p. 266. M Act of June 21, 1906, 34 Stat. 386. This Act granted authority to con- struct and maintain a dam "for water power or other purposes" across any navigable water of the United States after approval of the plans and specifi- cations by the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers. These officials could impose such conditions and stipulations as they deemed nec- essary "to protect the present and future interests of the United States," which might include a condition for construction without expense to the United States, of locks, booms, sluices, or any other structure necessary in the interests of navigation. The operator was also required to maintain such lights and other signals thereon and such fishways as the Secretary of Commerce prescribed. * Act of April 16,1906, § 5, 34 Stat. 116,117, see 43 U. S. C. 522. |