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Show 556 culture specify the manner in which that work shall be accomplished. As to Reclamation projects, express provision is made for the letting of "contracts for the construction." S3° Appropriation statutes sometimes place a limit on the amount expendable for construction work "by force account or on a hired-labor koeia " 831 Contrary to the general rule, the majority of projects in the Tennessee Valley have been completed by force-account construction.382 Relocation of Inundated Facilities.-Whenever the Chief of Engineers finds that "any highway, railway, or utility" has been or is being damaged or destroyed by reason of the opera- tion of any dam or reservoir project under Army control, he may use project funds for the repair, relocation, restoration, or protection of such highway or utility.333 In the case of Reclamation projects, the Secretary of the Interior has au- thority to acquire lands for relocation of "highways, road- ways, railroads, telegraph, telephone, or electric transmission lines, or any other properties whatsoever," and he also has express authority to contract with the property owners where- by they undertake to acquire property needed for relocation, or to perform the work involved.334 Powers somewhat simi- lar to but broader than the foregoing are vested in the Tennes- see Valley Authority.335 Included among these powers is an authorization "to advise and cooperate in the readjustment of the population displaced" by the construction of dams.336 Rate of Construction.-Three requirements of general appli- cability should first be noted. No contract may be made for 880 Act of June 17,1902, § 4, 32 Stat. 388, 389, 43 U. S. O. 419. 831 See, e. g., Act of September 6,1950, ch. VII, title I, 64 Stat. 595, -. 882 See Hearings before the Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations on Independent Offices Appropriation Bill for 1950, H. R. 4177, 81st Cong., 1st sess., Part 2, pp. 852-861, 894-895, 898-900 (1949). 833 Act of July 24, 1946, § 9, 60 Stat. 641, 643, 33 U. S. C. 701q. 884 Act of August 4, 1939, § 14, 53 Stat. 1187, 1197, 43 U. S. C. 389. 885 Act of July 18, 1941, 55 Stat. 599, see 16 U. S. C. 831c (k). 886 Act of May 18, 1933, § 4, 48 Stat. 58, 60, as added by Act of August 31, 1935, § 13, 49 Stat. 1080,16 U. S. C. 831c (I). |