under section 13.

Section 2: Local contribution and participation

Reiterated the soundness of the principle of local contribution toward the cost of flood-control work which had been incorporated in all previous national legislation, recognizing the special interest of the local population in its own protection, and as a means of preventing inordinate requests for unjustified items of work having no material national interest.

Recognized the expenditure estimated at approximately $292 million already made by the local

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