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<br />"public use generally, without charge, for boating,
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<br />al purposes, and ready aCC8S3 to and exit from such
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<br />lations as the Seoretary of War may deem necessary.
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<br />ad by the War Department for the maintenance of a fish pool capacity. It
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<br />of Seotion 4 of the 1944 Flood Control Aot, it must be first determined by
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<br />the Seoretary of War that such use of the reservoir is not contra~ to the
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<br />publio interest; and suoh deter.minntion at this time oannot be contrary
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<br />fixed and defined by the Congress when the project was authorized. Under
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<br />oordl!U1oe with rules and re{;ula.tions established by the Secretary of War,
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<br />these purposes. He oannot now set aside a portion or the oapaoity of the
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<br />In the objeotions to the establishment of the fish pool in
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