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title: "16 U.S.C. § 835i"
description: "Contracts with State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_name: "COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 835i - Contracts with State of Washington for maintenance and operation of fish hatcheries

## Text

In connection with fish hatcheries built or to be built as a part of the fish-protection program required on the Columbia Basin Dam project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract with the State of Washington for the maintenance and operation of any of them at the expense of said State.

(Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 794, 54 Stat. 1085; May 27, 1937, ch. 269, § 1, 50 Stat. 208; Mar. 10, 1943, ch. 14, 57 Stat. 14.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name Act May 27, 1937, as amended by act Mar. 10, 1943, changed name of project from “Grand Coulee Dam” to “Columbia Basin”.