270 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL

 BABDIS RESERVOIB
 General MARKHAM. Yes, sir. On the Sardis, on the Yazoo Sardis, there has
 been no work performed, but options for all of the land required have been
 obtained.
 Senator CoPeLAwD. Where is that reservoir located?
 General MARKHAM. In Mississippi, something like 50 or 60 miles southeast
 of Memphis.
 Senator THOMAS of Oklahoma. On what river?
 General MAKHAM. On the Yazoo, or a branch of the Yazoo.
 Senator CoPELAN. That has been authorized by Congress?
 General MARKHAM. That has not been authorized by Congress, but recom-
 mended by the Engineering Department. As a matter of fact, it is to relieve
 flood conditions that are perennial on the Yazoo River and have a very great
 Influence upon the flood levels of the lower Mississippi.
 Senator Russav.. Is it a storage reservoir?
 General MAsaKAM. A storage reservoir. It is one of seven in the system
 of reservoirs on the Yazoo, and the best of the lot.
 Senator Rusami. Is it proposed to generate any power there?
 General MARKHAM. No.
 Senator CAn~r. Is that a part of the general plan for flood control and levee
 development recommended by the Corps of Engineers for the control of the
 Missssippi River?
 General MwaIAm. Yes, sir.
 Senator Couraxa Will this have anything to do with the $272,000,000 project
 which we were considering this morning in the Commerce Committee?
 General MAXRHAM. This would be included in the $272,000,000 project which
 has been recommended by the Corps of Engineers.
 Senator CormAND. That is to say, if Congress were to see fit to adopt the bill,
 the Sardis Reservoir would be included; is that right?
 General MARKHAM. It would be; yes, sir.
 Senator COPrwAI. That is only one of these five projects that would be
 included in that?
 General MAaRHAM. That is correct
 Senator CormLAND. That is authorized?
 General MARKHAM. Yes, sir.
 As to this particular Sardis Reservoir, we have advanced to this position,
 where we have taken options on all of the lands at Sardis under authority of the
 President There has been allotted $1,000,000 by the President, presumptively
 upon the acquiring of those options at levels satisfactory to the Secretary of War.
 The cost of those options appears to us to be quite reasonable.
 Senator TOWNSEND. What do they amount to?
 General MAaKHAM. Approximately $1,600,000.
 I might say that those options very closely approximate the appraisals of the
 Agriculture Department experts whom we have secured to make their appraisals,
 and to that extent they are satisfactory to us.
 Senator CARc. Are they all prosperous farmers on this land?
 General MAnXHAM. I think so. I have never been in that territory myself, but
I am told it is fair land growing cotton and corn, and the usual crops of the kind
that are grown in northern Mississippi.
 Senator FLZBCHLm You have had allotted $1,000,000 for that project and
require additionally how much?
 Captain CLa. $2,500,000 for the next fiscal year.
 General MARKHAM. The total cost of the reservoir completed, including the
land, is $10,472,000
 Senator McAnoo. And you have had an allotment of $1,000,000?
 General MARKHAM. Yes, sir.
 Senator Towwsnra Let me get this answer correctly in the record.
 Senator CoraLANa I understand, General, to complete the reservoir will
require $9,472,000.
 General MAXRHAM. That is my recollection. We can get the precise figures.
 Senator COPKAND. They are found on page 15 of the House hearings.

 AUTHORIZATIONS

 Now, I suppose, gentlemen, that we might as well face at this moment the
question of jurisdiction.