Email Record: James River North Dakota and South Dakota. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting pursuant to section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved January 21, 1927, and section 10 of the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated March 21, 1933, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, containing a general plan for the improvement of the James River, N.Dak. and S.Dak., for the purposes of navigation and efficient development of waterpower the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation.