§ 35. Certain federal aid improvements. This article shall not impair nor affect provisions of chapter six hundred eighty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred thirty-four which authorize and direct compliance with the federal laws, rules, regulations and conditions which govern contracts and expenditures for the canal improvements authorized or prosecuted by or under such chapter, with financial aid from the federal government; and this article shall apply to such improvements and to contracts therefor only in so far as it is consistent with such provisions.