300

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT FOR 1923

[Extracts from] An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes. (Act of May 24, 1922, ch. 199, 42 Stat. 552)

[Boise project-Drainage expenditures.]-Boise project, Idaho: *** Provided, That the expenditure for drainage shall not exceed the amount paid by the water users pursuant to the provisions of the Boise public notice dated February 15, 1921, * * * (42 Stat. 584).

[Appropriation for Baker project.]—Baker project, Oregon: For investigation, commencement of construction, and incidental operations, $400,000. (42 Stat. 585)

[Emergency repairs.]-Ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditures on the reclamation projects named; but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said projects, except that should existing works or the water supply for lands under cultivation be endangered by floods or other unusual conditions, an amount sufficient to make necessary emergency repairs shall become available

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for expenditure by further transfer of appropriation from any of said projects upon approval of the Secretary of the Interior. (42 Stat. 586)

302

SALE OF ELECTRIC POWER ON SALT RIVER PROJECT

An act authorizing the sale of surplus power developed under the Salt River reclamation project, Arizona. (Act of September 18, 1922, ch. 323, 42 Stat. 847)

[Contracts authorized for sale of power-Must not exceed 50 years—Money derived to be placed to credit of Salt River project.]-Whenever a development of power is necessary for the irrigation of lands under the Salt River reclamation project, Arizona, or an opportunity is afforded for the development of power under said project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, giving preference to municipal purposes, to enter into contracts for a period not exceeding fifty years for the sale of any surplus power so developed, and the money derived from such sales shall be placed to the credit of said project for disposal as provided in the contract between the United States of America and the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, approved September 6, 1917: Provided, That no contract shall be made for the sale of such surplus power which will impair the efficiency of said project: Provided, however, That no such contract shall be made without the approval of the legally organized water users' association or irrigation district which has contracted with the United States to repay the cost of said project: Provided further, That the charge for power may be readjusted at the end of five, ten, or twenty year periods after the beginning of any contract for the sale of power in a manner to be described in the contract. (42 Stat. 847; 43 U.S.C. § 598)

303

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT FOR 1924 [Extract from] An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and for other purposes. (Act of January 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1174)

[Repayment of construction cost.]-Milk River project, Montana: For operation and maintenance, continuation of construction, and incidental operations, $140,000: Provided, That repayment of the construction cost of the project may be made through a division by the Secretary of the Interior of such cost into a primary construction charge and a supplemental construction charge, of approximate equality, the former payable according to section 2 and the latter payable according to section 4 of the extension act of August 13, 1914 (Thirtyeighth Statutes at Large, page 686); (42 Stat. 1206).

304

DRAINAGE OF PIUTE INDIAN LANDS, NEWLANDS PROJECT

An act authorizing an appropriation to meet proportionate expenses of providing a drainage system for Piute Indian lands in the State of Nevada within the Newlands reclamation project of the Reclamation Service. (Act of February 14, 1923, ch. 77, 42 Stat. 1246)

[Drainage of lands of Piute Indians-Reimbursement.]-There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $49,603.05, payable in 20 annual installments of $2,500 each, except the last, which shall be the amount remaining unpaid, for the purpose of meeting the proportionate expense of providing a drainage system for 4,047 acres of Piute Indian lands in the State of Nevada within the Newlands project of the Reclamation Service.

The money herein authorized to be appropriated shall be reimbursed in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to said Indian lands. (42 Stat. 1246; Act of June 7, 1924, 43 Stat. 595)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code.

1924 Amendment. The Act of June 7, 1924, 43 Stat. 595, amended this act by increasing the sum authorized to be appropriated from $41,077.05 to $49,603.05, and increased the annual installments from $2,100 to $2,500. For legislative history of the 1924 Act see Public Law 231 in the 58th Congress; S. Rept. No. 339; H.R. Rept. No. 526.

Cross Reference, Cancellation of Charges. The Act of June 26, 1926, 44 Stat. 771, authorized an appropriation to re

imburse the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District for operating and maintaining irrigation drains on lands of the Piute Indians. The act also provides that all charges assessed or to be assessed for the construction of irrigation works on Piute Indian lands be remitted and cancelled and the said lands were declared to have a water right without cost to the Indians. The 1926 Act appears herein in chronological order.

Legislative History. H.R. 10211, Public Law 413 in the 67th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 998. S. Rept. No. 1074.