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AVAILABILITY OF MONEY FOR YUMA AUXILIARY PROJECT

An act to amend section four of the act entitled "An act to provide for an auxiliary reclamation project in connection with the Yuma project, Arizona." (Act of February 11, 1918, ch. 16, 40 Stat. 437)

[Funds available for Yuma Auxiliary project.]—The first sentence of section four of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for an auxiliary reclamation project in connection with the Yuma project, Arizona", approved January twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, be amended so as to read as follows:

"That the money in said auxiliary reclamation fund of the Yuma project, Arizona, shall be available for the construction or completion of irrigation works of the said auxiliary project or unit." (40 Stat. 437)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

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

Editor's Note, Annotations. Annotations of opinions, if any, are found under section

4 of the Act of January 25, 1917.

Legislative History. H.R. 3135, Public Law 101 in 65th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 199. S. Rept. No. 237.

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SUNDRY CIVIL EXPENSES APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR 1919 [Extracts from] An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, and for other purposes. (Act of July 1, 1918, ch. 113, 40 Stat. 634)

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[Moneys for extensions of Boise project limited to construction charges collected.]-Provided, That no money shall be expended for extensions of the Boise project, except such amounts as may be collected from construction charges on that project under public notice. (40 Stat. 674)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Provision Repeated. The same proviso tion Act for 1920, Act of July 19, 1919, 41 is contained in the Sundry Civil Appropria- Stat. 200.

[King Hill project-Subject to Reclamation laws-U.S. reclamation equivalent to Idaho reclamation under Carey Act.]-King Hill project, Idaho: For continuing construction and incidental operations, $423,000: Provided, That said project shall be subject to the reclamation Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, so far as applicable and consistent with contract heretofore made between the United States and King Hill irrigation district: Provided further, That for the purposes of issuing patent to lands reclaimed, the reclamation effected by the operations of the United States Reclamation Service may be considered by the Secretary of the Interior as equivalent to reclamation effected by the State of Idaho, under the Carey Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninetyfour. (40 Stat. 674; 43 U.S.C. § 595)

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[Investigation of swamp and cut-over timber lands.]-For an investigation to be made by the Director of the Reclamation Service of the reclamation by drainage of lands outside existing reclamation projects and of the reclamation and preparation for cultivation of cut-over timber lands in any of the States of the United States, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase, maintenance, repair, hire, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles and for all other expenses, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000. (40 Stat. 676)

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SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1919

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. The extract relating to the investigation of swamp and cut-over lands is not codified in the U.S. Code.

Editor's Note, Provisions Repeated in Appropriation Acts. Provisions which are repeated in two or more appropriation acts

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appear herein only in the act in which first used.

Legislative History. H.R. 12441, Public Law 181 in the 65th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 644. S. Rept. No. 521. H.R. Rept. No. 723 (conference report).

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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK

[Extracts from] An act to establish the Grand Canyon National Park in the State of Arizona. (Act of February 26, 1919, ch. 44, 40 Stat. 1175)

[Sec. 1. Grand Canyon National Park established.]-There is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of the "Grand Canyon National Park," the tract of land in the State of Arizona particularly described by and included within the metes and bounds as follows, to wit:

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(Boundary description omitted, 40 Stat. 1175, 16 U.S.C. § 221)

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Sec. 5. [Rights of way.]-Whenever consistent with the primary purposes of said park the Act of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, applicable to the locations of rights of way in certain national parks and the national forests for irrigation and other purposes, and subsequent Acts shall be and remain applicable to the lands included within the park. The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion and upon such conditions as he may deem proper, grant easements or rights of way for railroads upon or across the park. (40 Stat. 1178; 16 U.S.C. § 225)

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Sec. 7. [Reclamation project.]-Whenever consistent with the primary purposes of said park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit the utilization of areas therein which may be necessary for the development and maintenance of a Government reclamation project. (40 Stat. 1178; 16 U.S.C. § 227)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Legislative History. S. 390, Public Law 277 in the 65th Congress. S. Rept. No. 321.

H.R. Rept. No. 832.

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LANDS FOR RESERVOIR SITES IN SUN RIVER AND MILK RIVER

PROJECTS

An act to authorize an exchange of lands with the State of Montana in connection with Muddy Creek Reservoir site, Sun River project, and Nelson Reservoir site, Milk River project, and for other purposes. (Act of February 28, 1919, ch. 74, 40 Stat. 1205) [Conveyance by State to United States-Conveyance by United States to State-Lands conveyed to United States reserved-May be restored.]---Upon receipt of proper deeds from the State Board of Land Commissioners of the State of Montana, executed under authority of its legislative assembly, reconveying to the United States of America title to the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter section 2, north half of the northeast quarter and southeast quarter of the northeast quarter section 3, township 22 north, range 1 west, Montana principal meridian; northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, south half of the northeast quarter, and southeast quarter section 20, east half of the northeast quarter, and southeast quarter section 21, southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, east half of the southwest quarter, and southwest quarter of the southeast quarter section 27, northeast quarter, northwest quarter, north half of the southwest quarter, and north half of the southeast quarter section 28, north half of the southwest quarter section 29, southeast quarter of the northwest quarter section 30, north half of the northeast quarter, and north half of the northwest quarter section 32, north half of the northeast quarter, and northeast quarter of the northwest quarter section 33, east half of the northeast quarter, south half of the northwest quarter, east half of the southwest quarter, and west half of the southeast quarter section 34, township 23 north, range 1 west, Montana principal meridian, for the Muddy Creek Reservoir site, Sun River project; and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter section 35, township 32 north, range 32 east, north half of the southwest quarter section 4, township 31 north, range 32 east, and all of section 36, township 32 north, range 31 east, Montana principal meridian, for the Nelson Reservoir site, Milk River project; the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue patents to said State for such vacant, surveyed, unreserved, unoccupied, nonmineral public lands as may be selected by said State within its boundaries, not exceeding the amount of land included in said deeds, and said land when so reconveyed shall not be subject to settlement, location, entry, or selection under the public land laws, but shall be reserved for the use of the United States Reclamation Service for the purposes aforesaid: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Interior may restore such lands as he may determine are not needed for said reservoir sites. (40 Stat. 1205)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

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

Legislative History. S. 2715, Public Law

304 in the 65th Congress. S. Rept. No. 476. H.R. Rept. No. 939.

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