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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)

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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).

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. The extract of this act shown here is not codified in the U.S. Code.

Reference in the Text. The extension act of August 13, 1914 (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page 686), referred to in the text, is the Reclamation Extension Act. The Act

appears herein in chronological order.

Legislative History. H.R. 13559, Public Law 395 in the 67th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 1315. S. Rept. No. 988. H.R. Rept. No. 1387 (conference report).

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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.

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EXTEND RELIEF TO WATER USERS ACT

An act to extend the time for payment of charges due on reclamation projects, and for other purposes. (Act of February 28, 1923, ch. 145, 42 Stat. 1324)

[Sec. 1. Time for payment extended to two years.]-Section 1 of the act entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend the time for payment of charges due on reclamation projects, and for other purposes", approved March 31, 1922, is amended by striking out the words "one year" where they appear in such section and inserting in lieu thereof the words "two years." (42 Stat. 1324)

Sec. 2. [Further extension.]—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in the manner and subject to the conditions imposed by such act of March 31, 1922, to extend for a period not exceeding two years from December 31, 1922, the date of any payment of any charge the date of payment of which has been extended under the provisions of section 1 of such act. (42 Stat. 1324)

Sec. 3. [Interest on extended payments-Penalty for nonpayment.]-Every charge, the date of payment of which is extended under the provisions of section 2 of this act, shall draw interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum from the date from which it was so extended in lieu of any penalty that may now be provided by law, but in case such charge is not paid at the end of the period for which it is so extended any such penalty shall attach from the date the charge was originally due, as if no extension had been granted. (42 Stat. 1325)

Sec. 4. [Extension of time to two years.]-Section 2 of such act of March 31, 1922, is amended by striking out the words "season of 1922" where they appear in such section and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "seasons of 1922 and 1923." (42 Stat. 1325)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Editor's Note, Annotations. Annotations 1 through 4 of this Act are found under the of opinions, if any, with respect to sections Act of March 31, 1922.

Sec. 5. [Accrued charges spread over remaining years.]-Where an individual water user, or individual applicant for a water right under a Federal irrigation project constructed or being constructed under the act of June 17, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes at Large, page 388), or any act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, is unable to pay any construction or operation and maintenance charge due excepting operation and maintenance charges for drainage on the Boise, Idaho, project, for the year 1922, or prior thereto, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized in his discretion to add such. accrued and unpaid charges to the construction charge of the land of such water user or applicant, and to distribute such accumulated charges equally over each of the subsequent years, beginning with the year 1924, at such rate per year as will complete the payment during the remaining years of the twentyyear period of payment of the original construction charge: Provided, That upon such adjustment being made, any penalties or interest which may have accrued in connection with such unpaid construction and operation and mainte