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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 20. 1917. 869 Interior at or prior to the time of sale, shall fix and determine (a) the reasonable value of the land per acre; (b) the estimated cost per acre of the works to be constructed; and (c) the proportionate cost per agro pg fthe vgprks previously constructed and available for the lands o er or s e. Sec. 2. That all bidders at such public sale shall be re uired to d§;Y'”°"” by M make a deposit of ten per centum of the amount bid for lzlie tract i proposed to be purchased, and upon notice from the Secretary of the nterior that such bid has been accepted shall be required to pay fifteen per centum additional within sixt days after such notice. In case of failure to do so the de it shall, be forfeited and the corresponding lands shall be availaglias for further sale. In case the bids e,§‘°°“"‘ °‘ ‘*°P°°““· for the lands shall not ag e ate a sufficient amount within six months ` from the time fixed for the filing of bids to meet the probable cost as announced, all deposits shall be returned. The remaining seventy- I”l'°um°°tS‘ five per centum o the purchase price shall be paid in three annual insta lments, with interest at six per centum per annum on deferred payments until paid, rrmnini from the date of notice to pay the additional fifteen per centum, ut advance payments may be received Pmm to wm, at any time. U on full payment of the urchase price patent shall rsgnegme. issue for the landg, and no qualification orllimitation shall be repjuircd of any purchaser or patentee except that he be acitizen of the nited States. Such patent shall also contain a grant of a water right hom appurtenant to the land: Provided, That any person who has made Peudm§e¤trks,etc. an entry which is now valid and subsisting, or who has a preference right to make entry, for any irrigable land embraced within the limits of the auxiliary project, may purchase said land at the price of $2.50 per acre and shall be subject to the same payments for the irrigation works as is required of persons holding rivate lands under the revisions of section one hereof: Pmmd further, That the ,,,,f,°,{’,}‘,,$,, §§,,‘f°""" purciiasers or owners of the land to be irrigated under said auxiliary reclamation project shall also agree to pay to the Umtexl States the total actual cost of the works of said auxiliary reclamation project in the event that the actual cost of said works shall exceed the estimated cost thereo . Sec. 3. That the moneys received under the Sprovisions of this Act ,,j§‘§°,,‘§§j’ "'“l°""°' shall be paid into the Treasury of the United tates and be covered into a separate fund known as the auxiliary reclamation fund of the Yuma project, Arizona. _ _ _ _ _ Un 0,md_ Sec. 4. That the money in the said auxiliary reclamation fund of the Yuma project, Arizona, shall be available fo_r_the construction or completion of irrigation works for the said auxiliary project or unit to the extent of the moneys received on account thereof in connection mmm: by md with the sale of the lands therein. The landowners shall pay the cost omm of operation and maintenance, and the charges to cover such cost as fixed by the Secretary of the Interior sha be paid each ypar rn O mm comadvance of the delivery of water. Upon the announcement y_tl1e mgm °“ Secretary of the Interior of the completion_ of the said auxiliary project or unit thereof, the operation and maintenance of the irrigation works shall, as soon as practicable, be turned over to an egréganrzation representing a majority of the landowners, to be_ operat and maintained by them at their expense 111 accordance with a contract therefor to be made with the Secretary of the Interior. _ U { funds Sec. 5. Any surplus of funds paid on account of construction re- °°° maining after completion thereof, and that any money remaining in said separate fund known as the auxiliary reclamatronfund of the Yuma project, Arizona, after completion of the said auxiliary project and after reimbursement of the reclamation fund for the Exportionate share of works built by means of the latter fund s be