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 sixrrsnvnurn couennss. sm. Iv. oss. 145,146. 1923. 1325 payipienthofxwéhich has been extended under the provisions of section o suc - c. Sec. 3. That eve char e the date of a ent of which is ex- m°°"°“* ““" ¥’°““‘*Y tended under the pllovisiogis, of section 2pofYlt1his Act, shall draw uudefmed ummm. interest at the rate of 6 per centum per amium 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 an such penalty shall attach {rom the cgase the charge was originally due, as if no extension had een gran e. Src. 4. That section 2 of such Act of March 31, 1922, is amended xml 490, amendby striking out the words " season of 1922 " where they appear in °‘l· sec§i<;1§2a5ng by inserting in lieu thereof the words ‘ seasons of · an. Sec. 5. That where an individual water user, or individual appli- b,,U§f;‘§ §‘§,“§,*;{§,';‘g; cant for a water right under a Federal irrigation project constructed or being constructed under the Act of June 17, 1902 (Thirty-second °L 32’p'388` 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 char s to the construction charge of the land of such water user or apphlizant, _ and to distribute such accumulated charges equally over each of the y§,°,,",§,‘,¥’,§‘d‘f‘ “‘ “‘°“* subsequent years, beginning with the year 1924, at such rate per year as will complete the payment during the remaining years of the twenty-year period of payment of the original construction charge: _ Provided, That upon such adjustment being made, any penalties or §Q‘§",f,'{,’g 1,,;,,,,,,, interest which may have accrued in connection with such unpaid ¤*<=·'=°*>°°**¤°°'°¢ construction and operation and maintenance charges shall be canceled, and in lieu thereof the amount so due, and the pa ent of which is hereby extended, shall draw interest at the rate ofyiiu per centum per annum, paid annually from the time said amount became __ due to date of payment: Provided further, That the applicant £:§'§,l§g{§l' ,,5;, ’{,“,,§°Z for the extension shall first show to the satisfaction of the Secretary S*‘°"”· of the Interior detailed statement of his assets and liabilities and actual inabilit to make payment at the time of the application and an apparent ability to meet the deferred charges in 1924 and subse- P It H dmpm quent years: And provided further, That in case the principal and .¤d°?St§a; E0; paid interest herein provided for are not paid in the manner and at **°"°°“°’· the time provided by this Act, any penalty now providedylg law shall attach from the date the charge was originaly due: A pro- Extended to vided further, That similar relief in whole or in part may be extended amaze- users. mum by the Secretary of the Interior to a legally or§.nized group of water users of a project, upon presentation of a su cient number of individual showings made in accordance with the foregoing promso to satisfy the Secretary of the Interior that such extension is necessary. Approved, February 28, 1923. _ _ _ February 28,19%. CHAP. 146.-An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to createa commission [H.R.14%.l authorized under certain conditions to refund or convert obligations of foreign govern- [Public, N0. 455.] pests held) byggge United States of America, and for other purposes, approved B I'I.1.K!'y, . Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the W . United States of?/America in Congress assembled, That the first De‘V§§E ¢§n0;r;Hg; proviso of section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to create a comnns- ,,d_ ·”‘ · “‘““