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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 462. 1925. 1169 That no part of this appropriation shall be used for construction C°¤m°*= *0* revpurposes on the Vale project until a contract or contracts in form iiiiiiiiiidy mmm reapproved by the Secretary of the Interior shall have been made with an irrigation district or with irrigation districts organized under State law, providing for payment by the district or districts as heremafter provided: Provided further, That no part of the sum ·*°*”’°P’i“*° *°P¤>’· provided for herein shall be expended for construction on account gluliid vioiiisriiigu. LT of any lands in private ownership until an appropriate repayment """°°]°l°°d”‘ contract in accordance with the terms of this Act and, in form approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been properly executed by a district organized under State law, embracing the lands in public or private ownership irrigable under the project, and the execution thereof shall have been confirmed by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, which contract, among other things, ¤,,§§°"’“i°“" ln °°“‘ shall provide for an appraisal approved by the Secretary of the i Interior, showing the present actual bona fide value of all such irrigable lands, fixed without reference to the proposed construction, and shall provide that until one-half the construction charges against said lands shall have been full paid no sale of any such lands shall be valid unless and until tlie purchase price involved in such sale is approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and shall also provide that upon proof of fraudulent representation as to the true consideration involved in any such sale the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cancel the water right attaching to the land involved in such fraudulent sale; and all public lands irrigable — under the project shall be entered subject to tihe conditions of this _ section, which shall be applied thereto: Provided further, That no m,I§§ (§Q*§;§,, °:§{’,‘;§ water shall be delivered to irrigators on this project until a contract d¤pggtvm_gp:· Mc-- lv! or contracts shall have been executed between the United States and iiial. I °°mp°` the State of Oregon, whereby the State shall assume the duty and responsibility of promoting the development and settlement of the project after completion, including the subdivision of lands held in private ownership by any individual in excess of one hundred and sixty irrigable acres, the securing, selection, and financing of settlers to enable the purchase of the required livestock, equipment, and supplies and the improvement of the lands to render them habitable sem ea provido and productive. The State shall proyide the funds necessary for '¤¤d°· this purpose and shall conduct operations in a manner satisfactory emma pmms in to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That the ope;-a· “'°¤°°· tion and maintenance charges on account of land in this project. shall be paid annually in advance not later than March 1, no charge being made for operation and maintenance for the iirst year after said public notice. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to give such public notice when water is actual? available Purchase or mms for such lands: Provided further, That not more than 200,000 of g;;§,‘;,§‘;,;gj°§{_ wm the amount herein appropriated shall be ayailable for purchase of an interest in the existing storage reservoir of the Warm Springs project, said interest to be conveyed to the United States free of all prior liens and encumbrances of every kind whatever: Provzdqd mmm mm pm further, That the contract for the purchase of said interest in said vided mr. reservoir shall also provide for construction of the necessary drainage works bv the said Warm Springs and Vale projects and t ie proportion of eost of said works to be horne_by each; _ _ mmm] may Klamath project, Oregon-California: For operation and mainte- C,,m_ ’ ‘ nance. continuation of construction, and incidental operations, 561,000:, , < $ Belle Fourche project, South Daliotas For operation and mainte— p?k°}x° F°°I°h°’ " nance, continuation of COI1StI'l1Cb10I1, and incidental operations,