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 SIXTY~N`INTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cue. 621, 622. 1926. 753 creation of such areas and the establishment of closed seasons may °,g'¤{{1¤·¢, rmi, ¤¤<>¤¤· further extend the restrictions and limitations imposed upon fishing " ` c provisions of this or any other Act of Con ess: Pm- furtlaer, That the Secretary of Commerce is hereiiy author- .¤ii§¤°°}i`iti°s‘°iii¤ii>i$i ized to permit the taking of fish or shellfish, for bait purposes only, at any or all seasons in any or all Alaskan Territorial waters. ~ It emu be miiawsu to import or bring into me Tmm-y or ,.3,:*%,;*3. m Alaska, for puizgses other than (personal use and not for sale or gggdepgg ,*},;*1;**; barter, salmon m waters outsi e the jurisdiction of the United ml. ’ States taken durintg any closed period provided for by this Act or regulations made t ereunder." Approved, June 18, 1926Z CHAP. 622.··A.n Act To provide for the storage of the waters of the Pecos ji11?1i?isti:;6]` IUVUI. [ zblic, No. 404.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the md my United States of America in Congress assembled, That in accord- ¤%2:§p,,,,c°{j°{—'Z,1,¥" ance with the provisions of the Act of June 17, 1902 é]Thir?-second mw _;§};m‘;’;d };j°°° Statutes at Large, page 388), and Acts amendator ereo or sup- V¤1-¤~v-388. A plementary thereto, except as the same are modified herein, the Sec- retary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to con- struct the Bed Bluii Federal Irrigation Project, consisting of a reser- voir u on the Pecos River, sufficient in size for the irrigation of not exceeding forty thousand acres of land 1n the State of exas, which reservoir shall be located at a, (point where it will impound the flood waters of Delaware Creek an Black River, and shall be rovided with all necessary incidental works for the operation of the same. C0 Sac. 2. That no expenditure for construction shall be made under ¤¤§¢iiii°;¤i)a°$y1i]$ this Act until an appropriate contract or contracts in form approved $,‘},’,‘§f’ ""°"°"°'*’”““‘ by the Secretary o the Interior, providing for the pa ment to the Lnited States as provided herein of the costs incurred on account of said project, shall have been proper? executed by a. district or districts organized under State law an embraci roperty to be benefited by said project, and such execution shrill {ave been con- P {irmed by a court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, That expen- rayméam mums- ditures may be made hereunder at any time to cover necemary ex- °‘”“"°’“"“°°· penses incurred by the United States on account of preliminary in- vestigations and negotiations in connection with the execution o the contract or contracts provided for by this section. Sno. 3. That the total cost to the United States of the construe- ,,,,§fj’,§‘,,’§,“,j°,‘,§{,,,,2’,,,,E‘§ tion of said Hroject shall be'repaid to the United States in twenty ¥¤•¤ annual ` ents, without interest, as follows: Five per centum thereof on March lst of the second year following the year in which water becomes first available from said reservoir for irrigation, and 5 per centum thereof annually thereafter until the whole amount PM., is paid: Provided, That if any installment shall not be paid when rmuzimasaumn due there shall be added at once to such installment a penalty of °°m°°°'“ 1 pir centum thereof and thereafter on the first day of each month a ` ,e penalty so long as the default continues. 0 Sac. 4. That the cost to the United States of ojéerating and .u.‘i°.l{°a’$';¤°$’°,° m` maintaining said project shall be plaid to the United tates in ad- vance upon annua estimates made y the Secretaryqpf the Interior and upon a day to be fixed by him: Provided, at the cost of Z;°§;'d°‘¤, www operating and maintainingthe pronjlect the year water is first avril- §§_Q:$_¤u;,j{Q°¤ ‘"‘°°' a le therefrom for irrigation, sh be merged with and made a ` part of- the construction cost.` If the estimate for any one year shall be either more or less than the actual cost, an appropriate 43892°—27———48