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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 42. 1928. 1063 the use of water accruing to said States, subsidiary to and consistent with said Colorado River compact, which may be negotiated and approved by said States and to which Congress shall give its consent and approval on or before January 1, 1929 ; and the terms of any such compact concluded between said States and approved and Proviso. consented to by Congress after said date : Provided, That in the Subsequent action. latter case such compact shall be subject to all contracts, if any, made by the Secretary of the Interior under section 5 hereof prior to the Ante, p. 1060 . date of such approval and consent by Congress. S F- c. 9 . That all lands of the United States found by the Secretary ara lnabferolaandspwitb of the Interior to be practicable of irrigation and reclamation by the entry. irrigation works authorized herein shall be withdrawn from public entry. Thereafter, at the direction of the Secretary of the Interior To be opened under > > reclamation law. such lands shall be opened for entry, in tracts varying in size but not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the reclamation law, and any such entryman shall pay an equitable share in accordance with the benefits received, as determined by the said Secretary, of the construction cost of said canal and appurtenant p ay m e nt s. structures ; said payments to be made in such installments and at such times as may be specified by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the said reclamation law, and shall Revenue covered in- constitute revenue from said project and be covered into the fund tothefundo here in p rovi ded for : Provi ded, That all persons who have served Provisos. Preference for three in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps during the war months to persons serv with Germany, the war with Spain, or in the suppression of the ing in World War, etc . insurrection in the Philippines, and who have been honorably sepa- rated or discharged therefrom or placed in the Regular Army or Navy Reserve, shall have the exclusive preference right for a period of three months to enter said lands, subject, however, to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 4, Act of December 5, 1924 (Forty-third vol .43, p. 702. Stat utes at Larg e, p age 702) ; and also, so far as practicable, prefer- ence shall be given to said persons in all construction work authorized Action if entry be by this Act : Provided further, That in the event such an entry shall relinquished. be relinquished at any time prior to actual residence upon the land by the entryman for not less than one year, lands so relinquished shall not be subject to entry for a period of sixty days after the filing and notation of the relinquishment in the local land office, and after the expiration of said sixty-day period such lands shall be open to entry, subject to the preference in this section provided. Imperial Irrigation SEC. 10. That nothing in this Act shall be construed as modifying District. in any manner the existing contract, dated October 23, 1918, between Contract with, for connection with La- the United States and the Imperial Irrigation District, providing guunah Dam not modi- for a connection with Laguna Dam ; but the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into contract or contracts with the said district or other districts, persons, or agencies for the construction, in accord- ance with this Act, of said canal and appurtenant structures, and also for the operation and maintenance thereof, with the consent of Use of canal, etc. the other users. Arizona. SEC . 11 . That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized stud y, etc., of lands to make such studies, surveys, investigations, and do such engineer- in Parker-Gila Valley > > t, recl amat ion proj ect in, ing as may be necessary to determine the lands in the State of Ari- to be madea zona that should be embraced within the boundaries of a reclamation project, heretofore commonly known and hereafter to be known as the Par ker- Gila Val ley recl amat ion proj ect, and to reco mmen d th e most practicable and feasible method of irrigating lands within said project, or units thereof, and the cost of the same ; and the appropria- tion of such sums of money as may be necessary for the aforesaid purposes from time to time is hereby authorized. The Secretary Congress. oof find ngs to shall report to Congress as soon as practicable, and not later than

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