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 1410 De scriptive e ntry the reon. Go ld medals to be presented to each . Sum authorized. A nnual pay ment s to designated persons in lieu of pensions. February 28, 1929 [H. R.11360.] [Public, No. 859.] Boise irrigation proj- ect. D esign ated Gov ern- ment water rights re- li nqui shed to Arrow- rock division thereof . Distributionofwater. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Cns. 381-383. 1929 . Weatherwalks, and to define in appropriate language the part which each of these persons played in the experimentations during the yellow-fever investigations in Cuba; and in further recognition of the high public service so rendered by the persons hereinbefore named, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to cause to be struck for each of said persons a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasu ry, and to pr esent the same to each of said persons as shall be living and posthumously to such re pre- sentatives of each of such persons as shall have died, as shall be design ated b y the Secre tary of the Treasu ry. Fo r this purpo se there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $5,000; and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasur y not otherwi se appropriat ed, such amoun ts annually as may be necessary in order to pay to the following-named persons during the remainder of their natural lives the sum of $125 per month, and such amount shall be in lieu of any and all pensions authorized by law for the following-named persons : Private Paul Hamann; Private John R. Kissinger; Private William Olsen, Hos- pital Corps; Private Charles G. Sonntag, Hospital Corps; Private Clyde L. West, Hospital Corps; Private James Hildebrand, Hos- B ital Corps; Private James A. Andrus, Hospital Corps; Mr. John . Bullard; Doctor Aristides Agramonte; Private A. W. Covington, Twenty-third Battery, Coast Artillery Corps; Private Wallace W. Forbes, Hospital Corps; Private Levi E. Folk, Hospital Corps; Private James F. Hanberry, Hospital Corps; Doctor R. P. Cooke; Private Thomas M. England; Mr. John J. Moran; and the widow of Pri vate E dward Weath erwalk s, Approved, February 28, 1929. CHAP. 382.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey or transfer certain water rights in connection with the Boise reclamation project. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to relinquish to the board of control of the Arrowrock division, Boise irrigation project, all the right, title, and int erest of the United States in or to cert ain Ri den- baugh or Nampa and Meridian irrigation d istrict water rights, not heretofore dis posed of, obt ained when la nd with appurt enant water rights was purchased by the United States for the Deer Flat Reservoir. SEC. 2 . The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit the water to which the United States is entitled under the said Riden- baugh rights to be taken into and distributed through the canal system of the Arrowrock division of the Boise project by the board of control and used or disposed of by the said board of control for the benefit of the said Arrowrock division. Approved, February 28, 1929. February 28, 1929. [H. R. 10657.] CHAP. 383 .-An Act To authorize the assessment of levee, road, drainage, [Public, No. 860 .1 and other improvement-di strict benefits agai nst certain lands, and for other purp oses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the saint Francis Levee United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the consent district, Ark . C onsen t given to of the Government of the United States to the levy of special assess- assessments of benefits to local districts. ments, based upon benefits estimated to be derived from local levee and drainage districts within the boundaries of the Saint Francis

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