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 786 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHs. 815, 816. 1928 . Amended contracts into ame nded con trac ts w ith the Elep hant But te I rrig atio n Di stri ct, with irri gati on di s- tricts , extending time of New Mexic o, and El P aso' C ounty Water Impro vement Distr ict for paying first eon- Numbered 1 of Texas, whereby, after the payment of the first four st ructi on c harge s. > > annual installments, as now provided for in existing contracts, upon the construction charge under the Rio Grande Federal irrigation project, New Mexico-Texas, the remaining unpaid construction charge per irrigable acre shall be payable annually in installments of $3 .60. Pa ymen ts co ntin ued SEC, 2. These annual payments shall continue until the total con- until total paid. struction charge against said districts is paid. Ex isti ng co ntra cts SEC. 3. The existing c contin ued except as ontracts between the United States and Ele- herein modified. phant Butte Irrigation District, of New Mexico, and between the United States and El Paso County Water Improvement District Numbered 1 shall remain unaltered except as herein otherwise directed. Approved, May 28, 1928. Charge per acre . May 28, 1928. [H. R. 13446 .1 [Public, No. 557.1 Rifle practice. Vol. 44, p. 1095, amended. Vol. 39, p. 211. Annual national matches to be held. Rifle and pisto l matche s for nation al trophy, etc. Competing organiza- tions. Sum authorized an- nually as part of appro- priation for national defense. Provisos. Limitation on com- mut ation of rati ons, etc . Travel pay to civilian com petit ors. National Board for Pro motio n of Ri fle Practice. Sum authorized an- nually for incidental expenses of. CHAP. 816 .-An Act To amend the National Defense Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the U nited States of Am erica in Co ngress asse mbled, That the Act entitled "An Act for the promotion of rifle practice throughout the United States," approved February 14, 1927 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 1095), which adds an additional paragraph to section 113 of the National Defense Act, is hereby amended to read as follows " That there shall be held an annual competition, known as the national matches, for the purpose of competing for a national trophy, medals, and other prizes to be provided, together with a small-arms firing school, which competition and school shall be held annually under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War." SEC. 2. The national matches contemplated in this Act shall consist of rifle and pistol matches for the national trophy, medals, and other prizes mentioned in section 1 above, to be open to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Nation al Guard, or O rganized Mili tia of the sev eral States, Territories, and District of Columbia, the Reserve Officers" Training Corps, and the citizens' military training camps, rifle clubs, and civilians, together with a small-arms firing school to be connected there with and comp etitions for w hich trophies and medals a re pro- vided by the National Rifle Association of America ; and for the cost and expenditures required for and incident to the conduct of the same, including the personal expenses of the members of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the sum necessary for the above-named purposes is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually as a part of the total sum* appropriated for national defense : Provided, That no competitor shall be entitled to commutation of rations in excess of $1 .50 per day, and when meals are furnished no greater expenses tha n that sum per man per day for the period the contest is in progress : Provided further, That in lieu of traveling expense and commutation of rations while traveling the sum of 5 cents per mile may be paid to civilian competitors, and such travel pay for the return trip may be paid in advance of the performance of the travel. SEC. 3 . For the incidental expenses of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, including books, pamphlets, badges, trophies, prizes, and medals to be expended for such purposes, the sum of not more than $7,500 is hereby authorized to be appropriated annuall y. Approved, May 28, 1928.

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