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 1126 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. III. Cu. 187. 1931 . one super intendent of irriga tion comp etent to p ass upon w ater ea- righ ts, not to exc eed fiv e s uper vis ing engi nee rs, one fie ld cost accountant, and for traveling and incidental expenses of officials and employees of the Indian irrigation service, $102,000 ; Reimbursement. In all, for irrigation on Indian reservations, not to exceed $224,000, Balances available. Ante, p.289. together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this Vol. 45, p . 1823. Vol .38,p.582 purpose for the fiscal year 1931, which is hereby continued available . U.S.C ., p. 716. until June 30, 1932, reimbursable as provided in the Act of August 1, Provisos. 1914 (U. S . C ., title 25, sec . 385) : Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended on any irrigation system or recla- mation project for which public funds are or may be otherwise avail- Flood damage, etc., ab l e : Provide d furthe r, Tha t the fore going amo unts appro priated e xpense s, in tercha nge- able; limitation for such purposes shall be available interchangeably, in the discre- tion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the necessary expenditures for damages by floods and other unforeseen exigencies, but the amount so interchanged shall not exceed in the aggregate 10 per Apportionment of centum of all the amounts so appropriated : Provided further, That costs on per acre basis, the cost of irrigation projects and of operating and maintaining such projects where reimbursement thereof is required by law shall be apportioned on a per acre basis against the lands under the Unpaid charges afrst respective projects and shall be collected by the Secretary of the lien on property. Interior as required by such law, and any unpaid charges outstand- ing agains t such land s shall con stitute a fi rst lien th ereon which shall be recited in any patent or instrument issued for such lands. tion, San Aria. Carlos Reserve- For all purposes necessary to provide an a dequate distributing, Irrigat ion of tribal pum pin , and drainage system for lands, the San Carlos project, authorized Vol.43, p. 475. by the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat ., p. 475), and to continue con- F1orance-Casa struction of and to maintain and operate works of that project and G cnu c~ on. etc. of the Florence-Casa Grande project ; and to maintain, operate, and Gila River Reserva- extend works to deliver water to lands in the Gila River Indian tion. of water to Reservation which may be included in the San Carlos project, lands in. including not more than $5,000 for crop and improvement damages Damages. Rights of way; reins- and not more than $5,000 for purchases of rights of way, $600,000, bursable . Vol.45,p.i573. reimbursable as required by said Act of June 7, 1924, as amended, and subject to the conditions and provisions imposed by said Act as Proviso. amended : Provided, That with the exception of $150,000 for the Repayment contract required. maintenance and operation of the project, no monies herein appro- Vol.43,p.476. p riate d sha ll be avail able unless and until a rep aymen t cont ract, as required by the San Carlos Act (Act of June 7, 1924, 43 Stat ., 475- Covenants included. 476), shall have been entered into, in which repayment contract there shall be included only sums appropriated after the approval of the San Carlos Act and such of the costs of the Florence-Casa Grande project as may be payable as costs of the San 'Carlos project due to Merger of projects. effecting by the Secretary of the Interior in whole or in part a merger Vol. 45, p. 211. of the two projects as authorized by the Act of March 7, 1928 (45 Stat., 200). Colorado River Res- For improvement, operation, and maintenance of the pumping ervation, Ariz. Improvements, etc. plants and irrigation system on the Colorado River Indian Reserva- Vol. 3s, p.273• tion, Arizona, as provided in the Act of April 4, 1910 (36 Stat ., p . 273), $8,000, reimbursable as provided in the aforesaid Act. For operation and maintenance of the Ganado irrigation projec t, Arizona, reimbursable under such rules and regulations as the Secre- tary of the Interior may prescribe, $3,000. For the -operation and maintenance of pumping plants for the irrigation of lands on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona, $5,000, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the Indians of such reservation : Provided, That the sum so used shall be reimbursed to the tribe by the Indians benefited, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Traveling etc ., pense s. Ganado project, Ariz. Operation, etc. San Carlos Reserva- tion, Ariz. I rri gat ing tribal lands. Proviso. Re imb urs eme nt.

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