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 1954 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 790,791. 1930. luly I, 11130. CHAP. 790.- An Act For the relief of certain homestead entrymen in the ---;-,~[,=:,fi.,-",2~189i-".1,"=~ State of Wyoming. LPriv~, No. 238 .} Be it enacted by the Senate and HO'U8e 01 RepresentatilVes of the st!~ ~=e:OJIl:; United States of America in Oongres8 (]JJ8eml;led, That the Secretary wftr~ing'fd I ~ of the Interior is authorized and directed to permit the persons to ~a~eo :uresat r&. named in section 2 of this Act, whose homestead entries for lands established. in the Salt Creek Oil Field, Natrona County, Wyoming, were can- celed after residence had been established and improvements made and who had complied with the provisions of the applicable law as to residence and improvements upon said entries, to exercise their homestead rights on any public lands in the State of Wyoming RId . subject to entry under the homestead laws, and in connection with men~, :rc~'~R:.~e- final proofs upon the lands so entered, to credit the entrymen wit!l Pr0f)/80. Time limitation. Beneftclaries. July I, 1930. [H. R. 650.T [Private, No. 239.1 residence performed and improvements made upon their said original canceled entries: Provided, however, That all selections or entries authorized herein shall be made within two years from the date of the approval of this Act. SEC. 2. The following persons shall be entitled to the benefit of this act: Lewis M. Brown (former application numbered 024868, Douglas, Wyoming, series); Robert Wheeler (former application numbered 024886, Douglas, Wyoming, series); Armin H. Ziehlsdorff (former application numbered 024888, Douglas, Wyoming, series); James L. Brown (former application numbered 025254, Douglas, Wyoming, series); Rex Snyder (former application numbered 027064, Douglas, Wyoming, series) 1Tom Bales (former application numbered 025137, Douglas, Wyommg, series); David Roy Shidler (former application numbered 026919 and 026920, Douglas, Wyo- ming, series); and Claude Collett (former application numbered 024870, Douglas, Wyoming, series). Approved, July 1, 1930. CHAP. 791.- An Act For the payment of damages to certain citizens of California and other owners of property damaged by the flood, caused by reason of artificial obstructions to the natural flow of water being placed in the Picacho and No-name Washes by an agency of the United States. Be it erUUJted by the Senate and H O'IJ,se of Rep1'esentatives 01 the l'rYumaction United States of A~ in Oongre8s assembled, That the Secretary TarmstroBot (talk)rmi~atlon of of the Interior is authorized and directed (1) to cause a survey to blJ::1 =~ be made in such manner and under such regulations as he deems obstructions, to be necessary for the purposes of this Act to determine the property made. loss by flood by reason of the failure on August 2, 1926, of the embankments of the detention reservoir built by the United States Reclamation Service in the Picacho and No-name Washes on the Bard unit of the Yuma reclamation project, sustained by T. E. White, Mrs. A. M. Rouse, J. H. Hamblen, J. F. Goodwin, and other Fullpayment,ilfund owners of prop~rty dal!laged by reason of sai.d floo.d; an~ (2) to ~1ci::~fljl'.ient, pro- Phay Asuch .losseffis ~n tfull If.fthe ahmount atPpr~prlaffite~ lD t StectlOn 2 0hf poriionata share to t IS ct IS SU clen, or, 1 suc amoun IS Insu clen, 0 pay eac each. person such percentage of the amount of his property loss as the amount appropriated bears to the amount determined by the Secre- tary as the property loss sustained in full settlement of. each. of their individual claims. - Appropriation for. Th'hb. d f SEC. 2. ere IS ere y approprIate, out 0 any money in the Repayment. Reclamation Fund, the sum of $40,000, or so much ther~of as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. The funds disbursed under this Act shall be chargeable to or repaid by the water users of the Yuma project. Approved, July 1, 1930.