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 74Th CONGRE SS. SESS. I. CIIS. 804, 805. AUGUST 29, 1935. 961 shall not be applicable so long as no legal representative has been appo inted for su ch inc ompeten t, min or, or deced ent's estate, but s hall be applicable from the date of the appointment of such legal repre- sentative : Provided, however, That such appointment be made P rov iso. within three years after the date of such death or injury ." Approved, August 29, 1935 . [CHAPTER 805 .] AN ACT August 29, 19 35 . Aut hori zing construction, operation, and maintenance of Rio Gra nde cana liza - 	is .30 86 .]	tion project and authorizing appropriation for that purpose . [Public, No. 392 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the Rio Grande ca nal i- zation project . completion of the engineering investigation, study, and report to construction of li- dam the Secretary of State, as heretofore authorized by Public Resolu- °eie, p . 24anthonzea' tion Numbered 4, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved February 13, 1935, the Se cretary of Sta te, acting thro ugh the America n Section, International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, in order to facilitate compliance with the convention between the Vol.34,p.2953. United States and Mexico concluded May 21, 1906, providing for the equitable division of the waters of the Rio Grande, and to prop- erly regulate and control, to the fullest extent possible, the water supply for use in the two countries as provided by treaty, is author- ized to construct, operate, and maintain, in substantial accordance with the engineering plan contained in said report, a diversion dam in the Rio Grande wholly in the United States, with appurtenant conne ctions to exi sting irriga tion s ystems, and t o acqu ire by donat ion, condemnation, or purchase such real and personal property as may be necessary therefor. Snc. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of Appropriation an- th on zed . $1,000,000 for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 1 hereof, ot her than for o peration and ma intenance, incl uding sal- aries and wages, fees for professional services ; rents, travel expenses ; per diem in lieu of actual subsistence ; printing and binding, law Prorisoa. books and books of reference : Provided, That the provisions of Minor purchases. section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec . 5) shall u s cs P .1803. f''' 33; not apply to any purchase made or service procured when the aggregate amount involved is $100 or less ; purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and freight-carrying vehicles ; hire with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment ; acquisition by donation, condemnation, or purchase of real and personal property ; transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon change of station ; telephone, telegraphic, and air-mail communications ; rubber boots for official use by employees ; ice ; equipment, services, supplies, and materials and other such miscellaneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem necessary properly to carry out the provisions of the Act Provided, That any part of any appropriation made hereunder may Tran sfer of appropri - ations to Interior De- be transferred to, for direct expenditure by, the Department of the partment. Interior pursuant to such arrangements therefor as may be from time to time effected between the Secretary of State and the Secre- tary of the Interior, or as directed by the President of the United Sta tes. Approved, August 29, 1935. 104019'-36-61