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 1818 June 22, 1936. [H. R. 1397 .] [Public, No .751.1 Public lands. Reservation of, in California, for park, recreational purposes, etc . Description. Provisos. Enforcement of l ocal, police, etc ., rules and regulations. Exis tin g lawful rights not affected. Discretionary resto- ration of any lands to settlement. June 22, 1936 . [H. R .9484 .] [Public, No. 752.] Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, amendments. Vol.48,p.49. Drainage, irrigation, etc., districts. Loans by Rec on- struction Finance Cor- poration for benefit of, auth ori zed. 74,rH CONGRES S. SESS. II. CHS. 701, 702. JUNE 22, 1936. [CHAPTER 701 .] AN ACT To withdra w certai n public lands from set tlement and entr y. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the public lands of the United States within the boundaries hereinafter described are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, and entry under the public land laws of the United States for a local park, recreational purposes, and for securing favorable conditions of water flows subject to and with a reservation of the right of the United States or its permittees or licensees, upon payment only for damages to improvements made by the Board of Supervisors of Butte County, Cali fornia, to ent er upon, occupy, and use any p art or all thereof necessary, in the judgment of the Federal Power Commission, for the purposes of the Federal Water Power Act. The lands herein referred to are located in the State of California and more particularly bounded and described as follows The east half section 32, township 20 north, range 5 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, containing three hundred and twenty acres : Provided, That the Board of upervisors of Butte County, in which said lands are located, shall make and enforce all such local, police, sanitary, and other rules and regulations, not incon- sistent with the rights of the United States therein, as may be necessary fo r the preserva tion and use of said lands by the public as a local public park and recreation ground and for the preservation of animal li fe thereon, fo r the preservat ion of order th ereon, and for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows therefrom, including the right to construct roads and trails thereon and a conduit or ditch for conveying water for the public-park uses in immediate connection th erewith : Provided furthe r, That thi s Act shall not d efeat o r affe ct any lawfu l right which has a lready attac hed under the public land or mining laws : Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may, when in his judgment the public interest would be best served thereby, restore any of said lands to sett lement, loca tion, sale, o r entr y, sub ject t o and with a reserv ation of the right of the United States or its permittees or licensees, upon payment only for damages to improvements made by said Board of Supervisors, to enter upon, occupy, and use any part or all of such land necessary, in the judgment of the Federal Power Commission, for the purposes of the Federal Water Power Act, which right shall be expressly reserved in every patent issued for such lands. Approved, June 22, 1936. [CHAPTER 702 .1 AN ACT To amend section 36 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the first two sentences of section 36 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended, are amended to read as follows "The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered to make loans as hereinafter provided, in an aggregate amount n ot exceeding $1 25,000,000, in cluding commitm ents and dis- bursements heretofore made, to or for the benefit of drainage districts, levee districts, levee and drainage districts, irrigation dis- tricts, and similar districts, mutual nonprofit companies and incor- porated water-users' associations duly organized under the laws of