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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , IsT SESS.-CH. 418 -AUG. 4, 1939 vicinity; and (b) grant leases, licenses, easements, or rights-of-way, for periods not to exceed fifty years, affecting lands or interests in lands withdrawn or acquired and being administered under the Fed- eral reclamation laws in connection with the construction or opera- tion and maintenance of any project. Such permits or grants shall be made only when, in the judgment of the Secretary, their exercise will not be incompatible with the purposes for which the lands or interests in lands are being administered, and shall be on such terms and conditions as in his judgment will adequately protect the interests of the United States and the project for which said lands or inter- ests in lands are being administered. SEC. 11. The Secretary in his discretion, in any instances where property to be sold under the Act of February 2, 1911 (36 Stat. 805), or the Act of May 20, 1920 (41 Stat. 605), is appraised at not to exceed $300, may sell said property at public or private sale without complying with the provisions of said Acts as to notice, publication, and mode of sale. SEC. 12. When appropriations have been made for the commence- ment or continuation of construction or operation and maintenance of any project, the Secretary may, in connection with such construc- tion or operation and maintenance, enter into contracts for miscella- neous services, for materials and supplies, as well as for construction, which may cover such periods of time as the Secretary may consider necessary but in which the liability of the United States shall be con- tingent upon appropriations being made therefor. SEC. 13. The purchase of supplies and equipment or the procure- ment of services for the Bureau of Reclamation at the seat of gov- ernment and elsewhere may be made in the open market without compliance with section 3709 or section 3744 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in the manner common among businessmen, when the aggregate payment for the purchase or the services does not exceed $300 in any instance. SEC. 14. The Secretary is hereby authorized, in connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of any project, (a) to purchase or condemn suitable lands or interests in lands for reloca- tion of highways, roadways, railroads, telegraph, telephone, or elec- tric transmission lines, or any other properties whatsoever, the relo- cation of which in the judgment of the Secretary is necessitated by said construction or operation and maintenance, and to perform any or all work involved in said relocations on said lands or interests in lands, other lands or interests in lalds owned and held by the United States in connection with the construction or operation and mainte- nance of said project, or properties not owned by the United States; (b) to enter into contracts with the owners of said properties whereby they undertake to acquire any or all property needed for said relocation, or to perform any or all work involved in said relo- cations; and (c) for the purpose of effecting completely said reloca- tions, to convey or exchange Government properties acquired or improved under (a) above, with or without improvements, or other properties owned and held by the United States in connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of said project, or to grant perpetual easements therein or thereover. Grants or convey- ances hereunder shall be by instruments executed by the Secretary without regard to provisions of law governing the patenting of public lands. The Secretary is further authorized, for the purpose of orderly and economical construction or operation and maintenance of any project, to enter into such contracts for exchange or replacement of water, water rights, or electric energy or for the adjustment of 1197 Leases, easements, etc. Condition. Sale of lands not needed for reclama- tion projects. 36 Stat. 895; 41 Stat. 605. 43U. .C.. 374, 375. Contracts for mis- cellaneous services. Purchase of sup- plies, procurement of services, etc. R. S. 5§ 3709, 3744. 41U.S.C.§§5,16. Acquisitions for re- location of highways, etc. Contracts. Contracts for ex- change of water, etc., authorized.

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