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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS. -CHS. 141, 142-MAY 28, 1941 209 those for which this donation is made: Provided, That the city of Prfpoo. Lease of portion to Biloxi is authorized to lease a portion of said lands to the War War Department. Department for use by the Army Air Corps Technical Schools and that such use shall not be deemed a use thereof for a purpose 'other than or foreign to those for which this donation is made'." Approved, May 28, 1941. [CHAPTER 142] AN ACT May 28, 1941 To provide relief for, and to promote the interests of, the landowners on the [H. R. 3987] Uintah Indian irrigation project, Utah, and for other purposes. [Public Law 83] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the action of gaUntahjIndiaii the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the authority contained in Cancelation, etc., of certain charges. the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1803), in the cancelation, deferment, 25 u. s. c . § e 389- and adjustment of irrigation charges against lands within the Uintah 389e - Indian irrigation project, Utah, is hereby confirmed as follows: (a) The cancelation of $283,170.73 of unpaid construction assess- ment obligations and $28,875.37 of unpaid operation and maintenance assessment obligations carried on the books of the project: Provided, Pooiio That such cancelations applying to lands, the owners of which are indebted to the United States for operation and maintenance costs, shall become effective only upon the payment of the indebtedness dealt with in subsection (c) of this section. (b) The deferment until December 1, 1943, of the collection of $61,983.16 expended in drainage operations on said project; and (c) The requirement for contracts with landowners covering $19,230.72 accrued operation and maintenance assessments, such con- tracts to provide for the payment of these assessments over a period of years. SEc. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to trans- Transfer of water fer water rights, with the consent of the interested parties, to other rights. lands under said project and to make necessary contracts to effectuate such transfers. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to make oran"sfr of Oera- contracts transferring the operation and maintenance of any canal systems. system or systems under the said project to an irrigation district, or districts, formed pursuant to State law. SEC. 4 . There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any thorie tin au- money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,682.59 for the following purposes: (a) To pay, for a period of not to exceed five years following the .peratioandmain- passage of this Act (not to exceed $1,000 in any one year), 34 per centum of the regular annual operation and maintenance assessments for class 4 lands in non-Indian ownership under the Redcap, Leland, and Henry Jim Canals, and 90 per centum of such charges for class 5 lands in non-Indian ownership under said canals, $5,000: Provided, Peroso. That no part of any money appropriated pursuant to this authoriza- share. tion shall be expended unless and until the owners of such lands shall have paid in full their respective shares of such assessments and shall have entered into an agreement with the Secretary of the Interior for the execution of soil rehabilitation programs on such lands; and (b) To reimburse certain individuals, or their heirs, for payments Reimbursements. made covering lands erroneously assessed for irrigation purposes, $682.59, which amount shall be payable from collections made from water users on this project and covered into the Treasury pursuant t.. to section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act of 1934. Sau. s8a. c.i 5 278941*--2 - -'. !- 14

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