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 [56 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 815, 816-DEC. 24, 1942 Cancelation of as- sessments; credit of payments. Delinquent charges. range 19 east, Washington meridian; (e) the cancelation, adjustment, or modification in proper cases of agreements previously executed; (f) the adjustments of project areas and the cancelations and adjust- ments dealt with in the Secretary's order, upon the condition, stated in the order, that the owners of the lands affected who retain any irrigable land within the Wapato project shall promptly settle any delinquent irrigation charges against the land retained in the project, either by cash payment or by the execution of contracts providing for the deferment of the amounts due. SEC. 2. Any assessments made against the lands eliminated from the project pending the confirmation of the Secretary's order are canceled and all payments made on account of any such assessments shall be credited to the lands retained in the project by the respective owners. SEc. 3. In order to prevent the accumulation of delinquent project assessments or other proper charges against the lands described in the said order of the Secretary of the Interior and to protect all sums due the Government by the project landowners, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to take such action as he may deem necessary, including the foreclosure of the Govern- ment's first lien for such unpaid charges created by the Act of May 18, 1916 (39 Stat. 154), or any other Act of Congress. Approved, December 24, 1942. [CHAPTER 816] AN ACT December 24, 1942 [S. 2830] To provide relief to the owners of former Indian-owned land within the Oroville- [Public Law 836] Tonasket Irrigation District, Washington, and for other purposes. Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District, Wash. 25U. .C. §389- 389e. Cancelation, defer- ment, and adjustment of Irrigation charges. Proiso. Repair and rehabl- itation of certain rri- gation canals. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the action of the Secretary of the Interior, by order dated May 19, 1942, taken pursuant to authority contained in the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1803), in the cancelation, deferment, and adjustment of irrigation charges due the United States against nine hundred and eight and forty-seven one-hundredths acres of land formerly in individual Indian ownership, within the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District, Washington, is hereby confirmed as follows: (a) The cancelation of $11,963.76 of unpaid construction and operation charges; (b) the conditional cancelation of $28,045.31 of additional unpaid construc- tion and operation charges to become effective upon the repayment, or upon the execution of contracts with individual landowners pro- viding for the repayment in full, of the adjusted balance of $18,537.37 of unpaid like charges; (c) the continuation of the first lien against each allotment of land, notwithstanding any division or partition- ment of such allotment resulting in separate ownership of different parts thereof, until the full amount due on the entire allotment has been paid and no refund or repayments shall be made to any landowner on account of any charges heretofore paid; and (d) the requiring of contracts with landowners, where necessary, covering the repayment over a period of years of their proper share of the adjusted balance of $18,537.37 of unpaid construction and operation charges: Provided, That the district may pay the said amount in one payment, in which event the lien of the Government shall be assigned to the district. SEX. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District, pro- viding for the repair and rehabilitation of certain irrigation canals, laterals and sublaterals necessary for the delivery of water to irrigate Indian lands, the cost of such construction work not to exceed the sum of $15,000, such contract to require the said irrigation district (1) to 1082

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