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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 262-JULY 3, 1945 Pot,p. 648 . Acquisition of lands. 45 Stat. 1057. 43 U. S. C.f 617- 617t. Preparation of raw public lands. Poet, p. 648. 43 U. . C.. 618a. Poot, p. 647. Construction of des- ignated projects. 16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 835 note. Boulder Canyon project, and payment to the Boulder City School District as reimbursement for instruction during the 1945-1946 school year in the schools operated by said district of each pupil who is a dependent of any employee of the United States, living in or in the immediate vicinity of Boulder City, in the sum of $45 per semester per pupil in average daily attendance at said schools, payable after the term of instruction in any semester has been completed, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary. COLORADO RIVER DAM FUND Boulder Canyon project (All-American Canal): For continuation of construction of a diversion dam, and main canal (and appurtenant structures including distribution and drainage systems) located entirely within the United States connecting the diversion dam with the Imperial and Coachella Valleys in California; to acquire by pro- ceedings in eminent domain, or otherwise, all lands, rights-of-way, and other property necessary for such purposes; and for incidental operations as authorized by the Boulder Canyon Project Act, approved December 21, 1928 (43 U. S . C ., ch. 12A); for land leveling, construction of farm ditches on units of public lands, production of soil-building crops, and other necessary expenses in the preparation of raw public lands for irrigation farming, any such expenditures to be charged into the construction costs to be repayable by the lands benefited, and any sums received from the sale of crops or otherwise as a result of these operations to be credited to such construction costs, to be immediately available, and to remain available until advanced to the Colorado River dam fund, $3,000,000. COLORADO RIVER DEVELOPMENT FUND Colorado River development fund (expenditure account): For continuation and extension of studies and investigations by the Bureau of Reclamation for the formulation of a comprehensive plan for the utilization of waters of the Colorado River system, $150,250, and for investigations of projects for such utilization in the four States of the upper division, $349,750, as authorized by section 2 of the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, approved July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 774), in all, $500,000 from the Colorado River Development Fund (holding account), to remain available until expended. GENERAL FUND, CONSTRUCTION For continuation of construction of the following projects in not to exceed the following amounts to be immediately available, to remain available until expended for carrying out projects (including the construction of transmission lines) previously or herein authorized by Congress, and to be reimbursable under the reclamation law: Davis Dam project, Arizona-Nevada: The appropriation heretofore made for this project shall be available for construction of the Davis- Parker substation and interconnecting transmission line; Central Valley project, California, $4,500,000; San Luis Valley project, Colorado, $450,000; Boise project, Idaho, Anderson Ranch, $3,000,000; Tucumcari project, New Mexico, $2,000,000; Lugert-Altus project, Oklahoma, $1,000,000; Columbia Basin project, Washington: For continuation of con- struction and for other purposes authorized by the Columbia Basin Project Act of March 10,1943 (57 Stat. 14), $6,000,000; Yakima project, Washington, Roza division, $325,000; Total, general fund, construction, $17,275,000. 342 [59 STAT.

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