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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 754--JUNE 29, 1948 authorized by the Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, known as the reclamation law, and all other Acts under which expenditures are authorized, including personal services in the District of Columbia; disseminating useful information, photographing and making photographic prints, and completing and distributing material, including recordings; examination of estimates for appropriations in the field; refunds ofovercollections and deposits for other purposes; lithographing; engraving; printing and binding; purchase of not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five for replacement only in fiscal year 1949, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance and operation of aircraft; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem (not exceeding $100,000) for payment of claims for damage to or loss of property, personal injury, or death, arising out of the survey, construction, opera- tion or maintenance of works by the Bureau of Reclamation; pay- ment for official telephone service in the field hereafter incurred in case of official telephones installed in private houses when authorized under regulations established by the Secretary; payments (not to exceed the average per pupil cost in the State where construction is in progress) to school districts as reimbursement, while projects are actually under construction, for the instruction of dependents of employees of the Bureau of Reclamation and of contractors engaged on such projects: Provided,That a tuition charge of $25 per semester shall be charged and collected by the Bureau of Reclamaton for each such dependent attending such schools; payment of rewards, when specifically authorized by the Secretary, for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of persons found guilty of the theft damage, or destruction of public property: Provided, That no part of any sum provided for in this Act for operation and maintenance of any project or division of a project by the Bureau of Reclamation shall be used for the irrigation of any lands within the boundaries of an irrigation district which has contracted with the Bureau of Recla- mation and is in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of any charges due the United States, and no part, of any sum provided for in this Act for such purpose shall be used for the irrigation of any lands which have contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation and are in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of any charges due from said lands to the United States. The following sums are appropriated out of the special fund in the Treasury of the United States created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U. S . C . 391, 411), and therein designated "the reclamation fund", to be available immediately: GENERAL OFFICES Salaries and expenses (other than project offices): For expenses necessary during the fiscal year 1949, including personal services in the District of Columbia, in the administration and performance by other than project offices of Bureau of Reclamation functions, $3,600,000, to be available for the purposes. among others, specified under the head "Operation and maintenance administration", Bureau of Reclamation, in the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act, 1945, and reimbursable as to expenditures for operation and maintenance administration to the same extent as is provided under said head: Provided,That in addition to the foregoing amount there may be transferred to this appropriation from other appropriations made to the Bureau of Reclamation not to exceed $7,800,000 for work to be performed for the benefit of specific projects: Provided further, That not exceeding $50,000 of funds available for expenditure under 1125 32 Stat. 388 . 43 U. S. C. §0391, Vehicles. 60 Stat. 810. Damage claims. Tuition. Rewards. Restriction. " The reclamation fund." 32 Stat. 388 . 58 Stat. 487 . Specific projects. Informatonal work.

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