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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 159, 160-MAR. 29, 1948 [CHAPTER 159] [62 STAT. AN ACT March 29, 1048 AN ACT Is. lso19 To provide a means for the orderly continuation and completion of the Deer [Public Law 462] Creek and aqueduct divisions of the Provo River project, Utah. Provo River project, Utah. Deer Creek and aqueduct divisions. Commencement of construction charges. March 29, 1948 [H. R. 2502] [Public Law 463] Klamath Welfare Act. 25U. .C.§§530- 535. 25 U. . c. IC541- 643. Purchase, etc., of land. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to provide a means for the orderly continuation and completion of the Deer Creek and aqueduct divisions of the Provo River project, Utah, and for the recovery by the United States of the actual construction cost thereof, the Secretary of the Interior in proceeding with the con- struction, completion, and administration of said divisions heretofore authorized, subject to the execution of such contracts as the Secretary may deem necessary to maintain existing repayment contracts between the United States, the Provo River Water Users Association and the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City consistent with the interim construction cost recovery plan herein provided, is authorized (a) to deliver water or make project works available therefor, as the case may be, on terms and at annual rates or other annual charges to be fixed by the Secretary from year to year, calculated to return to the United States (in addition to the cost of operation and main- tenance) the actual cost in excess of existing repayment contract lia- bility that may be incurred by the United States in completing said divisions of the Provo River project; and (b) to postpone the com- mencement of annual construction charge installments under existing repayment contracts: Provided,That any such postponement of annual construction charge installments shall in no event operate to delay the commencement of construction charges, as provided by existing repayment contracts, beyond the time when costs that may be incurred by the United States in excess of existing contract liability have been returned to the United States. Approved March 29, 1948. [CHAPTER 160] AN ACT To provide for the general welfare and advancement of the Klamath Indians in Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act shall be known as the "Klamath Welfare Act". SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, from the capital reserve fund deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians (hereinafter referred to as the "Klamath Tribes"), said fund being established pursuant to the Act of August 28, 1937 (ch. 874, 50 Stat. 872), as augmented by the proceeds of the judgment fund of the Klamath Indians as provided in the Act of August 7, 1939 (ch. 552, 53 Stat. 1252), to credit the sum of $500 upon the books of the Office of Indian Affairs, to each person determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be entitled to enrollment upon the annuity roll of said tribes of the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, living upon the date of the enactment of this Act. The share of each adult member of the credit so established shall be available for expenditure, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, for the following purposes: Purchase of land or interests in land; improvement of lands acquired or already held by the Indian; erection and improvement of suitable

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