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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 340, 341-MAY 25, 1948 (c) The sum of $1,000,000 to continue the construction of the irriga- tion and power systems of the project. Amounts expended pursuant to this subsection shall be added to the construction costs of the project and shall be reimbursable. (d) No expenditure shall be made from any appropriation granted under the authorizations contained in this section until the repayment of all reimbursable construction costs incurred through such expendi- ture has been secured by contracts conforming to the requirements of section 3 of this Act. SEC. 6. In each fiscal year commencing after the approval of this Act for which an appropriation of the power revenues from the project is made in an indefinite amount pursuant to section 3 of the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 895; 31 U. S. C., sec. 725s-3), the power revenues so appropriated shall be available, to the extent of not to exceed $75,000, for the purpose, in addition to those other purposes now required or permitted by law, of making such improvements and extensions to the power system as the Secretary of the Interior may deem requisite for the provision of electric service to persons whose applications for such service could not otherwise be complied with in due course of business. Amounts so expended shall be added to the unmatured portion of the reimbursable construction costs of the power system in accordance with subsection 2 (f) of this Act, so as not to reduce the net power revenues available for application under sub- section 2 (h) of this Act. SEC. 7. Consistent with the terms of the repayment contracts here- tofore or hereafter executed, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue such public notices fixing construction costs and apportioning construction charges, to enter into such contracts, to make such determinations, to effect such adjustments in project accounts, to prescribe such regulations, and to do such other acts and things as may be necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this Act. SEC. 8. All Acts or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved May 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 341] AN ACT Authorizing the execution of an amendatory repayment contract with the North- port Irrigation District, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, upon finding specifically that existing repayment contracts between the United States and the Northport Irrigation District cannot reasonably be carried out by the said district, is authorized to enter into such contracts as he shall determine appro- priate to amend or modify the terms and provisions of such repay- ment contracts to accomplish the following general repayment plan: (a) Application annually of such net profits as are allocable to the district from the sources specified in subsections I and J of section 4 of the Act of December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 703), to the extent necessary to meet the annual costs to the district for water carriage through the Farmers' Irrigation District Canal; with any net profits in excess of such annual carriage costs being applied in reduction of the district's total repayment contract construction charge obligation to the United States; (b) payment by the district to the United States of $3,500 as an annual construction charge installment: Provided,That in the event the annual net profits for application under (a) hereof are not 68706-49 -pt. 1 - - -18 273 Construction. Restriction. Availability of ap- propriations. Issuance of public notices. May 25, 1948 [1. R. fo67 [Public Law 556] Northport Irriga- tion District. Amendment of re- payment contracts. 43U.8.C.§i501, 526. Reduction of install- ment.

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