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 942 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 770-OCT. 27, 1949 [63 STAT. Permanentloss (C) The amounts deducted from the construction charge obliga- tion of the Belle Fourche Irrigation District as adjusted in said con- tract and as provided in subsection (b) of this section shall be charged off as a permanent loss to the reclamation fund, but no adjustment shall be made by the United States by reason thereof with any indi- vidual landowner either by refund, credit, exchange of land, or otherwise. SHOSHONE PROJECT, WYOMING SEC. 3. The contract with the Deaver Irrigation District which was approved by the electors of said district on April 9, 1949. (a) The reclassification of lands, with the consequent modification of the Deaver Irrigation District's construction charge obligation, Suspension of con- which is provided in said contract, is hereby approved. The construc- struction charge obli- gations. tion charge obligation on account of lands found to be temporarily unproductive under such reclassification shall be suspended until the Secretary places such lands in a pay or permanently unproductive Restriction, status in accordance with said contract. No landowner owning lands within the district which, under such reclassification, have been found to be temporarily or permanently unproductive or which are here- after placed in a permanently unproductive status in accordance with said contract, shall be thereby entitled to a credit or refund by the United States for construction charges heretofore paid on account of such lands or to an exchange of such lands for other public lands. Reclassification of (b) The Secretary is authorized to further reclassify not to exceed additional lands. i r exce&. an additional one hundred acres of land in the Frannie Division of the Shoshone project and to modify the Deaver Irrigation District's construction charge obligation in accordance with said contract and pursuant to the conditions herein provided if, upon such reclassifica- tion, he determines that the pay status of any such reclassified lands should be changed. Net revenues. (c) The proviso affecting the application of net revenues of the Shoshone power plant, as contained in the Act of March 4, 1929 (45 45Stat. 1592. Stat. 1562), and the Act of April 9, 1938 (52 Stat. 210), are hereby modified to the extent necessary to permit not to exceed $213,000 of the net revenues of the Shoshone power plant to be applied on pay- ments to be made under article 9 (a) of said contract. Rehabigitation o (d)litation of itation of the irrigation works serving the Deaver Irrigation District contemplated under said contract may be per- formed by contract, by force account or, notwithstanding any other law and subject only to such reasonable terms and conditions as the Secretary shall deem appropriate for the protection of the United States, by contract entered into with the Deaver Irrigation District whereby said district shall perform such work. UMATILLA PROJECT, OREGON SEC. 4. The contract with the Westland Irrigation District which was approved by the electors of said district on May 14, 1949, and the contract with the Stanfield Irrigation District which was approved by the electors of said district on May 21, 1949. mDeosit of pay- (a) All payments made by the said districts and other parties under contracts for the delivery of water from McKay Dam and Reservoir shall be deposited in a special deposit account with the appropriate regional disbursing officer of the Treasury Department and such pay- ments shall be available for expenditure (i) to meet operation and maintenance costs for the McKay Dam and Reservoir for the year for which paid, and (ii) for the accumulation in said special deposit account of an operation and maintenance reserve, sufficient in the Secretary's judgment to assure proper operation and maintenance of

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