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Assistance and advice>

Pay; e x p e n s e s.

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Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 129-JULY 1, 1955

I n t e r-American Highway. Appropriation. 68 Stat. 73. Post, p. 452.

Irrigation distribution s y s t e m s. 43 USC 3 7 1.

CHAPTER 261

AN ACT To authorize certain sums to be appropriated immediately for the completion of the construction of the Inter-American Highway.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of.Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum authorized in section 7 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 70) for the Inter-American Highway for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1957, 1958, and 1959, is hereby authorized for appropriation immediately, to be available until expended, and the additional sum of $25,730,0 is hereby authorized for appropriation immediately, to be available until expended, for the purposes of and in accordance with the provisions of said section 7. Approved July 1, 1955.

Public Law 130 July 4, 1955 [H.R. 103]

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(3) endeavor particularly to formulate a method of tinancing the project on a self-liquidating basis; and (4) make a report to the President and to the Congress, together with its recommendations, by February 1, 1956. (d) The Commission is authorized to accept in its discretion from any source, public or private, money and property to be used in carrying out its functions under this Act. (e) The Commission is authorized to avail itself of the assistance and advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Capital Regional Planning Council, the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Recreation Board, and the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, which shall upon request render such assistance and advice. SEC. 2. (a) The members of the (Commission shall serve without compensation; but travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in connection with the work of the Commission may be paid from any funds available for expenditure by the (Commission. (b) The Commission is authorized, within the limits of funds available to it, to employ and fix the compensation of such officers, experts, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out its functions, and to make such other expenditures as it may deem advisable in carrying out its functions. SEC. 3. Theie are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $'25,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved July 1, 1955. Public Law 129

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CHAPTER271

AN ACT To provide for the construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation projects by irrigation districts and other public agencies.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Hmise of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That irrigation distribution systems avithorized to be constructed under the Federal reclamation laws may, in lieu of construction by the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act as the "Secretary"), be constructed by irrigation districts or other public agencies according to plans and specifications approved by the Secretary as provided in this Act.

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