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12 Stat. 503.

36 Stat. 962. 42 Stat. 465; 43 Stat. 1090.

PUBLIC LAW 85-283-SEPT. 4, 1957

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standinjy the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts", approved July 2, 1862 (7 r. S. C, secs. 301-808), the State of Missouri is authorized to convey to the United States all right, title, and interest of such State in and to any land granted to such State under authority of such Act of July 2, 1862, which is located within the exterior boundaries of the national forests situated within such State, and, in exchange therefor, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to convey to the State of Missouri all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to not to exceed an equal value of national forest lands (as determined by the Secretary) situated within such State. SEC. 2. Any exchange authorized by the first section of this Act shall be made in accordance with the applicable provisions of section 7 of the Act of March 1, 1911, commonly referred to as the Weeks Law (16 U.S.C. sec. 516), and the applicable provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to consolidate national forest lands", approved March 20, 1922 (16 U.S.C. secs. 485 and 486). SEC. 3. Any land conveyed to the State of Missouri under authority of this Act shall, upon acceptance of such conveyance by such State, be held and considered to be granted to such State subject to the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1862, referred to in the first section of this Act. Approved September 4, 1957* Public Law 85-283

September 4, 1957 [S. 1996]

C a s p er-Alcova Irrigation District, Wyo.

AN ACT To approve the contract negotiated with the Casper-Alcova Irrigation District, to authorize its execution, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to the provisions of section 2 of this Act, the contract with the Casper-Alcova Irrigation District, Kendrick project, Wyoming, approved by the District Board of Commissioners on February 26, 1957, which has been negotiated by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to subsection (a) of section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1192; 43 U.S.C. 485f) is hereby approved, and the Secretary is hereby authorized to execute said contract on behalf of the United States. SEC. 2. The limitations on acreage and restrictions on delivery of water to excess lands under the Federal reclamation laws shall apply to the lands of the Kendrick project, Wyoming, except that four hundred and eighty irrigable acres shall, in this instance, be substituted for one hundred and sixty irrigable acres. The provisions of this section 2 are intended to meet the special conditions existing on the Kendrick project, Wyoming, and shall not be considered as altering the general policy of the United States with respect to the excess-land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws. SEC. 3. The part of the cost of operation and maintenance of Seminoe Dam and Reservoir and Alcova Dam and Reservoir of the Kendrick project, Wyoming, incurred by the United States for the calendar year 1958, which is properly allocable for payment by project irrigation water users, is hereby assigned to be repaid from Kendrick project power revenues. Approved September 4, 1957.

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