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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 42. 1921. 115 (1) to use, free_of all charge, Govemment—owned water not covered mg? “° °‘,G$;_g· by any water license or covered by a water license issued after the ew. ’ passage of this Act, or covered by a water license issued previous to the plassage of this Act but containing a reservation of such water for the benefit of the public, and (2) to contract with any person for va§g,¤**gg}m{°* Ifithe_r1ght to use or to acquire, under eminent domain proceedings wateni; ae. mmm similar, as near as may be, to the proceedings provided in res act to land by sections 667 to 678, inclusive, of the Revised Laws of Hawaii of 1915, the right to use any privately owned surplus water or any Government-owned surplus water covered by a water license issued previous to the passage of this Act, but not cont ` a reservation of such water for the benefit of the public. Any such acquirement * °° shall be held to be for a public use and impose. The commission P may institute the eminent domain proceedings in its own name. (d) The commission is authorized, for the additional pur se of ,,,?,*,,l§°'w adequately irrigating any tract, to use, free of all charge, (lldvernment-owned water upon the island of Molokai and Governmentowned surplus water tributary to the Waimea River upon the island of Kauai, not covered by a water license or covered by a water _ ` license issued after .the passage of this Act. Any water license §",§‘{‘,}‘,,‘i,,,l§§°,{}s,‘?,’,,,:{’ issued after the pass e o this Act and covering any such Govern- §gr¤:,Sd°¤*€¤¤°°d ment-owned water shllil be deemed subject to the condition, whether ` or not stipulated therein, that the licensee shall, upon the demand of the commission, grant to it the ht to use, free of all charge, any of the water upon the island of ggolokai, and any of the surplus water tributary to the Waimea River upon the island of Kauai, which is covered by the license and which the commission deems necessary for the additional purpose of adequately irrigating any tract. . (e) All rights conferred on the commission b this section to use, ,,,R§"”,,§’,,;‘{‘° ‘"“‘“°° contract for, acquire the use of water shall be dyeemed to include the P Pe right to use, contract for, or acquire the use of any ditch or pipe line - constructed for the distribution and control of such water and necessary to such use by the commission. Sec. 222. The commission may make such regulations and, with m;§§f,l},°'}§}' ,§,Q,€§,°SQ‘g; the approval in writing of the ovemor of the Territory, may make •¤=¤- such expenditures including salaries, and appoint and remove such employees and agents, as are necessary to the efficient execution of P8 me mm bm the fimctions vested in the commission by this title. All expendi- imiiunc. tures of the commission shall be allowed and paid, and all moneys necessary for loans made by the commission in accordance with the provisions of this title advanced, from the Hawaiian home loan und upon the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor, approved mmm to walk by the chairman of the commission. The commission shall make a um. biennial report to the legislature of the Territory upon the first day of each regular session thereof and such sgacial reports as the legis- Bond 0, ammo lature may from time to time require. e executive officer and cmcumuseeeary. secretary shall give bond in the sum of $25 000 for the faithful performance of his duties. The sureties upon the bond and the conditions thereof shall be approved annuallsy by the commission. mw to me mh Sec. 223. The Congress of the United tates reserves the right to reserved. ’ alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of this title. Trrnn 3.-Anmxnunms T0 HAWAIIAN Oneamc Acr. ments!.] Mt · Sm. 301. Section 26 of the Hawaiian Organic Act is hereby ° tm amended to read as follows: _ Pay 0, mmm m_ "Sec. 26. That the members of the legislature shall receive for msec. their services, in addition to mileage at the rate of 20 cents a mile ,Q,Q‘,},m““· P· ‘“· each way, the sum of $1,000 for each rglar session, payable in three equal installments on and after the t, thirtneth. an fiftieth