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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . I. Cu. 137 . 1928 . Irrigation district four : Ak Chin Reservation, Arizona, $4,000 ; Chiu Chui pumping plants, Arizona, $6,000 ; Coachella Valley pumping plants, California, $2,000 ; Morongo Reservation, California, $3,500 ; Pala and Rincon 'Reservations, California, $2,000 ; miscel- lane ous pro jects, $5,000 ; Irrigation district five : New Mexico Pueblos, $11,000 ; Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, $7,500 ; Navajo and Hopi, miscellaneous project s, Arizona an d New Mexico, $10,000 ; Southern U te Reserva- tion, Colorado, $10,000 ; Administration.
For necessary miscellaneous expenses incident to the general Sup ervis ing
en gi- neers, etc . administration of Indian irrigation projects, including salaries of not to exceed five supervising engineers, for pay of one chief irrigation engineer, one assistant chief irrigation engineer, one superintendent of irri gation compet ent to pass up on water righ ts, one field co st Trav el,et c .,eapenses,
accountant, and for traveling and incidental expenses of officials and employees of the Indian irrigation service, $75,000 ; Cooperative stream ga ugi ng,
For cooperative stream gauging with the United States Geological Survey, $850 ; Reimburse ments .
In all, for irrigation on Indian reservations, not to exceed $110,000, Unexpended balance, re
to ether with the unexpended balances of the appropriations for Vol.38,p.582
this purpose for the fiscal years 1926, 1927, an92, which are hereby reappropriated, reimbursable as provided in the Act of provisos .
August 1, 1914 (Thir ty-eighth Stat utes at Large , page 582)
- Pro-
Use restricted .
vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended on any irrigation system or reclamation project for which public funds are Flood da mages ex- or may be otherwise available : Provided further, That the foregoing penses amounts appropriated for such purposes shall be available inter- changeably, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the necessary expenditures for damages by floods and other unfore- Limit, seen exigencies : Provided, however, That the amount so interchanged shall not exceed in the aggregate 10 per centum of all the amounts so appropr iated : P ro vi de d fu rt her , Th at the costs of irri gation projec ts and of operating and maintaining such projects where reimburse- co Apo penacrebasiof ment thereof is required by laws shall be apportioned on a per acre basis against the lands under the respective projects and shall be collected by the Secretary of the Interior as required by such law, and any unpaid charges outstanding against such lands shall consti- Unp aid charges, a tute a first lien th ereon which sh all be recite d in any paten t or first lien on property . instrument issued for such lands . Gila River Reserva- For operatio n and mainten ance of the p umping plants and irriga- tion. irrigating Pima in- tion system for the irrigation of the lands of the Pima Indians in dian lands on .
the vicin ity of Sacat on, o n the Gila R iver Indian Reservation, Arizona, $13,000, reimbursable as provided in section 2 of the Act Vol.37,p.522.
of Aug ust 24, 1912 (Th irty -sev enth Sta tute s at Lar ge, page 522 ) . San Carlos project, For all purp oses necessar y to provide an adequate di stributing, Ariz. Operation , etc .
pumping and drainage system for the San Carlos project, authorized Vol . 43, p .475, Post, p.1573.
by the Act of June 7 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 475), and to continue construction of and to maintain and operate works of that Deli very to Res lan ds Gila Rive r Reserva-
and of the Florence-Casa Grande
and to maintai n project
project ;
7 tion. operate, and extend works to deliver water to lands in the Gila River Indian Reservation which may be included in the San Carlos project, including not more than $5,000 for crop and improvement Provisos .
damages and not more than $5,000 for purchases of rights-of-way, Developing power at $485,000 : Provided, That in addition to the amount herein appro- c po st , pp goo, 1s3s . priated the Secretary of the Interior may also incur obligations and enter into contract for development of electrical power at the Coolidge Dam as an incident to the use of the Coolidge Reservoir for irrigation, such contract not exceeding a total of $350,000 and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof : Pro-
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