628 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Srss. II. C11. 209. 1920. of the Reclamation Service of the United States, and to eede to the United States all the right, title, interest, and claim of the State of Oreggn to an and all lands recovered by the lowering of the water leve or by the drainage of any or all of said lakes," will eventually be uncovered and opened to agricultural develczlpment by the low erixgg m§g“g§gd “° "°"’°· of the water level 0 said lake. Title to all said lands can be acqmr ` by homestead entry under the general homestead laws and the pro- P~¤i#<>-6 { mi visions of this Act and not otherwise: Provided, That all said lands new p¤£ip<ii•¤Y” shall forever be and remain subject to the right of the United States (a) to overflow the same or any part thereo for the (p es of irrigation by such systems of reservoirs and drezitgaige an as now actually exist or may be hereafter constru in Siskiyou County, California, and Klamath County, Oregon, and (b) to drain the water ,mP;_*§i“°',f $,‘fi,§‘§§,§‘{° therefrom. All Upatents issue for the said lands shall expressly ¤¢¤-.ris1¤£¤- ’ reserve to the nited States uch right of overflow and drainage, and the title and ownership of all minerals and mineral interests in { _ _ such lands, including oil, are expressly reserved to the United States.
° "”` ‘ Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall also determine
and make public announcement of the proportionate part of the sum of $283,225, heretofore expended from the reclamation fimd in connection with the Klamat project, Oregon-California, that in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior each acre of the said land should be assessed, and the proportionate part that each acre of privately owned land, similar y situated to the said lands hereby ggeclted, sgiould lissassessgd, to return to said reclamation fxmd in t esai sumo 283,2 5. ,§""’°’· °‘°·· ‘“'°°" Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause said lands to be surveyed and opened to entry nmder the g_el.peral homestead laws and the pro- §p"g',f{,¥',;, mbjw, t, visions of Act: Provided, at none of said lands shall be opened emmmgugggtggv- to entry until the Secretary of the Interior shall have Hist made mgm'? arrangement with the owners of lands in private ownership, similarly situated to the lands hereby affected, for the payment into the reclamation fund of the pixlportionate part of the sum of $283,225, determined and apportion by the Secretary of the Interior against said privately owned lands as provided in section 2. gB :B M im- Sec. 4. That in addition to all pagments required by the general ' homestead laws there shall be pai by homestead entrymen the amount per acre assessed as provided in section 2 of this Act. Said payment shall be made in annual installments of $13ier acre, except 5%*:; mmm the last mstallment, which may be a fraction of a ollar: Provided, That the whole or any part of the amount so assessed may be paid by the entryman in a shorter period if he so elects. The first installment shall be paid at the time homestead application is filed and subsetiluent mstallments shall be due and payable on December 1 of eac _ calendar year thereafter until the entire sum so assessed and apportioned against the lands is paid, and patent shall not issue for _ any of said lands the sum so apportioned against said lands pa§_<g{3¤;gj¤¤ for ¤¤¤· shall have been fully pa1d._ Failure to Hay any mstallment when due I t t t shall render the entry subject to cance ation, with a forfeiture of all “ °’°° ’“°· moneys paid. All assessments shall draw interest at the rate of re;<;·;¤1;{gJ:,buj1r_;a¤¤¢¤ 6 per centum per annum from their due date imtil paid. All moneys paid on account of such assessments shall, without diminution of any rind whatsoever, be covered into the reclamation fund. w§`.f°‘.2L“.?i°Ei’."$¤'E`.°}i‘,i Sec. 5. That those who Served in the military ei- naval forces of wa-. the United States during the war between the United States and Germany and have been honorably separated or discharged therefrom or placed in the Regular Army or N aval_Reserve shall have preference an prior right to_ii_ e upon and enter said lands under the homestead rms umn. laws and the provisions of this Act for a period of six months following
