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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 264. 1924. 417 warrant indebtedness of the district shall subordinate their claims to the obligations of the district to the Government under such _ contract: And projvided further, That in the event power is fur- ,,;§,°,§°°§,t §,'Z,',g,°',{,‘$ nished from the said power plant to more than one contractor, then °¤° °°¤'>¤*°*°'- the rates for power shall be fixed so that each such contractor, including said istrict, shall pay only its proper pro ortionate share pf said interest and depreciation, as found by the Secretary of the nteri0r· _ King lHill project, Idaho: For operation and maintenance, con- K“*¤H‘“· ““"°· tmuation of construction, and incidental operations, $40,000; Minidoka project, Idaho: For operation and maintenance, con- M"‘id°""‘· Id“"°· tinuation of construction, and incidental operations, $1,045,000: Pro/vekled, That no part of this appropriatiton (and no part of· any §"{’,*‘§,'§,';m,,,,,, ,0, unencumbered balance of the 1924 appropriation for the Minidoka As1¤r1¤·;ecf;,11S Rewproject) shall be expended on the American Falls Reservoir until v°"_r°°n i (1) all acts have been performed that are necessarily precedent to ,0°,Q§,“§,{,‘§',,,I,‘{,f},"f‘P'““°“ the confirmation of title in fee in the United States for said reservoir AM 11-117- . of such Indian lands as are essential to the construction of the same; (2) companies and districts which have contracted to cooperate i¤1;°,’§$’§tc‘{§,°§§{'§°§§ with the United States in the construction of said reservoir and °l1¤*°°‘°*1>**¤¤°¤· •>*°· have contracted to participate in said reservoir to an aggregate amount of at least three hundred and sixty-five thousand acre-feet shall have paid to the United States their due proportionate share of all moneys expended by the United States on said reservoir prior to the date of said payments, including interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum from the time such mone s were advanced by the United States; (3) The American Falls lieservoir district and ,,,,§,‘,§,§§,‘§,,',}‘§,‘}§,’{.,,§,f,°,§ the Empire Irrigation district shall each have filed with the Secre- ¤¤1¤<1· tary of the Interior an agreement bindin each of said districts to the elimination of the second paragraph of article 46 of their respective contracts of June 15, 1923, with the United States; and Amount 0, 8 _ (4) the said companies and districts shall have-hpaid to, or deposited mms D Y with the United States cash or United States overnment securities amounting to a total of at least $1,500,000: Provided further, That ,,,§‘,§§‘§§"‘,,,§’,E‘,,{{’,,,{,'°,,‘}§ no contractor shall secure a right to the use of water from said <£g{;¤¤;g*°¤· vm *¤ reservoir except under a contract containing the provision that the ' contractor shall, as a part of the construction cost, pay interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum réppn the contractor’s proper proportionate share, as found by the retary of the Interior, of the moneys 'advanced by the United States on account of the construction of said reservoir prior to the date of the contract; Huntley Mm Huntley reject, Montana: For operation and mamtenance, con- ’ ` tinuation oi) construction and incidental operations, $150,000; Mmmm Mm Milk River reject, Montana: For operation and maintenance, ’ continuation ol) construction, and incidental operations, $315,000; Sun River project, Montana: For operation maintenance, S““m"°'·M°”*· continuation of construction, and incidental opprations, $150,000; Lower Yellowstone project, Montana-North Da ota: For operation M{£,_'f{,’,_}',?,fk_*°"’“°“°· and maingzenance, continuation of construction, and incidental operations, 95000- North Plaitte lproject, Nebraska-Wyoming: For operation and wlggfm P]°°°°’ Nm" maintenance, continuation of construction, and incidental operations, $1,450,000; N kms W Newlands project, Nevada: For o ration and maintenance, con- p$1p.i1E·:. Y0` tinuation of construction, and incidgntal operations, $400,000, of U [ I which amount $245,000 shall be used for drainage purposes, but only msdn? m` after execution by the Truckee-Carson irrigation district of an appropriate reimbursement contract mtisfactory in form to the Secretary of the Interior, and after confirmation of such contract by