212 SIXTY·NIN'1`H CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cue. 60, 61. 1926. approximately four thousand acresof lands in Indian and private ownership within and immediately adjacent to the Lummi ndian {,’{,°:{'°·,,,m,,,¤,,d Reservation, in the State of Washington:rRrovided, That the total ¤¤¤¤¤¤1¤¤¤¤ www costof ·the».prcject distributed equitably among the lands in Indismiownership andsthe lands in private ownership that may ge banal; in with-the benefits received as designated . yt e e V · e· terier.,¤> _, _· · ,{§‘§,“,?,‘},§§,§{“§f,§,,°,{- Sno. 2.. Tlzlgsroustxiiction chargepprogerly assessable against the
- ·¤°=· Indian lands shall bereimbursed to t e re of t e United
States under such rules. andregulations as retary of the Interior may lplrescribe, and there is hereby created a lien against all such lands, w `ch lien shall be recited in any patent issued therefor, prigrltodilre reimbursement of the total amount chargeable against suc an ~ R¤1>¤>*¤¤¤¢ ¤¤¤¤·¤·=¢ Sm. 8* No artof the sum rovided for herein shall be e nded i°•$¤°S$d ¤z°‘ uJ$'°a°3 for constructign on account of any lands in rivate ownerslggeuntil "°°‘· an appropriate repayment contract in accordimce with the terms of this Adt and in form approved by the Secretary of the Interior shall ~g:`v§£b*;•&nbpré•·£edIyO¥;:cumd by the landowners whose lands may be ,,,,$°,l§,1*,$,,‘§,‘§E,§’§,%‘, Sno. 4. The Sgcretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and °°¤°°”d 1¤¤d·- directed to declare by lpsblic notice the cost of the ggoject and the leguitable share ·to assessed a ainst the lands nefited in acco ance with their respective benegts, which cost shall be repaid ,nf;&f•'l¤°¤* ¤¤Y· in annu1tltinstallments,‘the first installment to be 5 per centum of the total charge and be due and payable on the 1st day of December of the third year following the date of such public notice, the remainder of the said cost with interest on deferred amounts against land in private ownership from the date of said Bublic notice to be 4 per centum per annum, to be payable on each ecember 1 thereafter, on thehisiilme basis as the first installment, until the obligation is paid in . t » . ,,cr*f·,j',§g°‘°··‘°"°P‘°‘ Sac. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform NU and all acts_ and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect. Approved, March 18, 1926.
iiig'aig6' GHR. 61.—»An Act To authorize the employment of consulting engineeis on plans and speciiications of the Coolidge Dam.
Brit enaetedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the p,§°“ °f‘,,f_I"'*“°“°¤ Z7n#od<St0,¢ea of America in Congress assembled, That in carrying f0 D•¤g_a;¤¤¤¤ into efect the provisions of the Act of June 7, 1924 (Forty-t ir emma, ’°“` Statutes at'Large, page 476) entitled "An Act-for the continuance ‘,Z$},fg·_¥g,{_’“· of construction wor on the San Carlos Federal irrigation Iproject in Arizona andfor other purposes,"_the Secretary o the nterior- 1S authormedi in his djudgment and discretioié, to_ employ for consulta- tions on p ans an specidcations for the oolidge Dam, as he may deem necessary, the services of not more than three experienced engineers, determined by him to have the necessary qualifications, Cotgipenaatlnn. enc., without regard to civil service requirements, and at rates of com- umj ‘ ensation to be fixed by him for each respectively, but not to exceed gse per day and necessary traveling expenses including a per diem of not to exceed $4 in lieu of subsistence for each engineer, 1·espec- tively, not exceedinegi in the aggregate more than $3,500 for any PWM engineer so emgloyr ‘for the time employed and actuallg engaged Rmmj ,,1.,,,,.,;,,,,, upon suchrwor :‘ mnkled, Thata retire oflicer of the rmy may ’°""°°‘¤¥’*°>'°°· be employedibythe Secretary of the Interior as consulting engineer in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Approved, March 18, 1926.
