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636 SIX'l`Y-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cnc. 382, 383. 1926. cost free, by fee-simple title, in cases where such donations may be xuwpvgse ma§iewgth;&the.neoessityofpurc‘l1éeee. dd l» ith `“ '° B"` 1 no. .· ` ` ati pro ion, an eve opment 0 e mm admimm m` aforesaid park shall be exoorxdised under the direction of the Secre- tary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the "°*·3°·P·°“ provisions of the Act ofiAugust 26 1916 entitled “A.n Act to estab-

,,,,,1, Actmt `sh a. National Parks Setyiceyand forotlier purposes,"s as amended:

apggmbg lm 4 pm”{d6J’ ']_h8t» Qm,Py0vgg;m]g;gf; g5g¤0V0d·J11I1e 10, 1920, ‘_""" ‘ known aa.the;Fedemal Wfater Pewer ( 111 not apply to this ,,,Y“““““°‘°°”°°°" . the minimum area to be admin- s 1stered.and<·protected· dtioml=Park.=Service shall be, for the Am to be me wd said Mammoth Gave. rational-Park, twenty thousand acres, includ- before any asvdep ing all of the caves: Provided ffwwther, That no general development "‘°°°“‘°‘*°· of said area shall be undertaken until a mayor portion of the _ remainder in such area shall have been accepted said Secretary. p;€§,‘§{m“°" °m' Sno. 4. The Secretary of the Interior may, fiir the purpose of V°*-*3·P·°59· carrying out the rovisions of this Act, employ the commission authorized by the approwgl iFcbi'uu1‘y 21, 1925.. A Approved, May 25, 1926.

 » CHAP. 888.-An Act To adjusti.water—right charges, to grant certain other

lP¤¤¤¢» N¤· 2% relief on the Federal irrigation projects, and forjother purposes. Be it enaatedby the Senateand House ofvlfepresentatzivea of the §'j,;'g‘§,§’,’;,§;‘§§E,i*§,;,,_ U nited States-of America in Oongresa asacmbZsd,That the Secretary ngggzcchsiues on sped- of the Interior be,wand he is hereby, empowered and directed to Vbl.43,p.703. make, under subsection K, section 4, Act of December 5,1924 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 70%, in connection with the irrigation projects hereinafter named, a justment of water-right charges standing upon the records of said projects as of June 30, 1925, as follows: . c Dfffh S ’°““"‘°· B· Bmmr. Fotmcnn Pizoancr, `Souru Daxora ,0§,°dw“f{_i°” “°“‘ hS§ciI2. There shall be deducted from the total cost of said project t e 0 owing sums: r j (1) V $355,809, or such an amount as represents the actual construc-

 cliargles   found by the Secretary of the`, Interior against the

0 owi ‘ an s:` ’ ‘ (a) (l¥1e’thousand two hundred and eight acres lpermanently ufipromgpécsiye because of topography steep and roug heretofore e 1!!11Il i ; _ - , y . (b 'Sixthousand eight hundred and ninety-seven acres perma- nent unproductive because of topography steep and rough; based on resent land classificationi . (I2) $119,606 on account of operation and maintenance deficit prior to reclamation extension Act of 1914. (3) $12,036 on account of error or mistake re resenting Johnson Creekilateral storage inveségations and Nine Mile location surveys as egoézi on page 14 `of ouse Document Numbered 201, Sixty- nin ingress, rst session. ‘

°“°”‘”°‘ Sno. 3. All payments upon construction charges shall be sus-

pended against the following lands: ... i (a) Ten thousand ilvehundred acres temporarily unlgroductive for lack of fertility in the soil, see age, and excessive a ali salts; [gg Six thousand eight hundred) and ninety-live acres, Willow S lands awaiting further developments, temporarily unpro- uctive; All as shown by classification heretofore made under the super- vision of the Board of Survey and Adjustments and shown in the