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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I . CH. 137. 1928.

213 ment of power, of power sites on the Flathead Reservation and of water rights reserved or appropriated for the irrigation projects

Rentals for Indian

Provided further, That rentals from such licenses for use of Indian lands to be deposited to lands shall be paid the Indians of said reservation as a tribe, which credit of tribe . money shall be d eposit ed in the T reasu ry of the United Stat es to the credit of said Indians, and shall draw interest at the rate of 4 per centum : Provided f ur t he r , That th e public notice provided for Public notice. i n the Act of January 12, 1927, shall be issued by the Secretary of the Interior upon the 1st day of November, 1930 : Provided further, That in his disc retion t he Secre tary of the Inte rior may provide intions in ionDiscr rep a repayment m such repayment contracts for covering into construction costs the contracts . operation and maintenance charges for the irrigation season of 1928 Post, p. 1639. and all u ndis trib uted ope rati on and m aint enan ce cost , and may extend the time for pa yment of op erati on an d mai ntenan ce ch arges now due and unpaid for such period as in his judgment may be necessary, the charges now due so extended to bear interest payable annually at the rate of 6 per centum per annum until paid, and to contra ct fo r the payme nt of the construction charges now due and unpaid within such term of years as the Secretary may find to be necessar y with i nterest payable annually at the rate of 6 per cen tum per annum until paid : Provided further, That not more than $35,000 Amount immediately available . of said reappropriated balance of $395,000 shall be immediately available for operation and maintenance, and $75,000 shall be Laterals near Ronan . av ailable for cons truction of late rals nea r Ronan upon the executi on of appropriate repayment contract as provided for in said Acts. For main tenanc e and opera tion of the Polar River Little Porcu- Fort Peck Reserva. p

tion. Mont . pine, and Big Porcupine divisions of the irrigation systems on the Operat ing di vision s Fort Peck Indian Reserv ation in Montana, by and under the direc- of systems on . tion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, including the purchase of any nec essary r ights or propert y, $7,50 0 (reimb ursable) For improvement, maintenance, and operation of the Two Medi- tion, Mont . cine and Badger-Fisher divisions of the irrigation systems on the Operating divisions B lackfe et In dian Reserv ation in Montana, by and under the direc- tionof the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, including the purchase of any necessary rights or property, $45,000 (reimbursable), to be immediately available . For maintenance and operation of the irrigation systems on the Mont . Reservation, Crow Reservation, Montana, including maintenance assessments pay- o Op erating syst ems a ble to the Two L eggi ngs Wate r Us ers' Ass ocia tion and Boz eman Trail Ditch Company, Montana, properly assessable against lands allotted to the Indians irrigable thereunder, $1,000, to be reimbursed under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior .

Py ramid Lake R es- For operation and maintenance of the irrigation system on the ervation, Nev . Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada, $4,000, reimbursable from any Operatingsystemon . fu nds of t he India ns of th is reser vation n ow or he reafter availabl e . Ne wlands proje ct, For payment of annual installment of reclamation charges against Nev . Paiute Indian lands within the Newlands reclamation

PaPaying charges on pro ject f Paiute lands on . Nevada, $3,461 ; for payment of delinquent reclamation charges, $4,511 ; and for payment in advance, as provided by district law, of operation and maintenance assessments, including assessments for the operation of drains for the fiscal years 1928 and 1929, to the Truckee- Car son irrigation d istrict, which d istrict, under c ontract, is oper ating the Newlands reclamation project, $15,217 ; in all, $23,189 . For improvement, operation,

b and maintenance of the irrigation Indians, and Acoma N. Mex. system for the Laguna and Acoma Indians in New Mexico, $3,000, Operating system for . reimbursable by the Indians benefited, under such rules and regula- tions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe .

Navajo Reservation, For improvement, operation, and maintenance of the Hogback N QPerating Hogback ir rigation project on that part of the Nav ajo Rese rvation in New p roject o n .