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S EVE NTY -FI RST CONGRESS . SESS. III. CHs .104, 107, 108 . 1931 . 1063 SEC . 8 . The water-right agreements provided for in section 6 hereof in stal l . Advance payment of shall require the said Secretary of the Interior to refuse to deliver water to any tract of land of the Michaud division of the project if the operation and maintenance charges against su ch land are not pai d in a dvance of eac h irrig ation season, or if any in stallm ent of the constru ction or water-righ t charges remains u npaid for more tha n twelve months after same b ecame due . Th e cha rges for water righ ts, interest charges . op erati on, a nd m ainte nance and const ruct ion, asses sed a gains t la nds in other than Indian ownership that are not paid when due shall bear interest at 6 per centum per annum from the due date until paid . SEC . 9 . The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to per- Rules, etc ., to be form any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may prescribed. b e necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect ; and the money hereby author- Availability of ap. ized to be appropriated shall be available for the acquiring of the proprlations- necessary right of way by purchase or judicial proceedings, and for other p urposes necessary i n successfully pros ecuting the work t o complete the project . SEC . 10. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for expend- Sum authorized, iture after July 1, 1932, out of any money in the Treasury of the Un ited State s no t oth erwis e app ropri ated , the sum of $2 ,500, 000, or so much thereof as may be required, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect the provisions of this Act . Appr oved , Fe bru ary 4, 1931 . CHAP. 107 .-An Act To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to expedite F H. 6,

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.] work on the Federal building program authorized by the Act of Congress entitled [Public, No. 608.1 "An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings and for other purposes," approved May 25, 1926, and Acts amendatory thereof . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That to enable the of 926,ie Buildings Act Secretary of the Treasury to expedite work on the Federal building construction under, program authorized by the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to pro- tOVole44, pp 630, 687. 137 vide for the construction of certain public buildings and for other Ante 5 p 349. ,1041, purposes," approved May 25, 1926, and Acts amendatory thereof, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to obtain by contract without competition, topographical Surveys of sites . surveys of sites, te st pits and borings where such sites have been selected although title thereto may not have been vested in the United States ; to limit to such number of days as he deems proper the adver- et Advertising for bids, tising for bids for sites for public buildings ; to obtain outside archi- tectural engineering, tetechnical, or professional services to such extent outside professional ,

services . as he deems necessary in connection with the plans and specifications for Federal buildings which have been specifically authorized to be constructed where the sites have been selected notwithstanding title to such sites may not have been vested in the United States . Approved, Februa ry 6, 1931 . CHAP. 108 .-An Act To extend the times for commencing and com letin

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g is .5360.] the construction ofa bridge across the Missouri River at or near Randolph, [Public, No . 609 .] Missouri. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Un ited States o f Am erica in Congress a ssembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of the bridge across the Missouri River at or n ear Randolph, Missouri, authorized to be built by The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, its suc- Missouri River. Ti me e xten ded for bri dging, at Ran dolph . Mo.