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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHs . 291, 292 . 1930 .

367 as in its judgment are necessary to prevent reasonably avoidable impairment of the public values belonging to such public building Action or commis- or park ; and said commissioners shall take such action as shall, in sioners . their judgment, effect reasonable compliance with such recommenda- tion : Provided, That if the said Commission of Fine Arts fails to Pr ovi so- Approval assumed if report its approval or disapproval of such plans within thirty days, noyseo rt pe thtimay its approval thereof shall be assumed and a permit may be i ssued . beissued. SEC. 2. Said Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in con- affected s beng areass submit- sultation with the National Capital Park and Planning Commission ted to Com mission of as early as practicable after approval of this Act, shall prepare plats me dations for recom- as the areas within which application for building permits shall be submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts for its recom- mendations . Approved, May 16, 1930 . May 16, 1930 . CHAP . 292 .-An Act To authorize the disposal of public land classified as lx° R .156 .] temporarily or permanently unproductive on Federal irrigation projects .

( Public, No . 232.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- Irrigation projects . f

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Dis positio n of va cant tary of the Interior, hereinafter styled the Secretary, is authorized public lands, tempo- rarely, etc ., unproduc- in connection with Federal irrigation projects to dispose of vacant tive . public lands designated under the Act of May 25, 1926, as tempo- rarily unproductive or permanently unproductive to resident farm owners and resident entrymen on Federal irrigation projects, in accordance with the provisions of this Act . SEC. 2. That the Secretary is authorized to sell such lands to sale of, to resident Y

farm owners or entry- resident farm owners or resident entrymen, on the project upon men . which such land is located, at prices not less than that fixed by independent appraisal approved by the Secretary, and upon such terms and at private sale or at public auction as he may prescribe : Provisos . Provided, That no such resident farm owner or resident entryman Acreage which may sha ll be pe rmitted t o purcha se under this Ac t more th an one h undred be purchas e d, limited . and sixty acres of such land, or an area which, together with land already owned on such Federal irrigation project, shall exceed three hundred and twenty acres : And provided further, That the authority Provisions hereof to extend over all non- given hereunder shall apply not only to tracts wholly classified productive, etc ., lands as temporarily or permanently unproductive, but also to all tracts wi thin pr otects . of public l ands, wit hin Fede ral irri gation p rojects w hich by reason of the inclusion of lands classified as temporarily or permanently unproductive are found by the Secretary to be insufficient to support a family and to pay water charges . SEC. 3. All " permanently unproductive " and " temporarily un- jesStalesto herights r sub- SEC . productive " land now or hereafter designated under the Act of Act of 44, 1926. p. 647, 648 . May 25, 1926, shall, when sold, remain subject to sections 41 and 43 Aaate, p . 249. of the said Act . The exchange provisions of section 44 of said Act of May 25, 1926, shall not be applicable to the land purchased und er this Act . SEC. 4. After the purchaser has paid to the United States all p y e t ent nt t of s purchase amounts due on the purchase price of said land, a patent shall issue price- which shall recite that the lands so patented have been classified in whole or in part as temporarily or permanently unproductive, as the case may be, under the Adjustment Act of May 25, 1926 . Such patents shall also contain a reservation of a lien for water Reservation of lien fo r water charge s, min- charges when deemed appropriate by the Secretary and reservations eral, etc ., rights . of coal or other mineral rights to the same extent as patents issued under the homestead laws .