74TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS. 745, 746. AUGUST 27, 1935 .
887 [CHAPTER 745 .1 AN ACT Augu st 27, 1935 . To auth orize the Secretar y of the Interior t o provide by agree ment with Middle [S . 1832.1 Rio Grande Conservancy District, a sub di vis ion of the Sta te of New Mexico, [Public, No . 352.[ for main tena nce and oper ation on newly reclaimed Pueblo Indian lan ds in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, reclaimed under previous Act of Congress, and aut horizing an annual appropri ation to p ay the co st thereo f for a p eriod of not to exceed five years . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congre ss assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter into an agreem ent with Middle Rio Gran de Conse rvancy D istrict, a polit ical subdivision of the State of New Mexico, to provide for operation and maintenance on newly reclaimed Pueblo Indian lands, not exce eding twelve thou sand s ix hun dred a cres thereo f now owned by said Indians, in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, provided said lands have been benefited by improvements constructed under the Act of Congress dated March 13, 1928 (45 Stat . L ., 312-313) and as therein provided, and as provided for by the provisions of the contract executed by and with the Secretary of the Interior and the said district; and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually for a period of not to exceed five years, such amount as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the cost to Midd le Rio Grande Conservancy District of such operation and maintenance on said newly reclaimed Pueblo Indian lands as may be irrigab le durin g any pa rticular year, p rovided the per acre cost assessable against the acreage of newly reclaimed Indian lands shall not exceed the per acre cost of operating and maintaining the district works for the irrigation of the total irrigable area within the district, including the now irrigated and newly reclaimed Indian lands : Provided, That any sums appropriated pursuant hereto shall be reimbursable to the United States : Provided further, That the district shall be required by the agreement herein authorized to be executed, to deliver water without discrimination on that part of the ne wly reclaimed Pueblo la nds on wh ich the per ac re cha rge or assessment has been paid : And provided further, That the provi- sions of the contract heretofore executed pursuant to the Act of March 13, 1928, requiring the district to recognize the prior and paramount water rights for the approximately eight thousand three hundred and forty-six acres of now irrigated Indian lands and of thei r exem ption from payment of any operation and mainte nance or bet terment cost, shall be carr ied into and made a part of the agree- ment to be executed pursuant hereto . Approved, August 27, 1935 . [C HAPT ER 746.] AN ACT For the relief of the State of Nebraska . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing the provisions of section 3646, as amended, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, the issue of a duplicate check is hereby authorized and directed, without the requirement of an indem- nity b ond, sai d check to be a duplicat e of ori ginal ch eck numb ered 15757, drawn by the disbursing clerk, Department of Agriculture, January 17, 1934, in favor of " State treasurer of Nebraska, trust fund ", for $10,451 .12 and lost, stolen, or miscarried in the mails . Approved, August 27, 1935 . Mid dle Rio Grande Conservancy District. Agreement with, for maintenance on newly reclaimed Pueblo In- dian lands, N . Mex ., authorized . Vol.45,p.312. Ap prop riat ion s authorized . As sess ment of costs . Provisos . Repayment . Equitable distribu- tion requirements . Recognition of prior water rights of irrigated lands . Augu st 27, 1935 . 15 . 1864.[ [Public, No. 353 .1 Nebraska. Issue of d uplic ate check to treasurer of, in lieu of lost original . R .S.,sec.3646,p.717 . U.S.C.,p.1395 .
