PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 187-MAY 9. 1938 General fund, con - struction of designat- ed projects, etc., reim- bursement. Central Valley, Calif. Funds reappropri- ated. 50 Stat. 597. Authorized uses of funds. Colorado River, Tex. Marshall Ford Dam. Grand Coulee Dam, Wash. Balance reappropri- ated. 50 Stat. 597. Proviso. Surveys, etc. 50 Stat. 208. Cooperative inves- tigations. "Dust Bowl." Post, p . 1219. Altus project, Okla. Administrative ex- penses. Proviso. Services in the Dis- trict. Geological Survey. Salaries. GENERAL FUND, CONSTRUCTION For continuation of construction of the following projects and for general investigations in not to exceed the following amounts, respec- tively, to be expended from the general fund of the Treasury in the same manner and for the same objects of expenditures as specified for projects included hereinbefore in this Act under the caption "Bureau of Reclamation", and to be reimbursable (except as to the Colorado River project, Texas) under the reclamation law: Central Valley project, California, $9,000,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this project contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, with authority in connection with the construction of the Central Valley project, California, (1) to purchase or condemn and to improve suitable land for relocation of highways, roadways, railroads, tele- graph, telephone or electric transmission lines or other properties the relocation o which, in the judgment of the jSecretary of the Interior, will be necessitated by construction or operation and main- tenance of said project, (2) in full or part payment for said properties to be relocated, to e reoaeenter into contracts with the owners of said prop- erties to be relocated whereby they undertake in whole or in part the property acquisition and work involved in relocation and, in said Secretary's discretion, to pay in advance for said work undertaken by said owners; and (3) to convey or exchange acquired rights-of-way or other lands or rights-of-way owned or held by the United States for use in connection with said project, or to grant perpetual easements therein or thereover, or to undertake improvement or construction work connected with said relocations, for the purpose of effecting completely said relocations; Colorado River project, Texas: For continuation of construction of the Marshall Ford Dam and appurtenant works, $2,030,000; Grand Coulee Dam project, Washington: For continuation of con- struction of Grand Coulee Dam and appurtenant works, $13,000,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this urpose contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938: Provided, That not to exceed $250,000 of this appro- priation may be used for the purposes set out in section 2 of the Act of May 27, 1937 (Public, Numbered 117, Seventy-fifth Congress); For cooperative investigations, including investigations in the so-called "Dust Bowl" in cooperation with the Corps of Engineers, the Farm Security Administration, and other Federal agencies, of irrigation, flood control, and resettlement possibilities of proposed projects, $200,000, of which $25,000 shall be available for the proposed Altus project, Oklahoma; said funds to be available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior, and by the Corps of Engineers, the Farm Security Administration, and other Federal agencies, upon transfer pursuant to agreement between the said Secretary and any of the said agencies. For administrative expenses on account of the above projects, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $750,000, in addition to and for the same objects of expenditure as are hereinbefore enumerated in paragraphs 2 and 3 under the caption "Bureau of Reclamation"; in all, $24,980,000: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for per- sonal services in the District of Columbia. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SALARIES For the Director of the Geological Survey and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $144,680; 324 [52 STAT.
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