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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 525 , 526-JUNE 20, 1938 missioners of said district being the same as that made against like lands similarly situated. SEC. 2. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,539.65 for repayment to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dis- trict for the equal and pro rata assessment for operation and main- tenance costs for the years 1934, 1935, 1936, and 1937 against lands described in section 1 of this Act. SEC. 3 . That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District for the payment of future opera- tion and maintenance costs which shall be levied and assessed against the properties described in section 1, the said agreement to provide that all assessments and levies thereunder shall be on the same equal basis as assessments and levies against other lands similarly situated or assessed in said district. The said operation and maintenance charge to be upon all lands included within the Albuquerque Indian School in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. SEC. 4. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to be reim- bursed in accordance with existing law, the sum of $3,338.17 for repayment to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District of the cost of extra construction works performed by the district for the special benefit of certain Indian lands belonging to certain Pueblo Indians of New Mexico situate within the exterior boundaries of said district, such works not having been provided for in the district's approved official plan but which were constructed at the instance and request of agents of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. SEC. 5. That the provisions of the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 887), authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to provide by agree- ment with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, a subdivision of the State of New Mexico, for maintenance and operation on newly reclaimed Pueblo Indian lands in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, reclaimed under previous Act of Congress, and authorizing an annual appropriation to pay the cost thereof for a period of not to exceed five years, are hereby extended for an additional period of five years to 1945, and the provisions of this section shall be applicable to lands purchased by the United States for certain Pueblo Indians of New Mexico under and by virtue of the Act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 636), as amended. Approved, June 20, 1938. [CHAPTER 526] AN ACT To amend section 128 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 128 of the Judicial Code, as amended (43 Stat. 936; U. S. C ., title 28, sec. 225 (a)), be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "(a) The circuit courts of appeal shall have appellate jurisdiction to review by appeal final decisions- "First. In the district courts, in all cases save where a direct review of the decision may be had in the Supreme Court under section 238. "Second. In the United States District Courts for Hawaii and for Puerto Rico, in all cases. 779 Operation and main- tenance costs for years 1934-1937. Inclusive. Appropriation an- thorized. Agreement for pay- ment of future opera- tion, etc., costs. Operation, etc., charge to be on Albu- querque Indian school lands. Extra construction for special benefit of certain Indian lands. Appropriation au- thorized. Provisions for main- tenance, newly re- claimed Pueblo In- dian lands, extended. 49 Stat. 887. Application to lands purchased by U. 8. for certain Pueblo In- dians of New Mexico. 43 Stat. 63a. June 20, 198 IS. 3469 [Public, No. 6761 Judicial Code, amendment. 36 Stat. 1133; 43 Stat. 936. 28U.S. C. . 225 (a). Circuit courts of ap- peals, jurisdiction to review final decisios. District courts; ex- ception. District Courts fbr Hawaii and Puorto Rico.