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PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 198-JUNE 13, 1949
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any purpose by any land and water right or water-right applicant
shall not be applied to any tax or assessment of the organization if
any obligations payable to the United States under the Act of January
g9Stat. s8; 43Stat. 25, 1917, as amended, or the joint resolution of February 21, 1925,
remain due and unpaid. Such contract shall further provide that any
lien held by the organization on lands covered by any land and water
right or water-right application shall be inferior to the rights of the
United States with respect to charges upon such lands under the Act
of January 25, 19172 as amended, or the joint resolution of February
21, 1925, and to the lien thereon reserved by the United States pursuant
to section 5 (b) of this Act.
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(b) Upon the execution of a satisfactory contract pursuant to sub-
section (a), subject to the availability of funds therefor, the Secretary
is authorized to proceed with such construction, extensions, and im-
provements as may be necessary to effectuate the purpose of such
contract.
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SEC. 5. (a) After a contract shall have been executed pursuant to
section 4, land and water rights in the Yuma auxiliary project may be
sold at private sale, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of January
25, 1917 (39 Stat. 868), as amended and the joint resolution of Febru-
ary 21, 1925 (43 Stat. 962), for a purchase price of not less than (1)
$32 per acre for the land and (2) a sum for the water right consisting
of not less than $160 per acre for the cost of the reclamation works pre-
viously constructed exclusively for the Yuma auxiliary project. Such
purchase price shall be in addition to any charges or assessments
which may be levied by the organization to pay for the per acre con-
struction, extension, and improvement costs allocable to such land
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under any contract executed pursuant to section 4 of this Act: Pro-
vided, That said purchase price shall not include any part of the cost
of works of the Yuma project and such costs, less applicable credits,
shall not be repayable to the United States: And provided further,
That after a contract shall have been executed pursuant to section 4
and water is ready for delivery to the Yuma auxiliary project through
the works of the Gila project, the water users of the Yuma auxiliary
project shall cease to be liable for any charges for the operation and
maintenance of the Yuma project, except such charges as may then
be due and unpaid.
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(b) To insure payment of any sums due or which may become due
to the United States under land and water right or water-right appli-
cations under the Act of January 25, 1917, as amended, and the Joint
resolution of February 21, 1925, the United States, as of the date of
the application, shall have a lien for the entire amount of its charges
which shall be prior to all other liens, mortgages, claims, or interests
whatsoever. Upon default of payment of any amount so due, the
United States is empowered to declare the whole of the unaccrued
portion of the charges due and payable and may file suit to foreclose
the lien for all accrued charges in any court of competent jurisdiction
and sell said land to satisfy the obligation due the United States.
This remedy, however, shall not be exclusive.
SEC. 6. All provisions of the Act of January 15, 1917 (39 Stat. 868),
as amended, and the joint resolution of February 21, 1925 (43 Stat.
962), not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall remain in
full force and effect.
Dispositionof B-lif
SEC. 7 . After a contract shall have been executed pursuant to sec-
tion 4 and water is ready for delivery to the Yuma auxiliary project
through the works of the Gila project, the Secretary is hereby author-
ized to dismantle the existing B-lift pumping plant of the Yuma
auxiliary project and to dispose of any salable parts thereof, either
by public or private sale. All moneys realized from the sale of such
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