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YUMA PROJECT, COLORADO RIVER LEVEE SYSTEM

[Extract from] An act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. (Act March 3, 1925, ch. 467, 43 Stat. 1186)

Sec. 16. [Reclamation fund to be reimbursed for work on Colorado River adjacent to Yuma project-Transfer to reclamation fund of amount for levee work, fiscal year 1926-Annual amount authorized for maintaining Colorado River levee.]-(a) That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $650,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to reimburse the reclamation fund for the benefit of the Yuma Federal irrigation project in Arizona and California for all costs, as found by the Secretary of the Interior, heretofore incurred and paid from the reclamation fund for the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to said project.

(b) That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be transferred to the reclamation fund and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of paying the operation and maintenance costs of said Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to said Yuma project, Arizona-California, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926. (c) That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and annually thereafter the sum of $35,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, as the share of the Government of the United States of the costs of operating and maintaining said Colorado River front work and levee system. (43 Stat. 1198.)

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Cross reference.-See also act of July 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 841, 857), making appropriations for above purpose.

Act of January 21, 1927 (Public, No. 560, 69th Congress), repeals (c) of above section and authorizes the annual appropriation of $100,000, or so much as necessary, for defraying the cost of Colorado River front work.

COLUMBIA RIVER COMPACT

An act to permit a compact or agreement between the States of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes. (Act March 4, 1925, ch. 534, 43 Stat. 1268)

[Sec. 1. Apportionment of water supply among States-Federal representative-Congressional and State approval required.]-Whereas the Columbia River and its tributaries are interstate streams having their sources in a drainage area of approximately 250,000 square miles, said streams flowing through the States of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and the Columbia River forming the boundary between the States of Washington and Oregon; and

Whereas the above-named States are vitally interested in the possible development of the Columbia River and its tributaries for irrigation, power, domestic and navigation uses; and

Whereas the Secretary of the Interior, in a letter to the President dated December 11, 1924, has pointed out that plans for future reclamation development must take into consideration the needs of the States and the water-right problems of interstate streams and stated that efforts to reach an agreement for the economic apportionment of water of interstate streams by the States concerned "have the cordial approval and support of this department"; and Whereas it is desirable that a compact for the economic apportionment of the water of the Columbia River and its tributaries for irrigation, power, domestic, and navigation purposes, entered into by and between the said States of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, and that the interests of the United States be considered in the drawing of said compact, by authorized representatives of each of said States and of the United States: Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement not later than January 1, 1927, providing for an equitable division and apportionment among said States of the water supply of the Columbia River and of the streams tributary thereto, upon condition that two suitable persons, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, one from the Department of the Interior and one from the War Department, shall participate in said negotiations as the representatives of the United States and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into: Provided, That any such compact or agreement shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been approved by the legislature of each of said States and by the Congress of the United States. (43 Stat. 1268.) Sec. 2. [Right to amend reserved.]-The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herewith expressly reserved. (43 Stat. 1268.)

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Cross reference.-See act of April 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 247), extending this act and authorizing an appropriation of not to exceed $25,000 for completing investigations as to feasibility, etc., and related problems on Columbia River.

COMMISSION ON EQUITABLE USE OF WATERS OF RIO GRANDE

[Extract from] An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1925, and June 30, 1926, and for other purposes. (Act March 4, 1925, ch. 556, 43 Stat. 1313.)

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[Equitable use of waters of Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas.]— Commission on the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande: The appropriation of $20,000 made by Public Act No. 292, Sixtyeighth Congress, approved December 5, 1924, for the expenses of a commission to make a study of the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, is hereby made available for the same purposes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926. (43 Stat. 1340.)

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PAYMENT OF ADJUSTED COMPENSATION AND FURNISHING QUARTERS, ETC., TO EMPLOYEES

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Depart ments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes. (Act March 2, 1926, ch. 43, 44 Stat. 136)

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TITLE I-TREASURY DEPARTMENT

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Sec. 2. [Field employees to be paid adjusted compensation.]-Those civilian positions in the field services under the several executive departments and independent establishments, the compensation of which was fixed or limited by law but adjusted for the fiscal year 1925 under the authority and appropriations contained in the act entitled "An act making additional appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, to enable the heads of the several executive departments and independent establishments to adjust the rates of compensation of civilian employees in certain of the field services,' approved December 6, 1924, may be paid under the applicable appropriations for the fiscal year 1927 at rates not in excess of those permitted for them under the provisions of such act of December 6, 1924. (44 Stat. 161.)

Sec. 3. [Quarters, etc., to be furnished field employees-Appropriations avaliable Value considered part of compensation.]-The head of an executive department or independent establishment, where, in his judgment, conditions of employment require it, may continue to furnish civilians employed in the field service with quarters, heat, light, household equipment, subsistence, and laundry service; and appropriations for the fiscal year 1927 of the character heretofore used for such purposes are hereby made available therefor: Provided, That the reasonable value of such allowances shall be detemined and considered as part of the compensation in fixing the salary rate of such civilians. (44 Stat. 161.)

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Regulations.-See 5 Comp. Gen. 957, dated June 3, 1926 (A-12324), interpreting section 3 of this act. This decision requires an adjustment of field pay, and the determination of deductions for subsistence, etc., on the basis of the reasonable value thereof to employees. (See C. L. 1547, June 18, 1926.) C. L. 1593, January 4, 1927, relates to rental of cottages, etc., to employees. Quarters of leave without pay employees.-In case an employee is on leave without pay the established value of the quarters or equipment furnished during the leave period should be deducted from any sums due or which may become due the employee. Where the quarters are entirely vacated by the employee during the period and they are available for other assignment, no deduction should be made for their value; but if such quarters are reserved for the employee during his absence, deduction should be made as if the quarters were actually occupied by him. (5 Comp. Gen. 999.)

GRANT OF LANDS IN SHOSHONE PROJECT TO PARK COUNTY, WYOMING, FOR FAIR GROUNDS

An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands in Powell town site, Shoshone reclamation project, Wyoming, to Park County, Wyoming. (Act April 3, 1926, ch. 104, 44 Stat. 235)

[Sec. 1. Right to oil, coal, and other mineral deposits reserved to United States.]-That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a patent to issue conveying blocks 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 16, and the east half of blocks 6 and 13, town site of Powell, on the Shoshone reclamation project, Wyoming, to Park County, Wyoming, in trust for use as a county fair grounds; but in said patent there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits within said lands and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same. (44 Stat. 235.)

Sec. 2. [County clerk to make report as to use of land granted-Grant forfeited unless terms complied with.]-The conveyance herein is made upon the express condition that within thirty days of the receipt of any request therefor from the Secretary of the Interior the county clerk of Park County, Wyoming, shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior a report as to the use made of the land herein granted the county during the preceding period named in such request, showing compliance with the terms and conditions stated in this act; and that in the event of his failure to so report, or in the event of a showing in such report to the Secretary of the Interior that the terms of the grant have not been complied with, the grant shall be held to be forfeited, and the title shall revert to the United States, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to determine the facts and declare such forfeiture and such reversion and restore said land to the public domain, and such order of the Secretary shall be final and conclusive. (44 Stat. 235.)

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