IRRIGATION OF INDIAN LANDS

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909. (Act April 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 70)

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[Authority to arrange for reclamation of Indian lands-No lien or charge created against reserved lands-Limit of cost.]—That in carrying out any irrigation project which may be undertaken under the provisions of the act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two (Thirty-second Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-eight), known as the reclamation act, and which may make possible, and provide for, in connection with the reclamation of other lands the irrigation of all or any part of the irrigable lands heretofore included in allotments made to Indians under the fourth section of the general allotment act, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to make such arrangement and agreement in reference thereto as said Secretary deems for the best interest of the Indians: Provided, That no lien or charge for construction, operation, or maintenance shall thereby be created against any such reserved lands: And provided further, That to meet the necessary cost of carrying out this legislation the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend, out of the sum appropriated in this act for irrigation, an amount not exceeding $13,000. (35 Stat. 85.)

BOOKS AND PERIODICALS FOR THE RECLAMATION SERVICE (BUREAU OF RECLAMATION)—ASSIGNMENT OF PAY BY FIELD EMPLOYEES

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes. (Act May 27, 1908, ch. 200, 35 Stat. 317)

[Authority to purchase books, etc.]-The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the purchase of such law books, books of reference, periodicals, engineering and statistical publications as are needed in carrying out the surveys and examinations authorized by the act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories for the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands." (35 Stat. 350.)

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Cross reference.-See act of March 3, 1925, ch. 462 (43 Stat. 1141), and notes thereunder.

[Secretary may permit field employees to assign pay.]-The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to permit the employees of the Reclamation Service, while employed in the field, to make assignments of their pay under such regulations as he may prescribe. (35 Stat. 350.)

COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, ETC.

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for other purposes. (Act March 4, 1909, ch. 299, 35 Stat. 945)

Sec. 9. [Commissions, etc., compensation of, unless created by law, forbidden.]-That hereafter no part of the public moneys, or of any appropriation heretofore or hereafter made by Congress, shall be used for the payment of compensation or expenses of any commission, council, board, or other similar body, or any members thereof, or for expenses in connection with any work or the results of any work or action of any commission, council, board, or other similar body, unless the creation of the same shall be or shall have been authorized by law; nor shall there be employed by detail, hereafter or heretofore made, or otherwise personal services from any executive department or other Government establishment in connection with any such commission, council, board, or other similar body. (35) Stat. 1027.)

COOPERATIVE WORK OF BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten. (Act March 4, 1909, ch. 301, 35 Stat. 1039)

[Investigations in connection with reclaimed lands.]-For investigations in connection with the utilization of lands reclaimed under the reclamation act, and for other areas in the arid and semiarid regions, seventy-six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. (35 Stat. 1045.)

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A substantially similar clause appears in subsequent appropriation acts of the Department of Agriculture.

Beginning with the act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat. 440), the following provision is also carried in the annual appropriation acts of the Department of Agriculture:

"Demonstrations on reclamation projects.-To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and aid in the agricultural development of the Government reclamation projects; to assist, through demonstrations, advice, and in other ways, settlers on the projects; and for the employment of persons and means necessary in the city of Washington and elsewhere,

UINTAH INDIAN LANDS FOR STRAWBERRY VALLEY PROJECT

[Extract from] An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911. (Act April 4, 1910, ch. 140, 36 Stat. 269)

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[Payment to Uintah Indians from reclamation fund for lands withdrawn for Strawberry Valley project-Installments-Reimbursement. ]That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to pay from the reclamation fund for the benefit of the Uintah Indians the sum of $1.25 per acre for the lands in the former Uintah Indian Reservation, in the State of Utah, which were set apart by the President for reservoir and other purposes under the provisions of the act approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, chapter fourteen hundred and seventy-nine, and which were by the Secretary of the Interior withdrawn for irrigation works under the provisions of the reclamation act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, in connection with the reservoir for the Strawberry Valley project. Such payment shall be made in five annual installments, and the moneys paid shall be subject to the same disposition as the proceeds of the sales of lands in the former Indian reservation. All such payments shall be included in the cost of construction of said Strawberry Valley project to be reimbursed by the owners of lands irrigated therefrom, all receipts from said lands, as rentals or otherwise, being credited to the said owners. All right, title, and interest of the Indians in the said lands are hereby extinguished, and the title, management, and control thereof shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated from said project whenever the management and operation of the irrigation works shall so pass under the terms of the reclamation act. (36 Stat. 285.) See 14 Comp. Dec. 49.