of soils, classification of land, and obtaining general economic and settlement data, $100,000: Provided, That the expenditures from this appropriation for any reclamation project shall be considered as supplementary to the appropriation for that project and shall be accounted for and returned to the reclamation fund as are other expenditures under the reclamation act. (44 Stat. 484.) NOTES Government not authorized to pay expense of land-selling campaign. The expenses of obtaining options, the publishing in periodicals of advertisements descriptive of land and the advantages and opportunities offered to prospective settlers-in other words the expenses of land-selling campaign-have no relation to the objects for which this appropriation was made. Therefore, neither this appropriation nor any other appropriation not made so available in specific terms, is available for the payment of such expenses. (Comp. Gen. Dec. (A-15385), August 26, 1926.) * * * * [Maintaining Colorado River levee adjacent to Yuma project.]-For the share of the Government of the United States of the costs of operating and maintaining the Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to the Yuma Federal irrigation project in Arizona and California, as authorized by the act entitled "An act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, p. 1186), $35,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be transferred to the reclamation fund, special fund, created by the act of June 17, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes, p. 388), and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions applicable to appropriations made for the fiscal year 1927 from the reclamation fund.~ (44 Stat. 485.) [Arid, cut-over timber lands-Investigations for developing.]-For investigations to be made by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Reclamation to obtain necessary information to determine how arid and semiarid, swamp, and cut-over timber lands in any of the States of the United States may be best developed, as authorized by subsection R, section 4, second deficiency act, fiscal year 1924, approved December 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, p. 704), including the general objects of expenditure enumerated and permitted under the second paragraph in this act under the caption "Bureau of Reclamation," and including mileage for motor cycles and automobiles at the rates and under the conditions authorized herein in connection with reclamation projects, $15,000. (44 Stat. 485.) * * * Sec. 2. [Field work appropriations available for work animals, vehicles, etc.]-Appropriations herein made for field work under the Bureau of Reclamation, * * * shall be available for the hire, with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment. (44 Stat. 496.) PATENT FOR LAND IN TOWN SITE OF HEYBURN, IDAHO An act providing for the issuance of patent to the Boyle Commission Company for block numbered 223, town site of Heyburn, Idaho. (Act May 17, 1926, ch. 315, 44 Stat., pt. 2, p. 15.) [Authority to issue patent for land, Heyburn, Idaho, without requiring further payments-Patent subject to conditions of acts of 1906.]-That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to issue a patent under the act of April 16, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 116), and the act of June 27, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 519), to the Boyle Commission Company, for block numbered 223, town site of Heyburn, Idaho, without requiring any further payments on account of the purchase price fixed for said land: Provided, That, except for the reduction thus made in the purchase price, the issuance of patent shall be subject to all the conditions and limitations of the aforesaid acts of April 16, 1906, and June 27, 1906. THE OMNIBUS ADJUSTMENT ACT An act to adjust water-right charges, to grant certain other relief on the Federal irrigation projects, and for other purposes. (Act May 25, 1926, ch. 383, 44 Stat. 636) [Sec. 1. Adjustment of water-right charges on specified projects.]— That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, empowered and directed to make, under subsection K, section 4, act of December 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 701), in connection with the irrigation projects hereinafter named, adjustment of water-right charges standing upon the records of said projects as of June 30, 1925, as follows: BELLE FOURCHE PROJECT, SOUTH DAKOTA Sec. 2. [Deductions from total cost.]-There shall be deducted from the total cost of said project the following sums: (1) $355,809, or such an amount as represents the actual construction charges as found by the Secretary of the Interior against the following lands: (a) One thousand two hundred and eight acres permanently unproductive because of topography steep and rough heretofore eliminated; (b) Six thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven acres permanently unproductive because of topography steep and rough; based on present land classification. (2) $119,606 on account of operation and maintenance deficit prior to reclamation extension act of 1914. (3) $12,036 on account of error or mistake representing Johnson Creek lateral storage investigations and Nine Mile location surveys as shown on page 14 of House Document Numbered 201, Sixtyninth Congress, first session. (44 Stat. 636.) Sec. 3. [Construction charges suspended.]-All payments upon construction charges shall be suspended against the following lands: (a) Ten thousand five hundred acres temporarily unproductive for lack of fertility in the soil, seepage, and excessive alkali salts; (b) Six thousand eight hundred and ninety-five acres, Willow Creek lands awaiting further developments, temporarily unproductive; All as shown by classification heretofore made under the supervision of the Board of Survey and Adjustments and shown in the table on page 14 of said Document 201, checked and modified as outlined in General recommendations " numbered 2 and 4, page 60 of said document. (44 Stat. 636.) BOISE PROJECT, IDAHO Sec. 4. [Construction charges suspended.]-All payments upon construction charges shall be suspended against the following lands: (a) Two thousand nine hundred and ninety acres, Arrowrock division, temporarily unproductive for lack of fertility in the soil and being water-logged; (b) Four hundred and eight acres, Arrowrock division, Nampa and Meridian district, temporarily unproductive for lack of fertility in the soil, being water-logged; (c) Two thousand six hundred and fifty acres, Arrowrock division, temporarily unproductive because of light, sandy soil that blows easily; (d) Three hundred and eighty-eight acres, Arrowrock division, temporarily unproductive because of porous soil difficult to irrigate. All as shown by classification heretofore made under the supervision of the Board of Survey and Adjustments and as shown in the table on page 15 of said Document 201, checked and modified as outlined in General recommendations " numbered 2 and 4, page 60, of said document. (44 Stat. 637.) CARLSBAD PROJECT, NEW MEXICO Sec. 5. [Deductions from total cost.]-There shall be deducted from the total cost of the said project the sum of $374,885.69 on account of error and mistake in providing for additional storage in Lake McMillan Reservoir as follows: (1) Acquisition of flowage rights required for additional storage, rights of way, and expenses incidental thereto, $164,383.62. (2) For additional and incidental construction required for said additional storage, $210,502.07, as follows: (a) Prelminary surveys, and so forth, $6,718.62. (b) Extra dam construction, $89,153.13. (c) Holes in reservoir bottom, $2,379.52. (d) Spillway numbered 1, $49,549.80. (e) Spillway numbered 2, $62,701. (44 Stat. 637.) Sec. 6. [Construction charges suspended.]-All payments upon construction charges shall be suspended against the following lands: One thousand and five acres temporarily unproductive for lack of fertility in the soil because of seepage and alkalinity; all as shown by classification heretofore made under the supervision of the Board of Survey and Adjustments and as shown in the table on page 17 of said Document 201, checked and modified as outlined in "General recommendations " numbered 2 and 4, page 60, of said document. (44 Stat. 637.) GRAND VALLEY PROJECT, COLORADO Sec. 7. [Deductions from total cost.]-There shall be deducted from the total cost of said project the following sums: $760,628, or such an amount as represents the construction costs as found by the Secretary of the Interior against the following lands: (a) Nine thousand one hundred and seven acres permanently unproductive for lack of fertility in the soil, shallow soil, alkalinity, and unfavorable topography; (b) One thousand six hundred and fifty acres, West End Extension, permanently unproductive because of unfavorable topography, shallow soil, and alkalinity. (44 Stat. 637.) Sec. 8. [Construction charges suspended.]-When construction charges are announced for the productive lands of the project all payments of construction charges shall be suspended against the following lands: (a) Seven thousand one hundred and fifty acres temporarily unproductive for lack of fertility in the soil, seepage, and alkalinity; (b) Eleven thousand eight hundred and sixty-three acres of productive lands temporarily unproductive because no construction thus far of the Garfield pumping division, or of the Loma siphon land extension, or any other means of reclaiming the same, and there being no present demand for these unirrigated lands. All as shown by classification heretofore made under the supervision of the Board of Survey and Adjustments and shown in the table on page 19 of said Document 201, checked and modified as outlined in "General recommendations " numbered 2 and 4, page 60, said document. (44 Stat. 638.) HUNTLEY PROJECT, MONTANA Sec. 9. [Deductions from total cost.]-There shall be deducted from the total cost of said project the following sums: (1) $46,987, or such amount as represents the actual construction charges as found by the Secretary of the Interior against the following lands: (a) Four hundred and four acres, Pryor division, permanently unproductive because eroded and marginal to the river; (b) Four hundred and twenty-seven acres, Eastern and Fly Creek divisions, permanently unproductive for lack of fertility in the soil. (2) $81,354 on account of operation and maintenance deficit prior to reclamation extension act of 1914. The Secretary is further directed to assume as a definite loss such sums as in his judgment may be just and proper in connection with moneys expended for experiments with reclamation on alkali lands and costs in excess of contracted returns, such total not to exceed $41,000. (44 Stat. 638.) Sec. 10. [Construction charges suspended.]-All payments upon construction charges shall be suspended against the following lands: (a) Eleven thousand one hundred and seventy acres, Pryor division, temporarily unproductive, being gumbo and alkali soil; (b) One thousand three hundred and thirty-six acres, Pryor division, temporarily unproductive, being private lands unpledged; (c) Nine hundred and seventy acres, Eastern and Fly Creek divisions, temporarily unproductive, seeped. All as shown by classification heretofore made under the supervision of the Board of Survey and Adjustments and as shown in the table on page 21 of said Document 201, checked and modified as outlined in "General recommendations " numbered 2 and 4, page 60 of said document. (44 Stat. 638.) KING HILL PROJECT, IDAHO Sec. 11. [Deduction from total cost.]-There shall be deducted from the total cost of said project the following sum: (1) $531,958, or such amounts as represent actual construction charges as found by the Secretary of the Interior against the follow |