45 Stat. 1502

COMPACTS BETWEEN STATES OF COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO REGARDING WATERS OF RIO GRANDE AND OTHER STREAMS

An act granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Colorado and New Mexico with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande, San Juan, and Las Animas Rivers and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested. (Act March 2, 1929, ch. 520, 45 Stat. 1502)

[Sec. 1. Equitable division and apportionment of waters of Rio Grande, San Juan, Las Animas Rivers, etc. That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Colorado and New Mexico to negotiate and enter into compacts or agreements providing for an equitable division and apportionment between such States of the water supply of the Rio Grande, San Juan, and Las Animas Rivers and of the streams tributary thereto and of all other streams in which such States are jointly interested.

Sec. 2. [Representative of United States to participate in negotiations and make report-Expenses to be paid from reclamation fund.]-Such consent is given upon condition that a representative of the United States from any department of the United States Government, to be appointed by the President, shall participate in the negotiations and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into. Other than the compensation and expenses of such representative the United States shall not be liable for any expenses in connection with such negotiations, compact or agreement. The payment of such expenses of such representative are authorized to be paid from the appropriations for cooperative and general investigations for the Bureau of Reclamation.

Sec. 3. [Legislatures of States and Congress must approve compact.]No such compact or agreement shall be binding or obligatory upon either of such States unless and until it has been approved by the legislature of each of such States and by the Congress of the United States.

Sec. 4. [Right reserved to alter or repeal.]-The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herewith expressly reserved.

45 Stat. 1517

COMPACTS BETWEEN STATES OF NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA REGARDING WATERS OF GILA AND SAN FRANCISCO RIVERS AND OTHER STREAMS

An act granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico and Arizona with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested. (Act March 2, 1929, ch. 537, 45 Stat. 1517)

Sec. 1. [Equitable division and apportionment of waters of Gila and San Francisco Rivers, etc.]-That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of New Mexico and Arizona to negotiate and enter into compacts or agreements providing for an equitable division and apportionment between such States of the water supply of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers and of the streams tributary thereto and of all other streams in which such States are jointly interested.

Sec. 2. [Representative of Interior Department to participate in negotiations and make report-Expenses to be paid from reclamation fund.]— Such consent is given upon condition that a representative of the United States from the Department of the Interior, to be appointed by the President, shall participate in the negotiations and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into. Other than the compensation and expenses of such representative the United States shall not be liable for any expenses in connection with such negotiations, compact or agreement. The payment of such expenses of such representative are authorized to be paid from the appropriations for cooperative and general investigations for the Bureau of Reclamation.

Sec. 3. [Legislatures of States and Congress must approve compact.]No such compact or agreement shall be binding or obligatory upon either of such States unless and until it has been approved by the legislature of each of such States and by the Congress of the United States.

Sec. 4. [Right reserved to alter or repeal.]-The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved.

45 Stat. 1517

COMPACTS AMONG STATES OF COLORADO, OKLAHOMA, AND KANSAS REGARDING WATERS OF ARKANSAS RIVER AND OTHER STREAMS

An act granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Arkansas River and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested. (Act March 2, 1929, ch. 538, 45 Stat. 1517)

[Sec. 1. Equitable division and apportionment of waters of Arkansas River and other streams.]-That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas to negotiate and enter into compacts or agreements providing for an equitable division and apportionment between such States of the water supply of the Arkansas River and of the streams tributary thereto and of all other streams in which such States are jointly interested.

Sec. 2. [Representative of United States to participate in negotiations and make report-Expenses to be paid from reclamation fund.]—Such consent is given upon condition that a representative of the United States from any department of the United States Government, to be appointed by the President, shall participate in the negotiations and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into. Other than the compensation and expenses of such representative the United States shall not be liable for any expenses in connection with such negotiations, compact, or agreement. The payment of such expenses of such representative is authorized to be paid from the appropriations for cooperative and general investigations for the Bureau of Reclamation.

Sec. 3. [Legislatures of States and Congress must approve compact.]— No such compact or agreement shall be binding or obligatory upon either of such States unless and until it has been approved by the legislature of each of such States and by the Congress of the United States.

Sec. 4. [Right reserved to alter or repeal.]—The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herewith expressly reserved.

45 Stat. 1522

UNPLATTED PORTIONS OF TOWN SITES ON IRRIGATION PROJECTS

An act to authorize the disposition of unplatted portions of Government town sites on irrigation projects under the reclamation act of June 17, 1902, and for other purposes. (Act March 2, 1929, ch. 541, 45 Stat. 1522)

[Sec. 1. Authority to appraise and sell unplatted portions of town sites created under act of April 16, 1906-Patents.]-That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to appraise, and sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, from time to time, for cash, any or all of the unplatted portions of Government town sites created under the act of April 16, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 116), on any irrigation project constructed under the act of June 17, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes, page 388), or acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto: Provided, That any land so offered for sale and not disposed of may afterwards be sold, at not less than the appraised value, at private sale, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Patents made in pursuance of such sale shall convey all the right, title, and interest of the United States in or to the land so sold.

Sec. 2. [Proceeds of sales to be disposed of in accordance with act of December 5, 1924.]-The net proceeds of such sales after deducting all expenditures on account of such lands, and the project construction charge, for the irrigable area of the lands so sold where irrigation or drainage works have been constructed or are proposed to be constructed, shall be disposed of as provided in Subsection I of section 4 of the act of December 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 672). Where the project construction charge shall not have been fixed at the date of any such sale, same shall be estimated by the Secretary of the Interior.

Sec. 3. [Reclamation funds to be appropriated for expenses of appraisement and sale-Secretary to make rules and regulations.]-Reclamation funds are authorized to be appropriated for use in defraying the necessary expenses of appraisement and sale of the lands herein authorized to be sold, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as, in his opinion, may be necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this act.

Textual note. The sections of this act are codified in U. S. C., Supp. III, title 43, as sections 571, 572, and 573, respectively.

NOTE

Regulations. For regulations under this act see C. L. 1805, dated April 26, 1929.

45 Stat. 1562

SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT FOR 1930

[Extracts from] An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes. (Act March 4, 1929, ch. 705, 45 Stat. 1562)

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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

(45 Stat. 1589)

The following sums are appropriated out of the special fund in the Treasury of the United States created by the act of June 17, 1902, and therein designated "the reclamation fund," to be available immediately.

Commissioner of Reclamation, $10,000; and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $140,000; for office expenses in the District of Columbia, $23,000; in all, $173,000;

For expenses, except membership fees, of attendance upon meetings of technical and professional societies required in connection with official work of the bureau, $1,000 of the unexpended balance of appropriations for this purpose for the fiscal year 1929 is continued available for the fiscal year 1930;

For all expenditures authorized by the act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat., p. 388), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, known as the reclamation law, and all other acts under which expenditures from said fund are authorized, including not to exceed $178,000 for personal services and $27,000 for other expenses in the office of the chief engineer, $25,000 for telegraph, telephone, and other communication service, $8,000 for photographing and making photographic prints, $54,000 for personal services, and $12,000 for other expenses in the field legal offices; examination of estimates for appropriations in the field; refunds of overcollections and deposits for other purposes; not to exceed $20,000 for lithographing, engraving, printing, and binding; purchase of ice; purchase of rubber boots for official use by employees; maintenance and operation of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; not to exceed $40,000 for purchase of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passengercarrying vehicles; packing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employes upon permanent change of station, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; payment of damages caused to the owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in the survey, construction, operation, or maintenance of irrigation works, and which may be compromised by agreement between the claimant and the Secretary

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