722 INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS, OWYHEE PROJECT An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate the claims of any landowner or water user on the Owyhee reclamation project, Oregon, arising in 1940 by reason of a break in the North Canal of such project. (Act of June 5, 1942, ch. 344, 56 Stat. 322) [Secretary authorized to investigate claims.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to investigate the claims of any landowner or water user on the Owyhee reclamation project arising in 1940 by reason of a break in the North Canal of such project. The Secretary of the Interior shall report to Congress the results of his investigation as soon as possible during the present or next succeeding Congress. The cost of said investigation and report shall be accounted for as part of the cost of operating and maintaining said project, and such expenditures as are deemed necessary therefor by said Secretary shall be made from moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated to the Department of the Interior for operation and maintenance, Owyhee project, Oregon. (56 Stat. 322) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. H.R. 5142, Public Law 584 in the 77th Congress. H.R. Rept. 723 QUITCLAIM LANDS OF GOOSE LAKE An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to quitclaim to the States of Oregon and California, respectively, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands of Goose Lake in Oregon and California. (Act of June 5, 1942, ch. 348, 56 Stat. 323) [Conveyance of lands in Oregon and California.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to quitclaim to the State of Oregon for the benefit of the State and/or of those claiming under the State at the date of such quitclaim deed, all the right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in and to the lands of Goose Lake held, or that might be asserted, by the United States under or in pursuance of section 2 of chapter 5 of the General Laws of Oregon, 1905, and to quitclaim to the State of California for the benefit of the State and/or of those claiming under the State at the date of such quitclaim, deed, all the right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in and to the lands of Goose Lake held, or that might be asserted, by the United States under or in pursuance of the act of February 3, 1905, of the State of California (California Statutes, 1905, page 4). (56 Stat. 323) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Deeds of Conveyance. In accordance with this statute, by deeds dated February 9, 1943, the United States conveyed to the State of Oregon all of its right, title and interest to the lands of Goose Lake situated in Oregon; and conveyed to the State of California, all its right, title and interest in the lands of Goose Lake situated in California. Cross Reference, Consent of the United States to Suit by California. The Act of March 3, 1923, 42 Stat. 1438, authorizes the State of California to institute a suit or suits in the Supreme Court of the United States to determine the right, title and interest of the State to certain lands in Siskiyou County, California, including the Goose Lake lands, authorized to be quitclaimed to the State by this statute. The 1923 Act appears herein in chronological order. Legislative History. H.R. 5490, Public Law 588 in the 77th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 1233. S. Rept. No. 1393. 724 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT, 1943 [Extracts from] An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes. (Act of July 2, 1942, ch. 473, 56 Stat. 506) [Parker Dam power project-Power and other revenues.]-Parker Dam power project, Arizona-California, $1,939,400: Provided, That not to exceed $250,000 from power and other revenues shall be available for the operation and maintenance of this project; (56 Stat. 536) [Grand Coulee Dam project-Camp and construction facilities.]-Grand Coulee Dam project, Washington: For continuation of construction of Grand Coulee Dam and appurtenant works, including the operation and maintenance of camp and construction facilities, heretofore or hereafter turned over by construction contractors, and similar facilities and the furnishing of services related thereto, (56 Stat. 536) .... Sec. 9. [Short title.]-This Act may be cited as the "Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1943". (56 Stat. 561) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. The above extracts are not codified in the U.S. Code. Editor's Note, Provisions Repeated in Appropriation Acts. Provisions which are repeated in two or more appropriation acts appear herein only in the act in which first used. Legislative History. H.R. 6845, Public Law 645 in the 77th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 1935. S. Rept. No. 1380. H.R. Rept. No. 2260 and H.R. Rept. No. 2294 (conference reports). 725 USE OF MILLERTON RANCHERIA An act to authorize the use of a tract of land in California known as the Millerton Rancheria in connection with the Central Valley project, and for other purposes. (Act of July 8, 1942, ch. 494, 56 Stat. 650) [Sec. 1. Authority to use.]-There is hereby authorized to be used for any and all purposes in connection with the Central Valley project in California, as authorized by the Acts of April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115) and August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850), the following-described land situated in the county of Madera, State of California. The north half of the southeast quarter and lots 2 and 3 of section 33, township 10 south, range 21 east, Mount Diablo meridian, containing one hundred and forty and eighty-six one-hundredths acres. (56 Stat. 650) EXPLANATORY NOTE References in the Text. The extracts from the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850), referred to in the text as authorizing the Central Valley project, California, ap pears herein in chronological order, and explanatory notes following it discuss the Act of April 8, 1935. Sec. 2. [Indian right terminated.]—All right, title, and interest of the Indians, or any of them, to such land is hereby terminated. (56 Stat. 650) Sec. 3. [$2,800 authorized to purchase other lands.]—Since said land was originally acquired by the United States for the use of Indians in California in accordance with the Act of June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 325, 333), there is hereby made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior, from moneys. now or hereafter available for the construction of the Central Valley project, the sum of $2,800 for the purchase of other lands or interests in lands for the same uses and purposes as authorized by said Act of June 21, 1906. (56 Stat. 650) NOTE EXPLANATORY Reference in the Text. The Act of June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 325, 333), referred to in the text, is an act making appropriations for the "Indian Department." The provision referred to authorized the Secretary of the Interior to purchase lands suitable for cultivation for those California Indians living on reservations whose land was not suitable for cultivation. Sec. 4. [Authority of the Secretary.]—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to prescribe such regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (56 Stat. 650) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. H.R. 2989, Public Law 659 in the 77th Congress. H.R. Rept. 726 RELIEF OF BRIDGEPORT IRRIGATION DISTRICT An act for the relief of the Bridgeport irrigation district. (Act of August 1, 1942, ch. 541, 56 Stat. 732.) [Contract canceled—judgment released.]—The contract of June 14, 1915, between the United States and the Bridgeport irrigation district, North Platte reclamation project, and the indebtedness of the district thereunder for operation and maintenance charges delinquent under said contract for the years 1926 to 1942, both inclusive, are hereby canceled and released, and the judgment entered on July 30, 1929, in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska against the district and in favor of the United States is hereby released and discharged: Provided, That the $23,286 heretofore paid under the contract of June 14, 1915, shall be retained by the United States for the benefits heretofore received by the district under said contract: And provided further, That the water right of the district under its Nebraska appropriation, upon the approval of this Act, shall be the same legal status under the laws of Nebraska as if said contract of June 14, 1915, had never been executed. (56 Stat. 732) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Cross Reference, Amendatory Repayment Contract Authorized. The Act of June 24, 1936, 49 Stat. 1897, authorized the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an amendatory repayment contract with the Bridgeport Irrigation District. However, no contract was ever entered into pursuant to the authorization. The 1936 Act appears herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S. 2440, Public Law 692 in the 77th Congress. S. Rept. No. 1520. |