45 Stat. 1146

REPAYMENT OF EXCESS AMOUNTS PAID FOR LOTS IN BOWDOIN, MONT.

An act to authorize_repayment of certain excess amounts paid by purchasers of lots ir the town site of Bowdoin, Montana, and for other purposes. (Act February 2, 1929 Pub. No. 697, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

[Excess amounts refunded where application is received by June 8, 1929.]-That any excess amounts paid by the purchasers of certain town lots in the town site of Bowdoin, Montana, and authorized to be repaid by the act of Congress approved June 8, 1926 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 708), shall, upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior, be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury in all cases where the application for refund is received on or prior to June 8, 1929.

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45 Stat. 1189

COOPERATIVE WORK OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Extracts from] An act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and for other purposes. (Act February 16, 1929, Pub. No. 769, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

[Farmers' cooperative demonstration work.]-For farmers' cooperative demonstration work, including special suggestions of plans and methods for more effective dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations and of improved methods of agricultural practice, at farmers' institutes and in agricultural instruction, and for such work on Government reclamation projects, and for personal services in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, and all other necessary expenses, $1,495,000:

[Western irrigation agriculture.]—Western irrigation agriculture: For investigations in connection with western irrigation agriculture, the utilization of lands reclaimed under the reclamation act, and other areas in the arid and semiarid regions, $145,600: Provided, That the limitations in this act as to the cost of farm buildings shall not apply to this paragraph.

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45 Stat. 1321

CREDITS FOR CHARGES ON THE YUMA AND YUMA MESA AUXILIARY RECLAMATION PROJECTS

An act to amend the act entitled "An act to authorize credit upon the construction charges of certain water-right applicants and purchasers on the Yuma and Yuma Mesa auxiliary projects, and for other purposes." (Act February 26, 1929, Pub. No. 825, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

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[Sec. 1. Act of June 28, 1926, amended-Credits on construction charges and on operation and maintenance charges-Yuma Indian Reservation.]-That the act entitled "An act to authorize credit upon the construction charges of certain water-right applicants and purchasers on the Yuma and Yuma Mesa auxiliary projects, and for other purposes," approved June 28, 1926, be amended so as to read as follows: That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the individual water-right applicants on the Yuma reclamation project and the purchasers of water rights on the Yuma Mesa auxiliary project, on the construction charges due under their contracts with the United States under the reclamation act and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, with their proportionate part of all payments heretofore made or hereinafter to be made by the Imperial irrigation district of California under contract entered into under date of October 23, 1918, between the said district and the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That lands in the Yuma Indian Reservation for which water rights have been purchased shall share pro rata in the credits so to be applied: Provided further, That where construction charges are paid in full said payments shall be credited on operation and maintenance charges assessed against the lands to which said payments would otherwise apply."

45 Stat. 1406

CONSULTING ENGINEERS, GEOLOGISTS, AND ECONOMISTS ON IMPORTANT RECLAMATION WORK

An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to employ engineers and economists for consultation purposes on important reclamation work. (Act February 28, 1929, Pub. No. 851, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

[Sec. 1. Employment of consulting engineers, etc.; compensation limited to $50 a day, and to $5,000 a year-Retired Army and Navy officers eligible.]-That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his judgment and discretion, to employ for consultation purposes on important reclamation work five consulting engineers, geologists, and economists, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him, but not to exceed $50 per day for any engineer, geologist, or economist so employed: Provided, That the total compensation paid to any engineer, geologist, or economist during any fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of any other act, retired officers of the Army or Navy may be employed by the Secretary of the Interior as consulting engineers in accordance with the provisions of this act.

Sec. 2. [Joint Resolution of June 28, 1926, repealed.]-The joint resolution approved June 28, 1926, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to employ engineers for consultation in connection with the construction of dams for irrigation purposes, is hereby repealed.

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45 Stat. 1410

CONVEYANCE OF WATER RIGHTS, BOISE RECLAMATION PROJECT

An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey or transfer certain water rights in connection with the Boise reclamation project. (Act February 28, 1929, Pub. No. 859, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

[Sec. 1. Authority to relinquish interest in Ridenbaugh or Nampa and Meridian irrigation district water rights.]-That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to relinquish to the board of control of the Arrowrock division, Boise irrigation project, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in or to certain Ridenbaugh or Nampa and Meridian irrigation district water rights, not heretofore disposed of, obtained when land with appurtenant water rights was purchased by the United States for the Deer Flat Reservoir.

Sec. 2. [Water to be used by board of control of Arrowrock division.]— The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit the water to which the United States is entitled under the said Ridenbaugh rights to be taken into and distributed through the canal system of the Arrowrock division of the Boise project by the board of control and used or disposed of by the said board of control for the benefit of the said Arrowrock division.

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