45 Stat. 1446

PERMITS OR LICENSES UNDER FEDERAL WATER POWER ACT

Joint resolution restricting the Federal Power Commission from issuing or approving any permits or licenses affecting the Colorado River or any of its tributaries, except the Gila River. (Joint Res. March 1, 1929, Pub. Res. No. 98, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

[Sec. 1. Federal Power Commission restricted in issuance of permits affecting Colorado River and tributaries, except the Gila River.]—That the Federal Power Commission is hereby directed not to issue or approve any permits or licenses under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 10, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes, page 1063, known as the Federal water power act), upon or affecting the Colorado River or any of its tributaries, except the Gila River and its tributaries, in the States of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, • Arizona, and California, until the 5th day of March, 1930, unless prior thereto the act approved December 21, 1928, known as the Boulder Canyon project act, becomes effective as therein provided.

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45 Stat. 1503

COMPACTS BETWEEN STATES OF NEW MEXICO AND OKLAHOMA REGARDING WATERS OF CIMARRON RIVER AND OTHER

STREAMS

An act granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of New Mexico and Oklahoma with respect to the division and apportionment of the waters of the Cimarron River and all other streams in which such States are jointly interested. (Act March 2, 1929, Pub. No. 948, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

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

Sec. 2. [Representative of the 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 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, Pub. No. 963, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

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.

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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, Pub. No. 964, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

[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, Pub. No. 967, 70th Cong., 2d sess.)

[Sec. 1. Authority to appraise and seil 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.

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