The Columbia Basin Project Act: Hearings, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session on H.R. 6522, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942 - Irrigation |
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... tion thereby . " SEC . 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated , out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated , such sums of money as may be neces- sary to carry out the provisions of this Act , to be ...
... tion thereby . " SEC . 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated , out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated , such sums of money as may be neces- sary to carry out the provisions of this Act , to be ...
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... tion of the Grand Coulee Dam project and to aid actual settlers in securing such lands at the fair appraised value thereof as arid land , and for other purposes " ( act of May 27 , 1937 , 50 Stat . 208 ) . I recommend that the proposed ...
... tion of the Grand Coulee Dam project and to aid actual settlers in securing such lands at the fair appraised value thereof as arid land , and for other purposes " ( act of May 27 , 1937 , 50 Stat . 208 ) . I recommend that the proposed ...
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... tion involved in the transfer of land covered by a recordable contract constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by fine not exceeding $ 500 or imprisonment not exceed- ing 6 months , or both such fine and imprisonment . ( c ) Provision ...
... tion involved in the transfer of land covered by a recordable contract constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by fine not exceeding $ 500 or imprisonment not exceed- ing 6 months , or both such fine and imprisonment . ( c ) Provision ...
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... tion . It is my view that the bill is a decided improvement over the existing law , and , on the basis of comments received from those interested in it locally , I feel that it is so regarded by the people of the Northwest . I believe ...
... tion . It is my view that the bill is a decided improvement over the existing law , and , on the basis of comments received from those interested in it locally , I feel that it is so regarded by the people of the Northwest . I believe ...
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... tion of aluminum and other war material . The project includes the dam and the power plant , but is much larger than even these great structures . It includes also irrigation works , as yet unbuilt , to water and make productive more ...
... tion of aluminum and other war material . The project includes the dam and the power plant , but is much larger than even these great structures . It includes also irrigation works , as yet unbuilt , to water and make productive more ...
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acres agencies amendment ANDERSON antispeculation features appraised price appraised value appropriate authority believe BILLINGSLEY Boise project Bonneville Power Administration Bureau of Reclamation CHAIRMAN Columbia Basin irrigation Columbia Basin project Columbia River committee Congress connection consideration construction charges cost Coulee Dam project crops DAVIS Department of Agriculture determined dry-farming DWORSHAK engineer Ephrata excess land Farm Credit Administration Farm Security Administration farmers Federal Government Grand Coulee Dam Interior irrigable lands irrigation block irrigation farming irrigation project joint investigations landowner legislation loans MCINTYRE ment MURDOCK owner payment pending bill percent problems Project Act project area project lands proposed public lands purchase purposes pursuant question receive water reclamation laws reclamation projects recordable contract repayment contract ROBERTSON ROBINSON Secretary sell settled settlement settlers SMART soil Stat STINSON subsection successful thereof tion tract University of Washington WARNE Wash WIECKING WINTER
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Page 8 - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 225 - M. of section 4 of the act of December 5, 1924, 43 Stat. 703, 43 USC 438, and section 44 of the act of May 25, 1926, 44 Stat.
Page 89 - ... the part of the estimated cost which can properly be allocated to irrigation and probably be repaid by the water users ; (4) the part of the estimated cost which can properly be allocated...
Page 97 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 : 30 am, Hon. Compton I. White (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The meeting...
Page 72 - ... irrigation, power, and municipal water supply or other miscellaneous purposes found by the Secretary to be proper, together with any allocation to flood control or navigation made under subsection (b) of this section, equal the total estimated cost of construction as determined by the Secretary, then the new project, new division of a project, or supplemental works on a project, covered by his findings, shall be deemed authorized and may be undertaken by the Secretary.
Page 63 - Secretary on the basis of its actual bona fide value at the date of appraisal without reference to the proposed construction of the irrigation works...
Page 68 - Provided, That no distribution of construction charges over the lands included in the organization shall in any manner be deemed to relieve the organization or any party or any land therein of the organization's general obligation to the United States.
Page 73 - Secretary may, in connection with such construction or operation and maintenance, enter into contract for miscellaneous services, for materials and supplies, as well as for construction, which may cover such periods of time as the Secretary may consider necessary but in which the liability of the United States shall be contingent upon appropriations being made therefor
Page 77 - ... for value without actual notice, only from the time of the filing for record in the office of the county auditor of the county or counties in which the lands affected are located of a copy thereof authenticated in the manner authorized by law. Such filing shall impart legal notice to the public of the matters and things set out therein.
Page 73 - Section 17 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 is hereby amended to read as follows: , "(a) The authority granted in sections 3 and 4 of this Act for modification of existing repayment contracts or other forms of obligations to pay construction charges shall continue through December 31, 1950, or December 31 of the fifth full calendar year after the cessation of hostilities in the present war, as determined by proclamation of the President or concurrent resolution of the Congress, whichever period...