EXAMINATION OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOW LANDS IN MISSISSIPPI An act to provide for an examination and report on the condition and possible development and reclamation of the swamp lands on the Yazoo, Tallahatchie, and Coldwater Rivers in Mississippi. (Act July 3, 1926, ch. 796, 44 Stat. 901) [Sec. 1. Investigation of swamp lands on Yazoo River and tributaries-Determination of cost of reclamation.]-That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to have an examination and investigation made of the swamp and overflow lands on the Yazoo, Tallahatchie, and Coldwater Rivers in the State of Mississippi, with a view to determining the area, location, and general character of the swamp and overflow lands in the valley of the Yazoo River and its said tributaries, which can be developed and reclaimed at a reasonable cost, and the character, extent, and cost of a reclamation and development system of the swamp and overflow lands along the Yazoo River and its said tributaries. (44 Stat. 901.) Sec. 2. [Report to Congress with recommendation as to feasibility, etc.]-That the said Secretary shall report to Congress as soon as practicable the results of his examination and investigation, together with a recommendation as to the feasibility, necessity, and advisability of the undertaking, and of the participation by the United States in a plan of reclamation in connection with the development of the swamp and overflow lands in the valley of the said Yazoo River and its tributaries. (44 Stat. 901.) Sec. 3. [Report to contain estimated cost of plan.]-That the said Secretary shall report in detail as to the character and estimated cost of the plan or plans on which he may report. (44 Stat. 902.) Sec. 4. [Report as to extent to which United States should contribute to cost of plan proposed-Drainage districts' proportion of cost-Extent United States should control or supervise plan proposed.]-That the said Secretary shall also report as to the extent, if any, to which, in his opinion, the United States should contribute to the cost of carrying out the plan or plans which he may propose; the approximate proportion of the total cost which should be borne by the various drainage districts or other public agencies now organized or which may be organized; the manner in which their contribution should be made; to what extent and in what manner the United States should control, operate, or supervise the carrying out of the plan proposed, and what assurances he has been able to secure as to the approval of, participation in, and contribution to, the plan or plans proposed by the various contributing agencies. (44 Stat. 902.) PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE AT HONOLULU, HAWAII Joint resolution authorizing the call of a conference on education, rehabilitation, reclamation, and recreation at Honolulu, Hawaii. (Pub. Res. 45, S. J. Res. 104, July 3, 1926, ch. 806, 44 Stat. 915) [Conference on education, reclamation, etc.-Invitations-Secretary of Interior to inaugurate and maintain conference-Authorization for expenses-Report to Congress of proceedings.]-That the President is hereby authorized and requested to call a conference on education, rehabilitation, reclamation, and recreation, to be held at Honolulu, Hawaii, in April or May of 1927; and to extend invitations to such Governments as in his judgment should be represented at the conference. The Secretary of the Interior, subject to the approval of the President, is hereby given full authority for the inauguration and maintenance of such conference, the preparation of and sending necessary exhibits thereto, purchase of necessary supplies and equipment for telephone, telegraph, or cable service, freight and express charges, for travel and subsistence of employees of the Interior Department or representatives thereof, and for other necessary expenses incident to the conference, including the employment of assistants in or outside of the District of Columbia, the sum of $20,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available and to continue available until December 31, 1927. The Secretary of the Interior shall make a report of the proceedings of the conference and a detailed statement of expenditures to the Congress of the United States at the session next following the conference. NOTE The first deficiency act, fiscal year 1927, approved February 28, 1927 (44 Stat. 1252), appropriated $20,000 to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of the above joint resolution. 360 SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes. (Act January 12, 1927, ch. 27, 44 Stat. 934) * BUREAU OF RECLAMATION * * * * * pack The following sums are appropriated * [Packing, transportation of personal effects.]-For ing, crating, and transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. (44 Stat. 957.) NOTES * * * Shipment of household goods.-The expense of shipment of an employee's household goods is chargeable to the fiscal year in which the shipment actually occurs notwithstanding the fact that the authorization for the transportation was issued during the previous fiscal year. (Comp. Gen. Decision A-20667, December 9, 1927, citing 1 Comp. Gen. 655.) C. L. No. 1647, July 22, 1927, amending C. L. 1632, May 27, 1927, incloses regulations of Secretary for transportation of personal effects. Unless the authority for shipping household effects contained in the 1928 appropriation act is repeated for 1929 and subsequent years, the attached regulations are in effect only for the fiscal year 1928. [Contracts for medical attention for employees.]-The Secretary of the Interior in his administration of the Bureau of Reclamation is authorized to contract for medical attention and service for employees and to make necessary pay roll deductions agreed to by the employees therefor. * (44 Stat. 957.) * * Textual note. This provision is codified as section 385, title 43, United States Code, [Advances for operation and maintenance of projects.]-Any moneys which may have been heretofore or may be hereafter advanced for operation and maintenance of any project or any division of a project shall be covered into the reclamation fund and shall be available for expenditure for the purposes for which advanced in like manner as if said funds had been specifically appropriated for said (44 Stat. 957.) purposes. * * * Textual note. This provision is codified as section 397a, title 43, United States Code. [Restriction on use for lands in arrears.]-No part of any sum provided for in this act for operation and maintenance of any project or division of a project by the Bureau of Reclamation shall be used for the irrigation of any lands within the boundaries of an irrigation district which has contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation 88508-37-24 362 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT, 1928 and which is in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of any charges due the United States, and no part of any sum provided for in this act for such purpose shall be used for the irrigation of any lands which have contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation and which are in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of any charges due from said lands to the United States. (44 Stat. 958.) NOTE A similar provision is carried in subsequent annual appropriation acts. * [Minidoka project-Gravity Extension unit.]-Minidoka project, * * * Idaho: * * * investigation and construction of gravity extension unit, $400,000: Provided, That none of the said sum of $400,000 shall be available for construction work until a contract or contracts shall be made with an irrigation district or districts embracing said unit which, in addition to other conditions required by law, shall require repayment of construction costs as to such lands as may be furnished supplemental water, within a period not exceeding twenty years from the date water shall be available for delivery. (44 Stat. 958.) NOTE Gravity extension [Gooding] unit a portion of Minidoka project. * The proviso to the Minidoka project portion of the appropriation act of January 12, 1927 (44 Stat. 934, 958), constitutes the Gravity Extension [Gooding] unit of the Minidoka project a portion of the Minidoka project proper, and section 46 of the adjustment act is therefore applicable to the gravity extension unit. (Solicitor's Opinion M-22401, approved by the department June 14, 1927.) [Newlands project-Contract for reconstruction of Truckee CanalDrainage.]-Newlands project, Nevada: : Provided, That no part of this amount shall be available for the reconstruction of the Truckee Canal unless a contract in form approved by the Secretary of the Interior shall have been made with the Truckee-Carson irrigation district providing for the payment of the reconstruction cost: Provided further, That the appropriation of $245,000 made available by the act of June 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 415), and reappropriated for the fiscal year 1926 by the act of March 3, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 1167), shall remain available for the fiscal year 1928 for use for drainage purposes, but only after execution by the Truckee-Carson irrigation district of an appropriate reimbursement contract satisfactory in form to the Secretary of the Interior and confirmation of such contract by decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and final decision on all appeals from such decree; For the survey and examination of water storage reservoir sites on the headwaters of the Truckee River, investigation of dam sites at such storage reservoirs, examination and survey of lands susceptible of irrigation from waters that may be practically so impounded, and estimates of costs, reports, and recommendations with regard thereto, $50,000. (44 Stat. 959.) YUMA PROJECT, COLORADO RIVER LEVEE SYSTEM [Extract from] An act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. (Act January 21, 1927, ch. 47, 44 Stat. 1010) [Colorado River front work-Annual appropriation authorized.]— That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and annually thereafter, the sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be spent by the Reclamation Bureau under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to defray the cost of operating and maintaining the Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to the Yuma Federal irrigation project in Arizona and California. Section 16 (c), act approved March 3, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 1198), is hereby repealed. (44 Stat. 1021.) 363 |