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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. Cs. 853 . 1928 .

903 Colorado River front work and levee system : To reimburse the Yumairri gation proj- ect., Arizona and reclamation fund for the benefit of the Yuma Federal irrigation for. .. ColoradoRiverfront project in Arizona and California for costs incurred during the work, etc ., adjacent to . period from January 21, 1927, to March 6, 1928, and paid from the maon u s ioerecla reclamation fund, for the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to said project, $72,640 : Provided, That the appropriation of $35,000, contained in the Inte- rior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, for the share of the Government of the United States for the costs of operat- ing and maintaining the Colorado River front work and levee system, authorized by the Act of March 3, 1925, and the appropriation o f $ 35 ,0 00 , contained in the Interior Department A ppropriation A ct for the fiscal year 1928, for the same purpose, shall also be available to reimburse the reclamation fund for such costs during such period . Damage claims : For payment in full settlement of all claims again st the Govern ment for flood damages to t he owners of certain lands near Hatch and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, fiscal year 192 9, $70,000, payable from the reclamation fund in accordance with sec- tion 2 of the Act of February 25, 1927 : Provided, That in addition to th e above amoun t there shall be available for the same purpose such portion of the appropriation of $5,000 cont aine d in the Def i- ciency Act of December 22, 1927, as may not be required to defray the expense of ascertaining the amount of such damages . UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Proviso . Funds available . Vol.43,p.1152. Vol.44,p.961. Ante, p. 228. Hatch aad Santa Teresa, N . Mex . Payment for flood damages. Fro m reclamatio n fund . Vol.44,p. 1792. Proviso . Unapproprlated bal- ance for survey, etc ., available . Ante,p.19. Geological Survey. T opog rap hic sur- veys . Great Smo ky Moun- ta ins Nat ional P ark, N.CC and Tenn. Vol.44,p. 616. For a topographic survey of the boundaries of the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, for expenditure by the Geological Survey under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; the computation and adjustment of control data ; the office drafting and publication of the resulting maps ; the purchase of equipment, not to exceed $700 for the pur- chase and not to exceed $1,000 for the hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for field use ; and for the securing of such aerial photographs as are needed to make the field surveys, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $65,000 . For a topographic survey of the boundaries of the proposed tional Park, Va . Shenandoah National Park in the State of Virginia, for expenditure by the Geological Survey under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, incl uding persona l services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; the computation and adjustment of control data ; the office drafting and publication of the resulting maps ; the purchase of equipment, not to exceed $700 for the purchase and not to exceed $1,000 for the hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for field use ; and for the securing of such aerial photographs as are needed to make the field surveys, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $35,000 . Not to exceed $20,000 of the unexpended balance of the appro- priation for oil, gas, and oil shale investigations and leasing con- tained in the Interior Department appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1926, and not to exceed $20,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for enforcement of mineral leases contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, are continued available unfil June 30, 1929. The appropriation of $75,000 for waterways treaty, United States and Gre at B rita in, Inte rnat iona l Jo int Comm issi on, cont aine d in the Act making appropriations for the State and other departments for the fiscal year 1929 shall be available for expenditure in the same manner as provided by law for other amounts transferred to the Shenan doah N a . oil, tions. Unexpended balance, 1926 , rea ppro priat ed . Vol.43,p.1175. Enforcement of inin- oralleases . Vol.44,p.367. etc ., investiga- Canadi an Bounda ry 'Waters Joint Commis- sion . Expenditure by Geo- logical Survey from ap- propriation for . Ante, p. 72.