PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 119-MAY 10, 1939 Administrative ex- penses. Total; reimbursable. Provisos. Amounts inter- changeable; limita- tion. Apportionment of expenses on per-acre basis. Unpaid charges a first lien. San Carlos project, Ariz. Maintenance, etc. Emergencies. Limitation. 48 Stat. 1227. 31U. .C. §725c. Pima Indians. Ariz. Subjugation and cropping operations on lands of. Irrigation operation, etc., charges. Colorado River Res- ervation, Ariz. Maintenance, etc., of system. 36 Stat. 273. Reimbursable. 48 Stat. 1227. 31 U.S. C. 725c. San Carlos Reser- vation, Ariz. Operation, etc., of pumping plants. Proriso. Reimbursement. Yuma Reservation, Calif.- Ariz. Reclamation, etc., charges. Fort Hall system, Idaho. Maintenance, etc. Limitation. 48 Stat. 1227. 31U.S.C.§725c. Fort Belnap Res- ervation, Mont. Maintenance; etc., of systems. Iimitation. For necessary miscellaneous expenses incident to the general admin- istration of Indian irrigation projects, including pay of employees and their traveling and incidental expenses, $75,000; In all, for irrigation on Indian reservations, not to exceed $208,500, reimbursable: Provided, That the foregoing amounts shall be avail- able interchangeably, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the necessary expenditures for damages by floods and other unforeseen exigencies, but the amount so interchanged shall not exceed in the aggregate 10 per centum of all the amounts so appro- priated: Provided further, That the cost of irrigation projects and of operating and maintaining such projects where reimbursement thereof is required by law shall be apportioned on a per-acre basis against the lands under the respective projects and shall be collected by the Secretary of the Interior as required by such law, and any unpaid charges outstanding against such lands shall constitute a first lien thereon which shall be recited in any patent or instrument issued for such lands. For operation and maintenance of the San Carlos project for the irrigation of lands in the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, $140,000 (operation and maintenance collections) and $180,000 (power revenues), of which latter sum not to exceed $24,000 shall be available for major repairs in case of unforeseen emergencies caused by fire, flood, or storm, from which amount, of $140,000 and $180,000, respec- tively, expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934; in all, $320,000. For continuing subjugation and for cropping operations on the lands of the Pima Indians in Arizona, there shall be available not to exceed $200,000 of the revenues derived from these operations and deposited into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of such Indians, and such revenues are hereby made available for payment of irrigation operation and maintenance charges assessed against tribal or allotted lands of said Pima Indians. For improvement, operation, and maintenance of the pumping plants and irrigation system on the Colorado River Indian Reserva- tion, Arizona, as provided in the Act of April 4, 1910 (36 Stat. 273), $20,000, reimbursable, together with $20,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropria- tion Repeal Act, 1934. Operation and maintenance, pumping plants, San Carlos Reserva- tion, Arizona (tribal funds): For the operation and maintenance of pumping plants for the irrigation of lands on the San Carlos Reserva- tion, in Arizona, $5,000, to be paid from the funds held by the United States in trust for the Indians of such reservation: Provided, That the sum so used shall be reimbursed to the tribe by the Indians bene- fited under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. For reclamation and maintenance charges on Indian lands within the Yuma Reservation, California, and on ten acres within each of the eleven Yuma homestead entries in Arizona under the Yuma reclamation project, $3,500, reimbursable. For improvements, maintenance, and operation of the Fort Hall irrigation system, Idaho, $43,000, together with $25,000, from which amount expenditures shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury in accordance with section 4 of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934. For maintenance and operation, repairs, and purchase of stored waters, irrigation systems, Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, $14,800, reimbursable, together with $4,200 from which amount expen- 700 [53 STAT.
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