PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 119-MAY 10, 1939 Sums appropriated from reclamation fund; availability. 32 Stat. 388. 43 U. S. C. §§391, 411. Salaries and ex- penses. Printing and bind- ing. Administrative pro- visions and limita- tions. 32 Stat. 388. 43U. S. C. §391. Vehicles. Property damages. Attendance at meet- ings, etc. Proviso. Restriction where district is in arrears. Examination and inspection of projects. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION The following sums are appropriated out of the special fund in the Treasury of the United States created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U. S . C . 391, 411) and therein designated "the reclamation fund", to be available immediately: Salaries and expenses: For the Commissioner of Reclamation and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $115,000; for travel and other necessary expenses, $35,000, including not to exceed $15,000 for printing and binding; in all, $150,000; Administrative provisions and limitations: For all expenditures authorized by the Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, known as the reclamation law, and all other Acts under which expenditures from said fund are authorized, includ- ing not to exceed $100,000 for personal services and $15,000 for other expenses in the office of the chief engineer, $20,000 for telegraph, telephone, and other communication service, $5,000 for photographing and making photographic prints, $41,250 for personal services, and $7,500 for other expenses in the field legal offices; examination of estimates for appropriations in the field; refunds of overcollections and deposits for other purposes; not to exceed $15,000 for litho- graphing, engraving, printing, and binding; purchase of ice; purchase of rubber boots for official use by employees; maintenance and opera- tion of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger vehicles; not to exceed $25,000 for purchase and exchange of horse-drawn and motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; packing, crating, and trans- portation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon permanent change of station, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; payment of damages caused to the owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in the survey, construction, operation, or maintenance of irrigation works; payment for official telephone service in the field hereafter incurred in case of official telephones installed in private houses when author- ized under regulations established by the Secretary of the Interior; not to exceed $1,000 for expenses, except membership fees, of attend- ance, when authorized by the Secretary, upon meetings of technical and professional societies required in connection with official work of the Bureau; payment of rewards, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, for information leading to the appre- hension and conviction of persons found guilty of the theft, damage, or destruction of public property: Provided, That 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 bused for the irrigation of any lands within the boundaries of an irrigation district which has contracted with the Bureau of Reclama- tion 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; Examination and inspection of projects and operation and main- tenance of reserved works: For examination of accounts and inspec- tion of the works of various projects and divisions of projects operated and maintained by irrigation districts or water users' asso- ciations, and bookkeeping, accounting, clerical, legal, and other expenses incurred in accordance with contract provisions for the 714 [53 STAT.
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