Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 55 Part 1.djvu/360

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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 another Department or agency, and the allocations made to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, from the appro- priation contained in the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937, and the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938, shall remain available for the purposes for which allotted during the fiscal year 1942: Provided, That $25,000 of any unobligated balances of allotments under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, 1935, available to the Bureau of Reclamation may be transferred to the Vale project, Oregon, (Official Project 05-9) for expenditure in the same manner as appropriations contained in this Act for the con- - struction of reclamation projects. Total, from reclamation fund, $7,371,600. 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, subject only to section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes", approved January 21, 1927 (44 Stat. 1010) as amended by the Act of July 1, 1940 (54 Stat. 708), $50,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the fiscal year 1941. Colorado River Development Fund: For continuation and exten- sion of studies and investigations by the Bureau of Reclamation for the formulation of a comprehensive plan for the utilization of waters of the Colorado River system, as authorized by section 2 of the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, approved July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 774), $250,000 from the Colorado River Development Fund, to remain available until expended, which amount shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $5,000) and in the field and for all the other objects of expenditures specified for projects hereinbefore included in this Act under the caption "Bureau of Reclamation", under the heading "Administrative provisions and limitations", but without regard to the amounts of the limitations therein set forth. COLORADO RIVER DAM FUND Boulder Canyon project: For the continuation of construction of the Boulder Dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon, to create a storage reservoir, and of a complete plant and incidental structures suitable for the fullest economic development of electrical energy from the water discharged from such reservoir; to acquire by proceedings in eminent domain, or otherwise, all lands, rights-of-way, and other property necessary for such purposes; and for incidental operations, as authorized by the Boulder Canyon Project Act, approved December 21, 1928 (43 U. S. C ., ch. 12A), and, subject to approval of plans therefor by the Secretary of the Interior, for construction of and equipment for (1) a school building and grounds, (2) an emergency hospital, and (3) recreation grounds, in Boulder City, to be operated and maintained under regulations to be prescribed by said Secretary; $5,000.000, to be immediately available and to remain available until advanced to the Colorado River Dam fund; and there shall also be available from power and other revenues not to exceed $750,000 for operation, maintenance, and replacements of the Boulder Dam power plant, and other facilities, including payment to the Boulder City School District, as reimbursement for instruction during the 1941- 1942 school year in the schools operated by said district of each 335 49 Stat. 115; 50 Stat. 352; 52 Stat. 816. Proviso. Transfer of funds to Vale project, Oreg. Total. Colorado River front work and levee system. 44 Stat. 1016. 54 Stat. 436 . Colorado River De- velopment Fund. 43U.8. . § 618a. Ante, p. 331. Construction, etc. PsIt, pp. 762, 826 . Acquisition of lands, etc. 45 Stat. 1057. Reimbursement of school district for in- stmction.