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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 32 -APR. 1 , 1941 Proviso. 50 Stat. 876. 53 Stat. 754. Boulder Canyon project. 54 Stat. 436. Boulder Dam power plant. 54 Stat. 437. Grand Coulee Dam. 54 Stat. 438. Helium plants and investigations. 54 Stat. 443. Post, p. 553; Reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands situated in the State of Oregon", approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874), fiscal year 1941, $20,000: Provided, That such expenditures shall be reim- bursed from the 25 per centum referred to in section c, title II of the Act approved August 28, 1937, of the special fund designated the "Oregon and California Land Grant Fund" and section 4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939, of the special fund designated the "Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Fund". BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Payment to Cherokee Indians: For payment to the Cherokee Indian Nation or Tribe, as authorized by the Act of November 27, 1940 (54 Stat. 1218), entitled "An Act for the relief of the Cherokee Indian Nation or Tribe, and for other purposes", $2,185.72, with interest at 5 per centum from June 30, 1919, to the date of this Act. Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies: For additional amounts for expenses of purchase and transportation of goods and supplies for the Indian Service for the following fiscal years: For 1937, $674.69; For 1940, $120,000. BUREATU OF RECLAMATION COLORADO RIVER DAM FUND Boulder Canyon project: For an additional amount for the con- struction of the Boulder Dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon, including the same objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appro- priation Act, 1941, $1,000,000, to remain available until advanced to the Colorado River Dam fund; and the limitation of $500,000 under this head in such Act on the amount available from power and other revenues for the operation and maintenance of the Boulder Dam, power plant, and other facilities is hereby increased to $750,000. GENERAL FUND, CONSTRUCTION Grand Coulee Dam project, Washington: For an additional amount for construction of the Grand Coulee Dam and appurtenant works, including the same objects specified under this head in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1941, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended and to be reimbursed under the reclamation law. BUREAU OF MINES Helium plants and investigations: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to increase and improve the production capacity of the helium plant located at Amarillo, Texas, by the construction and equipment of buildings or additions to existing buildings, the drilling of wells and construction of pipe lines, and other appurtenant facilities, and to conduct investigations with respect to available resources of helium-bearing gas, and for all necessary expenses incident to the foregoing, including the employment by contract or otherwise, at such rates of compensation as the Secretary of the Interior may deter- mine, of engineers, architects, or firms or corporations thereof that are necessary to design and construct the buildings, structures, and equipment; supplies and equipment; travel expenses; purchases in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of furniture and equipment, stationery and supplies, typewriting, adding and computing machines, accessories and repairs; and including the purchase, not to exceed $5.250, and exchange as part payment for, operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger-carrying automobiles for official use in field [55 STAT.