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PUBLIC LAW 752-AUG. 31, 1954 fif 'ic
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(b) to operate and maintain said dam and appurtenant works without cost to the United States upon substantial completion thereof as determined by the Secretary; and ' '^' ' (c) to accept title to said dam, appurtenant works, lands, and • interests in land upon payment by the district (which payment shall be made over a period of not more than fifty years) of the •'••' -^^ sum of $1,175,000, and upon repayment of any loan made pursuant to section 4, clause (c), of this Act: Provided, That there shall be '••'" •"••' and is hereby reserved to the United States or there shall be made available to it, as the case may require, the exclusive right to ,1 utilize, without cost to it, said dam, appurtenant works, lands, and t interests in land for such development, generation, and trans'^;V "/!;'"; mission of electric power and energy as may hereafter be authorized by law: Provided further, That in the event it becomes practicable to develop hydroelectric energy at this site, the division of such energy between the United States and the district shall be a matter of negotiation prior to construction of any powerplant. ret^*of^fat»iorr ^^^- ^- To aid in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the works authorized by this Act, the Secretary shall have the same authority as is given him with respect to the Colorado River front work and levee system by the second sentence of the amendment to the Act of January 21, 1927 (44 Stat. 1010, 1021), which is contained in the Act of June 28, 1946 (60 Stat. 338). SEC. 4. The Secretary is further authorized— (a) and directed to remove, or otherwise to nullify the effects of, the temporary rock weir across the Colorado River which was constructed under authority of the First Deficiency Appropriation OT Act, 1944 (58 Stat. 150,157); (b) to construct levees, ditches, and other works required to •'%:.• '•'.., ' protect the lands of the Colorado River Indian Reservation up=" -• _ stream from the diversion dam authorized in section 1 of this Act against Colorado River flows of seventy-five thousand cubic feet per second and to provide a means of draining said lands; (c) to lend to the Palo Verde Irrigation District, upon terms i;^f,,^;. '. ^^^ conditions satisfactory to the Secretary, the sum of not more than $500,000 for the modification of the district's existing works ^,i»« lo.srs^^ accommodate them to the works authorized in section 1 of this v{ Act, the sum loaned to be repaid over a period of not more than fifty years from the date of the loan; and (d) to grant to the United States, upon paying the sum of $50 yy per acre into the Treasury to the credit of the Colorado River > Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, such • lands, easements, rights-of-way, or other interests in land within the Colorado River Indian Reservation, not exceeding thirty ..jMiftJoJ y. acres in all, as may be required for the construction and maintenance of the works authorized in section 1 of this Act: Protf vided, That nothing contained herein shall preclude said tribes, if they believe that such payment constitutes less than just comS) pensation for the extinguishment or impairment of their interest li, in the lands and interests in land in question, from maintaining an appropriate action against the United States for such compensation. Use of water. gj,^^ g rpj^^ ^gg Q£ ^jj water diverted for the district through said works from the Colorado River shall be subject to and controlled by the Colorado River Compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 43 USC 6i7t. Stat. 1057), the California Limitation Act (Stat. Cal. 1929, ch. 16), contract dated February 7, 1933, between the United States and Palo Verde Irrigation District, and the Mexican Water Treaty (Treaty 59 Stat. 1219. Scries 994), and shall be included within and shall in no way increase
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