348 ACTS OF CONGRESS 



SEC. 611 U. S. RECLAMATION. 



CHAPTER 45. 



RECLAMATION OF LANDS BY UNITED STATES. 

 SEC. 611. Proceeds of Sales Devoted to Reclamation Fund. 



612. Investigation and Reports of Projects. 



613. Lands Affected Withdrawn From Entry. 



614. Construction of Works; Sale of Lands and Water. 



615. Limit on Areas Sold. 



616. Powers of Secretary of Interior. 



617. Sale of Water Right to Residents. 



618. Management of Completed Works. 



619. Necessary Property to be Acquired. 



620. State Laws Control; Vested Rights. 



621. Rules and Regulations for Projects. 

 Cross-References: STATE LAWS ON THE SUBJECT: sec. 386 



et seq., ante; RECLAMATION BY STATE: sec. 393 et seq., ante, and 

 sec. 605 et seq., ante; RECLAMATION OF STATE LANDS: sec. 370 

 et seq., ante. 



SEC. 611. FUNDS DEVOTED TO RECLAMATION. 



All moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in 

 * * * Washington, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30th, 

 1901, including the surplus of fees and commissions in excess of allow- 

 ances to registers and receivers, and excepting the five per centum 

 of the proceeds of the sales of public lands in said state set aside by 

 law for educational and other purposes, shall be, and the same are 

 hereby, reserved, set aside and appropriated as a special fund in the 

 treasury to be known as the "reclamation fund," to be used in the ex- 

 amination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irri- 

 gation works for the storage, diversion and development of waters for 

 the reclamation of arid and semi-arid lands in said state, and for the 

 payment of all other expenditures provided for in this chapter: Provided, 

 That in case the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands other 

 than those realized from the sale and disposal of lands referred to in this 

 section are insufficient to meet the requirements for the support of the 

 agricultural college in said state, under the acts of Congress making 

 provision therefor, the deficiency, if any, in the sum necessary for the 

 support of said college shall be provided for from any moneys in the 

 treasury not otherwise appropriated. (Adapted from act June 17, '02; 

 32 Stat. L., p. 388, sec. 1; 7 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 1098; Comp. Stat, '11 

 Supp., p. 662.) 



For acts of Congress making provisions for the support of Agricultural 

 Colleges, see note to sec. 589, supra. For support common schools, see sec. 584, 

 supra. 



Chapter 30, ante, sec. 386 et seq., is in aid of this act. 



