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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



originally deposited prove insufficient in amount. 

 If, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, 

 sufficient funds are available in the reclamation 

 fund, the construction of the proposed works for 

 the reclamation or arid or semiarid lands within the 

 States named in the reclamation law may be paid 

 wholly or in part out of the reclamation fund, and 

 the said reclamation fund shall be reimbursed for 

 any sums so used therefrom. 



Sec. 8. That the certificates of indebtedness 

 herein authorized shall be exempt from taxes or 

 duties of the United States as well as from taxation 

 in any form by or under the State, municipal, or 

 local authority, and a sum not exceeding one-tenth 

 of one per centum of the amount of the certificates 

 of indebtedness issued under this Act is hereby ap- 

 propriated out of the said reclamation fund to pay 

 the expense of preparing, advertising, and issuing 

 the same: Provided, That the reclamation fund 

 shall be reimbursed for such expenditure out of the 

 proceeds of the sale of such certificates of indebted- 

 ness, which expense shall be charged to the district 

 or districts in the same manner as all other expenses 

 in connection with the construction of the project 

 works. 



Sec. 9. That should the collections of principal 

 or interest on any district bond issue deposited with 

 the Secretary of the Treasury be insufficient to 

 meet the payment of the principal or interest of the 

 corresponding certificates of indebtedness, then the 

 general funds of the Treasury shall be reimbursed 

 for any such deficiency out of the reclamation guar- 

 anty fund, and should any such defaulted bond, in- 

 terest or principal be collected after such reim- 

 bursement of the general fund, then such collection 

 shall be credited to the said reclamation guaranty 

 fund. 



Sec. 10. That upon default of any installment 

 of the principal and interest of any district bond 

 so accepted and deposited, the Secretary of the In- 

 terior may declare the entire amount of such issue 

 in default, and through the Attorney General of the 

 United States may cause suit to be instituted for 

 the collection of the amount in default of principal 

 or interest or the entire amount of such bond issue, 

 principal and interest, and the Attorney General 

 shall, upon request of the Secretary of the Interior 

 under this Act, cause proceedings to be commenced 

 for the recovery of said amounts within ninety days 

 from the receipt of the application at the Depart- 

 ment of Justice. 



Sec. 11. That unentered public lands of the 

 United States proposed to be irrigated or drained 

 under any project under the provisions of this Act 

 shall be divided into farm units of areas which, in 

 the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, may 

 be reasonably required for the support of a family 

 upon the lands in question, and the Secretary of 

 the Interior is hereby authorized to have such farm 

 units appraised and from time to time to advertise 

 and sell the same in such portions or units of the 

 project as he shall deem advisable, at public auction 

 for cash to the highest bidder at not less than the 

 appraised value thereof, not more than one farm 

 unit being sold to any one person, and such sale 

 shall be subject to the conditions hereinafter pro- 

 vided in regard to the reclamation and drainage 



thereof. Should any such land remain unsold at 

 such public auction it may thereafter be sold at 

 private sale for cash at not less than the appraised 

 value, and should any such land remain unsold at 

 private sale it may be reappraised from time to time 

 at intervals of two years and sold at public auction 

 or private sale, as in this section provided. 



Sec. 12. That for lands so sold contracts of 

 sale shall be issued subject to the condition that 

 within two years after the date of notice by the 

 Secretary of the Interior that water is available for 

 the irrigation of such farm unit, or drainage ca- 

 pacity is available therefor, that the purchaser shall 

 have cleared (where clearing is required), drained, 

 cultivated, prepared for irrigation or agricultural 

 uses, in the manner required by the Secretary of the 

 Interior at least one-eighth of the irrigable or re- 

 claimable acreage of such farm unit and made proof 

 of the irrigation or drainage thereof, satisfactory to 

 the Secretary of the Interior ; one-fourth of the 

 irrigable or reclaimable acreage shall be reclaimed 

 and drained within three years, three-eighths with- 

 in four years, and one-half within five years after 

 the date of such notice by the Secretary of the In- 

 terior. Upon proof satisfactory to the Secretary of 

 the Interior, of the reclamation and drainage of 

 one-half the irrigable or reclaimable acreage at 

 any time before or after said period of five years, 

 patent shall issue to the purchaser or his assignee 

 holding an assignment duly filed in the local land 

 office, but should such purchaser fail to make proof 

 in any year of the irrigation, drainage, and reclama- 

 tion of the acreage as herein required or to make 

 proof of the irrigation, reclamation, and drainage of 

 one-half the irrigable and reclaimable acreage with- 

 in a period of ten years, then such contract, together 

 with all payments made thereon, shall be subject to 

 forfeiture by the Secretary of the Interior, and the 

 land shall revert to the United States to be again 

 appraised and sold in like manner as hereinbefore 

 provided. 



Sec. 13. That from the money received from 

 such sales of land the expense of appraisement and 

 sale paid from the reclamation or project fund shall 

 be deducted and the balance shall be turned into 

 the reclamation fund, and may, in the discretion 

 of the Secretary of the Interior, be used in the con- 

 struction of proposed projects either under this Act 

 or under the reclamation law. 



Sec. 14. That the unpatented lands of the 

 United States within the limits of any district with 

 which contract is made by the Secretary of the In- 

 terior shall be subject to the provisions of the Act 

 entitled "An Act to promote the reclamation of 

 arid lands, approved August eleventh, nineteen hun- 

 dred and sixteen" (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page five 

 hundred and six). 



Sec. 15. That the Secretary of the Interior is 

 hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and 

 to make such rules and regulations as may be neces- 

 sary and proper for the purpose of carrying the 

 provisions of this Act into full force and effect. 



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