Public Law 73–849

That the Act entitled “An Act to adjust water-right charges, to grant other relief on the Federal irrigation projects, and for other purposes ”, approved May 25, 1926, is amended by adding after section 16 thereof the following new sections:

“Sec. 16-A.

All payments upon construction charges shall be suspended against such lands in the Langell Valley irrigation district as the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be classified as to productivity and as the said Secretary may determine to be temporarily unproductive because nonagricultural and unsuitable for irrigation,

Reclassification of rates.

and the said Secretary is hereby authorized to reduce the construction obligations of the Langell Valley irrigation district exclusive of costs incurred in the construction of Clear Lake Channel in the ratio and proportion as the number of acres so found and determined to be temporarily unproductive bears to the total number of acres now

Proviso.

Reduction of water service.

included as a part of said irrigation district: Provided, That the amount of irrigation water to which the Langell Valley irrigation district is entitled shall be reduced in proportion to the area temporarily suspended from construction charges.

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“Sec. 16-B.

The Secretary of the Interior, as a condition precedent to the allowance of the benefits offered under section 16-A, shall require the Langell Valley irrigation district to execute a contract providing for the resumption of construction charges by said district upon all, or any, of such acreages so found and determined to be temporarily unproductive, as the Secretary of the Interior may, subsequent to such suspension, find and declare to be possessed of sufficient productive power to be again placed in the paying class.”

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