with personnel, contracting authority and the interpretation of individual contracts, budgeting and accounting, appropriations, Congressional investigations, and State law. References to administrative actions and policy determinations, as distinguished from the strictly legal construction of Federal law, have been omitted except in isolated cases. Annotations of decisions and opinions have been included only to the extent deemed relevant to activities of the Bureau of Reclamation. For access to some of the omitted material the reader is referred to the following sources published by the Bureau of Reclamation: "Reclamation Project Feasibilities and Authorizations" (1957), "Supplement" (1968); "Bureau of Reclamation Appropriations Acts and Allotments" (1960), “Statistical Supplement" (1966); "Reclamation Project Data" (1961), "Supplement" (1966); and "Reclamation Repayments and Payout Schedules" (1965). In a work of this magnitude errors and omissions are unavoidable. Suggestions for corrections and additions are invited and should be submitted to the Solicitor, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. Copies of unpublished material that is annotated may be obtained for a nominal charge in most cases by writing the Solicitor at the above address. The cut-off date for the statutory and interpretative material included in the main text is December 31, 1966; for the Appendix, it is the end of the 90th Congress in 1968. The issuance of regular supplements is planned which, together with the initial three volumes, will provide a complete up-to-date reference work. RICHARD K. PELZ, Washington, D.C. 1 Title of the Solicitor prior to 1914 was Assistant Attorney General. 'Mr. Fowler H. Harper was Solicitor during the military service of Mr. Warner W. Gardner. The Reclamation Service was established within the Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior in July, 1902, headed by a Chief Engineer. In March, 1907, the Service was given bureau status under a Director. The name of the Reclamation Service was changed to Bureau of Reclamation on June 20, 1923, and the position of Commissioner of Reclamation was established. Constitution of the United States (Extract)...... Recognition of Vested Water Rights (Extract)... Patents Subject to Vested Water Rights (Ex- Treaty with Great Britain (Extract)... Irrigation Surveys; Reservoir Sites (Extract)..... Rights of Way Reserved to United States for Apr. 21... Pub. L. 125..... Reclamation of Indian Lands in Yuma, Colorado River, and Pyramid Lake Feb. 8.... Pub. L. 54...... Use of Earth, Stone, and Timber from Public Lands and Forests. Feb. 9.... Pub. L. 66...... Change Levels of Little Klamath, Rio Grande Reclamation Project...... Credit Certain Proceeds and Refunds Mar. 3.... Pub. L. 209..... Dams Across Yellowstone River...... Acts of 59th Congress Town Sites and Power Development.... Convention with Mexico for the Upper June 9.... Pub. L. 215..... Disposition of Lands in Abandoned Fort Shaw Military Reservation. Extend Reclamation Act to Texas.... Mar. 1.... Pub. L. 154..... Employment of Indian Labor, Hiring of Indian Property, Conveyance of Acts of 60th Congress |