710 SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 [Extract from] An act to promote and strengthen the national defense by suspending enforcement of certain civil liabilities of certain persons serving in the Military and Naval Establishments, including the Coast Guard. (Act of October 17, 1940, ch. 888, 54 Stat. 1178) Sec. 508. [Delivery of water to lands of servicemen.]-The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to suspend as to persons in military service during the period while this Act remains in force and for a period of six months thereafter or during any period of hospitalization because of wounds or disability incurred in line of duty that provision of the act known as the "Reclamation Act" requiring residence upon lands in private ownership or within the neighborhood for securing water for the irrigation of the same, and he is authorized to permit the use of available water thereon upon such terms and conditions as he may deem proper. (54 Stat. 1189; 50 U.S.C. App. § 568) EXPLANATORY NOTES Supplementary Provision: Termination Date Suspended. While section 604 of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 provides that the Act would terminate on May 15, 1945, or, if the United States be then engaged in a war, six months after a treaty of peace be proclaimed by the President, the Act of June 24, 1948, 62 Stat. 623, as amended by the Act of September 27, 1950, 64 Stat. 1074; 50 U.S.C. App. § 464, provides that the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, as amended, shall remain in force and effect until such time as it is repealed or otherwise terminated by subsequent Act of Congress. Cross Reference, Suspension of Residence Requirements for Servicemen of World War I. Sections 11 and 12 of the Act of August 10, 1917, authorized the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to suspend residence requirements generally during the duration of World War I. Sections 11 and 12 of the 1917 Act appear herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S. 4270, Public Law 861 in the 76th Congress. S. Rept. No. 2109. H.R. Rept. No. 3001 (on H.R. 10338). H.R. Rept. No. 3030 (conference report). 711 AMEND CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT AUTHORIZATION [Extract from] An act authorizing the improvement of certain rivers and harbors in the interest of the national defense, and for other purposes. (Act of October 17, 1940, ch. 895, 54 Stat. 1198) · [Distribution system included in Central Valley project.]—The second proviso in section 2 of the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844, 850), authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Provided further, That the entire Central Valley project, California, heretofore authorized and established under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115) and the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936 (49 Stat. 1622), is hereby reauthorized and declared to be for the purposes of improving navigation, regulating the flow of the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento River, controlling floods, providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters thereof, for construction under the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws of such distribution systems as the Secretary of the Interior deems necessary in connection with lands for which said stored waters are to be delivered, for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands and lands of Indian reservations, and other beneficial uses, and for the generation and sale of electric energy as a means of financially aiding and assisting such undertakings, and in order to permit the full utilization of the works constructed to accomplish the aforesaid purposes." (54 Stat. 1199) 712 EXCESS LANDS, TRUCKEE STORAGE AND HUMBOLDT PROJECTS An act to make the excess land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws inapplicable to the lands of the Washoe County Water Conservation District, Truckee storage project, Nevada, and the Pershing County Water Conservation District, Nevada. (Act of November 29, 1940, ch. 922, 54 Stat. 1219) [Excess land provisions.]-The excess land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall not be applicable to land in the Washoe County Water Conservation District, Nevada, irrigated from the Boca Reservoir, Truckee River storage project, Nevada, nor to the Pershing County Water Conservation District, Nevada, irrigated from the Humboldt River Reservoir, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into a contract with said districts, amending, in accordance with this Act, the contract of December 18, 1936, between the United States and the Washoe County Water Conservation District, and the contract of October 1, 1934, between the United States and the Pershing County Water Conservation District. (54 Stat. 1219) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. H.R. 10543, Public Law 883 in the 76th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 3036. 713 COMPLETION OF BOCA DAM An act to provide for the completion and delivery of the Boca Dam, in the Little Truckee River, in accordance with the contract between the United States and the Washoe County Water Conservation District. (Act of May 29, 1941, ch. 153, 55 Stat. 210) [Sec. 1. Secretary of Interior to complete construction-To make required expenditures.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to complete construction on the dam in the Little Truckee River, near Boca, California, which has been begun and substantially completed under a contract with the Washoe County Water Conservation District. The Secretary is authorized to make such expenditures, from funds now available for the completion of the Boca Dam, as may be required therefor. (55 Stat. 210) Sec. 2. [Secretary to deliver custody to District for operation and maintenance.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to deliver custody of such dam to such district for operation and maintenance purposes in accordance with the contract between the United States and such district, dated December 12, 1936, at the earliest practicable time. (55 Stat. 211) EXPLANATORY NOTE Transfer to District for Operation and Maintenance. On January 2, 1942, the Secretary notified the Washoe County Water Conservation District that the Boca Dam and appurtenant works were available for storage of water and that the transfer of operation and maintenance to the District would become effective January 15, 1942. Sec. 3. [District's required payment not to exceed $1 million.]—The amount which such district is required to pay the United States under articles 11 and 12 of such contract of December 12, 1936, shall not exceed $1,000,000. (55 Stat. 211) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. S. 15, Public Law 86 in the 77th Congress. S. Rept. No. 173. H.R. Rept. No. 453. 267-067-72-vol. I 48 714 RECONVEYANCE OF LANDS FOR EDEN PROJECT An act relating to certain Carey Act lands in Wyoming. (Act of June 25, 1941, ch. 251, 55 Stat. 263) [Reconveyance of lands authorized.]-For use in connection with the Eden water conservation and utility project in the State of Wyoming and subject to such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of Agriculture may accept on behalf of the United States the reconveyance of any lands within the Eden project which have been patented to the State of Wyoming pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of the Act of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 372, 422, as amended). (55 Stat. 263) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Reference in the Text. The Act of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 372, 422, as amended), referred to in the text, is popularly known as the Carey Act and is codified at 43 U.S.C. §641. The Act authorized the grant of desert lands to States for reclamation purposes. Extracts from the Act appear herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S. 879, Public Law 131 in the 77th Congress. S. Rept. No. 310. H.R. Rept. No. 642. |