Chapter 486. Authorizing and directing the Comptroller General of the United States to make payments of certains claims or to allow credit to disbursing agents of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, in certain cases
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CHAP. 486.— An Act Authorizing and directing the Comptroller General of the United States to make payments of certains claims or to allow credit to disbursing agents of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, in certain cases. March 3, 1927. [[H. R. 14567](/us/bill/69/hr/14567).] [[Private, No. 528](/us/pvtl/69/528).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, American Falls Reservoir, Idaho.
Payments for damages on removal of improvements on right of way of. That any funds available for the construction of the American Falls Reservoir, Minidoka Federal irrigation project, Idaho, whether appropriated by Congress or contributed by water contractors participating in the construction of that reservoir for expenditure by the United States, shall be available for payment for damages for the removal of improvements from the right of way acquired for said reservoir; and the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow payment of same, or to allow credit in the accounts of any disbursing agents of the Bureau of Reclamation.
Department of the Interior, for the payment of any or all of said damages when made on properly executed vouchers, and under1845 contracts made between the respective owners of such improvements and the United States, as follows: Allen Oil Company, $1,000; Minnie Adolf, $400; William Bartel,Claimants designated. $520; Boise Payette Lumber Company, $550; Evans Mercantile Company, $9,500; Bert Hager, $150; John F. Kosanke (guardian of Harold J. Kosanke, a minor), $150; J. A. McCool, $125;
J. P. Mehlhaff, $300; Power City Garage, $2,850; and the Power County Fair Association, $2,400. Approved, March 3, 1927.