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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · February 28, 1929 · Chapter 374

Chapter 374. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to employ engineers and economists for consultation purposes on important reclamation work

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Chap. 374: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to employ engineers and economists for consultation purposes on important reclamation work. Chapter 374 45 Stat. 1406 1929-02-28 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 374.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to employ engineers and economists for consultation purposes on important reclamation work.
February 28, 1929.[[S. 4528](/us/bill/70/s/4528).][[Public, No. 851](/us/pl/70/851).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Reclamation service.Employing engineers etc., for consultation on important work of.Interior is authorized, in his judgment and discretion, to employ for consultation purposes on important reclamation work five consulting engineers, geologists, and economists, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him, but not to exceed $50 per day *Provisos.*Compensation limited.for any engineer, geologist, or economist so employed: *Provided,* That the total compensation paid to any engineer, geologist, or economist during any fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000: *Provided further,* Retired Army and Navy officers may be employed.That notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, retired officers of the Army or Navy may be employed by the Secretary of the Interior as consulting engineers in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Employing engineers, on irrigation dams, repealed.Vol. 44, p. 776, repealed. Sec. 2. The joint resolution approved June 28, 1926, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to employ engineers for consultation in connection with the construction of dams for irrigation purposes, is hereby repealed. Approved, February 28, 1929.
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