Public Law 786.
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(/us/pl/74/785).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the authorizedArmy Air Corps.Authorized strength in airplanes, equipment, etc., increased.Vol. 44, p. 784; [U. S. C., p. 243](/us/usc/p243).G. H. Q. Air Force, maintenance. strength in airplanes, equipment, and accessories of the Army Air Corps established by the Act approved July 2, 1926 (44 Stat. 780), is hereby increased to such numbers as will permit the Secretary of War to complete the equipment and organization and to maintain in the Army Air Corps the special Army air organization known as G.
H. Q. Air Force, and our overseas defenses, together with a 25 per centum reserve for such forces, and to procure such other airplanes and equipment, including spare parts, supplies, and accessories, for such other purposes as are necessary to provide for the mission of the Army Air Corps: *Provided*, That of the increase*Proviso*.Maximum number. authorized herein not to exceed two thousand three hundred and twenty serviceable airplanes, including equipment and accessories, are authorized to be obtained.
Approved, June 24, 1936. For the relief of the Orland reclamation project, California. Chapter 756 49 Stat. 1907 1936-06-24 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 2025-01-07 74 2 public [CHAPTER 756.] AN ACT For the relief of the Orland reclamation project, California. June 24, 1936.[[H. R. 11538](/us/bill/74/hr/11538).][[Public, No. 786](/us/pl/74/786).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryOrland reclamation project, Calif.Amendatory contracts with water users for payment of construction, operation, etc., charges, authorized. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to execute or authorize the execution of amendatory contracts with the individual water users of the Orland reclamation project, California, by which
(a)the time within which the cost of Stony Gorge Reservoir may be paid shall be thirty-five years in lieu of the seventeen years allowed for such payment under existing contracts, the said annual payments to be graduated as the said Secretary may prescribe, and
(b)any construction or operation and maintenance charges due from the individual water users and delinquent as of the date of this Act, together with the accrued interest or penalties, may be added to their proportionate part of the cost of said reservoir. Sec. 2. The said Secretary shall classify the lands of the OrlandRelease of unproductive lands. project and the owners of all lands found by the said Secretary to be permanently unproductive may, by supplemental agreement with the United States, be relieved of all liability for further operation and maintenance and construction charges on land so found to be permanentlyTransfer of credits for construction charge payments. unproductive, and the credit for construction charges theretofore paid on such permanently unproductive lands may be1908 transferred to other producing lands, as the owner of such permanentlyTransfer of water rights to other productive lands. unproductive lands may designate in writing. The released water rights theretofore appurtenant to such permanently unproductive lands shall be transferred to other productive lands, as the said Secretary may designate and under such regulations as he may prescribe. Sec. 3. Annual estimate of operation and maintenance charges. After the plan prescribed in section 4 hereof becomes effective, all operation and maintenance charges shall be estimatedAdvance payments. annually by the Secretary and collected in advance on the Orland project on or before January 1 of each year for that calendar year, and no water shall he delivered to any water user failing to makeFurther payment if estimate inadequate. such advance payment. Should the estimate by the Secretary of the amount of the operation and maintenance charges for any calendar year or the collections from water users for such year prove to be too small, the water users shall be required to make a further payment in advance of the additional amount then estimated to be sufficient to meet the remainder of the operation and maintenance cost for that year, and the delivery of water shall not be continued
(a)to the project unless said additional amount is paid to the United States, or
(b)to any water user failing to pay his proportionate share (as determined by the Secretary) of such additionalAdjustment of overpayments. operation and maintenance cost. Overpayments resulting from too large estimates for any year shall be adjusted by credits upon succeeding years after the amount of the overpayment is ascertained. Sec. 4. Consolidation with construction cost of Stony Gorge Reservoir, upon executing supplementary contracts. For all water users executing supplementary contracts as permitted herein their proportionate share, as determined by the said Secretary, of the operation and maintenance charges for the first year in which this plan is made effective for the Orland project, by the execution of this agreement by at least 90 per centum of the water users of the project, as conclusively determined by the Secretary, shall be consolidated with the construction cost of the Stony Gorge Reservoir and paid when such construction cost is paid as herein permitted. Water users failing or refusing to execute such supplementary contracts shall not be accorded the benefit of this Act, nor shall they receive the benefit of any moratory construction charge legislation enacted in 1936 or thereafter unless otherwise specifically directed in such moratory legislation. Sec. 5. Amount authorized for land classification, constructing canals, etc. An appropriation of $35,000 from the reclamation fund for the Orland project is hereby authorized to enable the Secretary to make the land classification provided for in section 2 hereof and to construct canals and other works necessary to conduct to new project lands the water supply to be released hereunder from permanentlyPrimary construction charge: installment payments. unproductive lands. The primary construction charge of $55 per acre on such new lands shall be payable in installments asVol. 38, p. 687. provided in section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1914 (38 Stat. 687).Supplemental construction charges. The supplemental construction charges for the new land shall be the same as for the old land, except that each acre of new land shall be required to pay in addition its proportionate part, as determined by the Secretary, of the construction cost of new work as authorized in this section. The supplemental construction charges for the new land shall be payable in installments over a period of thirty-five years, the first of such installments to be due one year after the due date of the last installment of the original construction charge on the new land. The supplemental construction charge installments for the new land shall be graduated in the same manner as for the old land as provided in section 1 hereof. The dates for the payment of the construction charges provided for in sections 1 and 5 hereof shall be as fixed by the said Secretary. 1909 Sec. 6. The said Secretary is also authorized to enter into a contractOrland Unit Waters Users’ Association.Modification of contract authorized. with the Orland Unit Waters Users’ Association, a corporation organized under the laws of California, modifying said corporation’s contract of April 3, 1909, with the United States, if and so far as in the opinion of the said Secretary modification of said contract is requisite by reason of the execution of agreements between the United States and the individual stockholders of said corporation as authorized herein. Sec. 7. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized toAdministrative provisions. perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect. Approved, June 24, 1936. To extend the jurisdiction of the United States Court for China to offenses committed on the high seas. Chapter 757 49 Stat. 1909 1936-06-24 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 2025-01-07 74 2 public [CHAPTER 757.] AN ACT To extend the jurisdiction of the United States Court for China to offenses committed on the high seas. June 24, 1936.[[H. R. 12257](/us/bill/74/hr/12257).][
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