About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

B-37747 1 (1943-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyzl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 


            COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITE- TATES
                         WASHINGTON 25


B-37747
                                       -November 19, 1945



Adadnistrator,

     var Food Adminstration.

My dear Judge Jones$

     I have your letter of October 18, 1943, as Cflowat

     The authority for the coustraction of Water Conservation and
Utillsation Projeet  is provided for, in an item of the Department
of the Interior Appropriatf  Act 1940 (53 Stat. 685, 719), here-
inafter referred to as the Water Conservation and Utilisation Act,.
which is quoted in LaUt

     HiFer constretion,  in addition to labor and materiale to be
 supplied by the Worn Progress Administration, of water copstrva
 tion and utilisation propets, including afquisition of water
 rights, rigbgow   # ad other interests tn land in the Great
 Plain and arid and semiarid areaU of the Usited $tatei to be'
 immeditely  vaillble, $5,000,(0, to be. aiocated by te Puredeat,
 in  neAb amowns as he deems necessary, to stch Fqd rs eideprtments,
 establishmnth, an  other ageputes as he may designate, ad to be
 reimbursed to the Unittd' 2tt by the water usero o* SU4z projects
 in not to  =excee forty anmal tnstallavat, Maet ependa
 tures 1om  Works reatrs  Admintattation Iad  shaflbe sbjedt
 to such pievetonso 'ith respect to reinbfaality  aS the President
 may deterine.'

      The Presidaet, pursuant to the foregoing authrizationp has
 designated the Department of the Interior ad the opatment of
 Agridature  as the cooper#ng  agein   to carry dut the oo4tructiU
 of the prodet.  1x qpwtrefli. Further# by a letter to the Seretary
 of the Ir6   d4& 4An. 14, 1939, the President stat. th4t the
 5, 000SGO  appropiged  by thb  ater Cameraton   and UtAlisatton
 Act was to b  allocated to the projecte iodiidtaly.  In this
 regard your atteniqn is called to Senate Document No. 1E, 77th
 Congress, 1st Sestion, which contains the various Presidential
 letters approving the co..truqttqn of 4ater Conservation and
 Utilization projects. These letters deaeribe the work to be per-
 formed by the various agencies of Goverinment and set forth item-
 tzed sttexmte-  of th emount, to bnA epeW 4 on each project.
 The lapartment of Agriculture is also required, pursuant to the

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most