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187 under Reclamation Law, as we shall later see in detail.222 This statute expressly recognized combination of uses for irrigation, power, municipal water supply or other miscellaneous purposes, together with flood control and navigation.223 Examinations and Surveys.-Under the 1902 Act, the Secre- tary of the Interior is directed to make examinations and sur- veys for "irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and de- velopment of waters, including artesian wells."224 Subsequent legislation expressly or impliedly contemplates similar investigatory activities. Thus, the Secretary is re- quired under a 1924 statute to classify the irrigable lands of each new project and division of a project.225 Similarly, 1926 legislation requires the suspension of payment of construction charges on operating projects based upon determinations re- specting the productivity of project lands.226 A recent statute also requires determinations of the repayment ability of water users in connection with the return of "rehabilitation and bet- 222 Act of August 4, 1939, 53 Stat. 1187, as amended, 43 U. S. G. 485-485k. See also Hearings before the House Committee on Irrigation and Reclama- tion on H. R. 6773 and H. R. 6984, 76th Cong., 1st sess., p. 26 (1939) ; H. Rep. No. 995, 76th Cong., 1st sess., p. 5 (1939). Recognition of multiple purposes had previously appeared in legislation for special projects. See, e. g., Act of December 21, 1928, § 1, 45 Stat. 1057, 43 U. S. C. 617 (Boulder Canyon Project) ; Act of August 30, 1935, § 2, 49 Stat. 1028, 1039 (Parker Dam and Grand Coulee Dam) ; Act of August 26, 1937, § 2, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (Central Valley Project, California). 228 § 9, 53 Stat. 1193, 43 U. S. C. 485h. 224 Act of June 17,*1902, § 2, 32 Stat. 388, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 411. A portion of the original section requiring certain annual reports to Congress relating to such examinations and surveys was repealed in 1946. Act of August 7,1946, 60 Stat. 866, 867, see 43 U. S. C. 411. It should also be noted that an 1888 appropriation statute made funds available for the purpose of "investigating the extent to which the arid region of the United States can be redeemed by irrigation, and the segrega- tion of the irrigable lands in such arid region, and for the selection of sites for reservoirs and other hydraulic works necessary for the storage and uti- lization of water for irrigation and the prevention of floods and overflows," the work to be performed by the Geological Survey under the Secretary of the Interior. Act of October 2,1888, 25 Stat. 505, 526. 225 Act of December 5, 1924, § 4, subsection D, 43 Stat. 672, 702, 43 U. S. C. 462. 226 Act of May 25,1926, § 43, 44 Stat. 636, 647, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 423b.

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