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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 08:38:03+00:00

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234 units are to be not less than 10 nor more than 160 acres.488 A landowner may receive water for only one unit.484 The term "landowner" denotes any "person, corporation, joint-stock as- sociation, or family," the latter including a husband and wife together with their children under 18 years of age.485 As a condition to receiving project water, the landowner must execute a recordable contract agreeing to dispose of excess land at appraised prices and giving the United States an option to buy such excess land.480 In addition, such contract must provide that for a five-year period neither excess nor nonexcess lands will be sold at more than appraised prices.487 Provision is also made for suit by a purchaser to recover amounts paid in excess of the appraised value.488 And criminal penalties are provided for fraudulent misrepresentation as to the true con- sideration involved in a sale of land covered by a recordable contract.489 Noteworthy also is the fact that the statute pro- hibits delivery of water from the Project until the State of Washington consents to all its provisions so far as they come within the scope of state jurisdiction or apply to state lands.490 Such legislation was enacted by the State in 1943.491 In addition to the foregoing excess-land and antispeculation provisions of general and special reclamation legislation, simi- lar provisions in two other statutes should be noted. The 1911 Warren Act authorizes the Secretary to provide storage and carriage of water in project works when capacity exists beyond project needs.492 Water involved "shall not be used otherwise than as prescribed by law as to lands held in private owner- 483 Id. 481 § 2(b) (iii), 57 Stat. 15, 16 U. S. C. 835a(b) (iii). 485 § 2(b) (v), 57 Stat. 16,16 U. S. C. 835a(b) (v). 486 § 2(c) (i), 57 Stat. 16,16 U. S. C. 835a (c) (i). Such recordable contract must be executed within six months from the date of execution of a contract between the United States and the district within which the land is located. This time was extended in certain cases to December 1, 1951, by the Act of September 26,1950, 64 Stat. 1036, -. 487 § 2(c) (ii), 57 Stat. 16,16 U. S. 0. 835a(c) (ii). 488 § 3(b), 57 Stat. 18,16 U. S. C. 835b(b). 489 § 3(a), 57 Stat. 18,16 U. S. C. 835b(a). 400 § 7, 57 Stat. 20,16 U. S. O. 835c-3. 491 Remington's Rev. Stats, of Wash. Ann., 1947 Supp. §§ 7525-5-7525-12. 492 Act of February 21, 1911, 36 Stat. 925, 43 U. S. C. 523-525.

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