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210 entrymen affected.842 It was also provided in 1924 that con- struction charges be made payable in annual installments based on the productive power of the land, in accordance with a pre- scribed formula, but this provision was repealed two years later.343 In general, Reclamation Law requires that water-user repay- ment contracts be executed in advance of delivery of water.844 Under the Bureau's general practice, such contracts are con- summated even in advance of project construction.345 And this has been required by statute in the case of certain projects.346 Provision is made for payment of penalties or interest for delinquencies in payment.847 But Congress has sometimes re- laxed repayment requirements under contracts to meet chang- ing economic conditions. For example, it authorized the Secre- tary in 1924 to defer payments of charges until March 1,1927.848 Moreover, as more attractive repayment provisions were pre- scribed for new projects, provision was usually included author- izing amendment of existing contracts to bring them under the new provisions.849 As might be expected, the need to meet problems experienced on existing projects often led to amenda- 849 Act of August 13, 1914, § 4, 38 Stat. 686, 687, 43 U. S. C. 469. For a somewhat similar provision whereby water-user agreements to repay an increased cost over that earlier fixed were made a condition of undertaking the work involved, see Act of March 3, 1915, 38 Stat. 822, 861. 848 Act of December 5,1924, § 4, subsection F, 43 Stat. 672, 702, repealed by Act of May 25,1926, § 47,44 Stat. 636, 650. 844 See, e. g., Act of May 25, 1926, § 46, 44 Stat. 636, 649, 43 U. S. C. 423e; Act of August 4, 1939, § 9(d), 53 Stat. 1187, 1195, 43 U. S. C. 485h(d). 848 See Hearings before a Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appro- priations, on the Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1949, 80th Cong., 2d sess., Part 3, p. 887 (1948). 846 Act of December 21,1928, § 4(b), 45 Stat. 1057,1059, 43 U. S. C. 617c (b) ; Act of April 9,1938, 52 Stat. 211, see 43 U. S. C. 600a. 847 See, e. g., Act of August 13, 1914, § 3, 38 Stat. 686, 687, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 478. 848 Act of May 9,1924, 43 Stat. 116, 43 U. S. C. 384. 849 See, e. g., Act of August 13, 1914, §§ 2, 14, 38 Stat. 686, 687, 690, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 475; Act of December 5,1924, § 4, subsection F, 43 Stat. 672, 702, repealed by Act of May 25,1926, § 47, 44 Stat. 636, 650; Act of May 25,1926, § 50, 44 Stat. 636, 650, 43 U. S. C. 423g; Act of August 4, 1939, § 3, 53 Stat. 1187,1188, 43 U. S. C. 485b.

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