An Act to amend the act of September 27, 1950, relating to construction of the Vermejo reclamation project
PL 83-542 (H.R.6882), enacted 07/27/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 542-JULY 27, 1954 
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Mineral r i g h t s , 
etc. 
Boundary fence. 
The cost of any survey required in connection with the conveyance of 
this property shall be at the expense of the city of Clifton. 
SEC. 2. Said quitclaim deed shall also contain a reservation to the 
United States of all gas, oil, coal and all source materials essential to 
the production of fissionable material and all other mineral deposits 
and the right to the use of the land for extracting and removing same. 
SEC. 3. The city of Clifton shall, prior to the actual use of the tract 
of land conveyed to such city by the first section of this Act and prior 
to the alteration or removal of any fences now upon such tract of 
land, provide a suitable fence on the boundary line between such 
parcel of land and the remaining land of the United States animal 
quarantine station. 
If the city of Clifton fails to provide such fence 
prior to the actual use of such tract of land and prior to the alteration 
or removal of the existing fences, all the right, title, and interest in 
and to the land conveyed by the first section of this Act shall revert 
to, and become the property of, the United States, which shall have 
the immediate right of entry thereon. 
Approved July 27, 1954. 
Public Law 542 
CHAPTER 587 
AN ACT 
July 27,1954 
[H. R. 6882] 
iji^j amend the Act of September 27, 1950, relating to construction of the Vermejo 
reclamation project. 
Vermejo r e c 1 a-
mation 
p r o j e c t , 
N. Mex. 
B o n ded indebt-
edness. 
T r a n s f e r 
of 
funds. 
Repayment limi-
tation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenfibled, That the Act of 
September 27, 1950 (64 Stat. 1072), as amended, is further amended 
by adding thereto a new section reading as follows: 
"SEC. 6. Upon the execution of a contract with the Vermejo Con-
servancy District supplementary to or amendatory of the contract 
dated August 7, 1952, between the district and the United States, 
pursuant to which supplementary or amendatory contract the district 
agrees to an increase in the total obligation repayable by it under 
the contract of xlugust 7, 1952, in an amount equal to the face value 
of the outstanding bonds of the Maxwell Irrigation Company held 
by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with unpaid interest, if 
any, accrued after July 1, 1953, and to a commensurate increase in 
the annual base charge provided in article 10 of said contract the 
entire obligation of said company to the Reconstruction Finance 
Corporation shall be fully discharged and said bonds shall be 
returned to the debtor for cancellation. 
Thereupon the Secretary of 
the Interior shall request, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
cause to be transferred on the books of the Treasury to the account 
of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from moneys appro-
priated for carrying on the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation 
and available for constructing the Vermejo reclamation project, a 
sum equal to the face value of the outstanding bonds, with accrued 
interest, as aforesaid, of the Maxwell Irrigation Company held by 
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation." 
SEC. 2. The limit upon the amount repayable by the contracting 
organization which is set forth in the proviso to section 2 of the Act 
of September 27, 1950, shall be exclusive of any additional amount 
which the district undertakes to repay pursuant to section 1 of 
this Act. 
Approved July 27, 1954. 
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