An Act to approve a contracts negotiated with the irrigation districts on the Owyhee, Riverton, Milk River, and Frenchtown Federal Reclamation Projects, to authorize their execution, and for other purposes.
PL 82-402 (H.R.5633), enacted 06/23/1952

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without regard to the Classification Act of 1949 but not in excess of 
$15,000 per annum." 
SEC. 11. Section 32 (b) (2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as 
amended (50 App. U. S. C. 1641), is amended by striking out in the 
first sentence thereof "acquired as a result of such surplus property 
disposals," and inserting in lieu thereof "held or available for expendi-
ture by the United States or any agency thereof (or deposited pursuant 
to agreements entered into pursuant to section 115 (b) (6) and 115 (h) 
of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended), and not 
required by law or agreement with such government to be expended 
or used for any other purpose,". 
SEC. 12. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent not to exceed $16,481,000 to enable him to make contributions to 
the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund until 
December 31, 1953, in such manner and on such terms and conditions 
as he may deem to be in the interests of the United States to support 
international children's welfare work: Provided^ That the contribu-
tions shall be made in such a manner as to give assurance that they 
will not exceed 33% per centum of contributions from all governments, 
including contributions made by governments for the benefit of persons 
located within territories under their control: Provided further^ That 
none of the funds authorized shall be used in duplication of the 
activities of other agencies of the United Nations. 
Approved June 20, 1952. 
58 Stat. 782. 
22 u s e 1513. 
U. N. Int e rna-
t i o n a l Children's 
Emergency Fund. 
Public Law 401 
CHAPTER 450 
AN ACT 
To amend section 302 (4) of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, 
as amended, relating to penalties. 
June 23, 1952 
[S. 2390] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 302 (4) 
of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended 
(56 Stat. 772, 50 U. S. C. War App. 532 (4)), is amended to read as 
follows: 
"Any person who shall knowingly make or cause to be made any 
sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property, defined as invalid by sub-
section (3) hereof, or attempts so to do, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed one year 
or by fine not to exceed $1,000, or both." 
Approved June 23, 1952. 
Public Law 402 
CHAPTER 451 
AN ACT 
June 23, 1952 
To approve contracts negotiated with irrigation districts on the Owyhee, River- 
[H.R.56333 
ton, aiilk River, and Frenchtown Federal Reclamation Projects, to authorize 
their execution, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress (Dssembled^ That the contracts 
referred to in sections 2 to 5 of this Act, which have been negotiated by 
the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), are hereby approved, and the 
Secretary is authorized to execute them on behalf of the United States. 
Irri g a t ion dis-
tricts. 
Contracts. 
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OWYHEE PROJECT, IDAHO-OREGON 
SEC, 2. The amendatory repayment contract dated August 29,1951, 
with the Gem Irrigation District, the Ridgeview Irrigation District, 
the Owyhee Irrigation District, the Ontario-Nyssa Irrigation District, 
the Advancement Irrigation District, the Payette-Oregon Slope Irri-
gation District, the Crystal Irrigation District, the Bench Irrigation 
District, and the Slide Irrigation District. 
RIVERTON PROJECT, WYOMING 
SEC. 3. The contract with the Midvale Irrigation District, which 
' 
, contract was approved by the electors of the District on May 14,1952. 
MILK RIVER PROJECT, MONTANA 
SEC, 4. The contract with the Malta Irrigation District which was 
executed by said district pursuant to the laws of the State of Montana 
and in conformity with the order of the District Court of the Seven-
teenth Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County 
of Phillips, dated March 6, 1951, in the confirmation proceedings on 
said contract before said court; and the contract with the Glasgow 
Irrigation District which was executed by said district pursuant to the 
laws of the State of Montana and in conformity with the order of the 
District Court of the Seventeenth Judicial District of the State of 
Montana, in and for the County of Valley, dated October 1,1951, in the 
confirmation proceedings on said contract before said court. 
(a) The 1947 reclassification of the lands of the Malta Irrigation 
District and the Glasgow Irrigation District of the Milk River Project, 
Montana, made in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of the 
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Reclamation Project Act of 1939 and approved by the Board of Com-
missioners of the Malta Irrigation District by resolution, dated June 
24,1948, and by the Board of Commissioners of the Glasgow Irrigation 
District by resolution, dated July 1,1948, is approved. 
Deductions. 
^{3^ Contingent upon the execution of the contract with the Malta 
Irrigation District, approved in this section, there shall be deducted 
from the total costs of the project, as the Malta Irrigation District's 
share thereof, the sum of $663,644 on account of twelve thousand one 
hundred and twenty-eight acres, within the Malta Irrigation District, 
found to be permanently unproductive by the 1947 reclassification of 
lands. 
(c) Contingent upon the execution of the contract with the Glasgow 
Irrigation District, approved in this section, there shall be deducted 
from the total costs of the project, as the Glasgow Irrigation District's 
share thereof, the sum of $5,691 on account of one hundred and four 
acres within the Glasgow Irrigation District, found to be permanently 
unproductive by the 1947 reclassification of lands. 
(d) There shall be deducted from the total costs of the project on 
account of nondistrict lands found to be permanently unproductive by 
the 1947 reclassification of lands, which reclassification as to nondistrict 
lands is hereby approved, the sum of $7,661 on account of one hundred 
and forty acres formerly excluded from the Glasgow Irrigation Dis-
trict and not intended to be included within said district. 
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(e) The Secretary is authorized, in his discretion, to cancel and 
deduct from the total costs of the Glasgow Division of the Milk River 
Project, Montana, the construction charge obligation against any of the 
lands within said division of said project which are not actually 
included within the Glasgow Irrigation District. 
The amount of said 
cancellation and deduction shall be computed by the Secretary by 
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multiplying the total number of acres of land formerly intended to be 
included within the irriji:ation district but not so included by the sum 
of $54.72 per acre. 
(f) The Secretary, at any time subsequent to the execution of the 
contracts approved in this section, and not later than January 1, 1960, 
shall reclassify and designate as either class 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 4b, or 6, as 
provided in said contracts, all lands within the Malta and Glasgow 
Irrigation Districts designated as class 5 by the 1947 reclassification of 
lands, and the reclassification and designation as class 6 of any of said 
lands shall reduce the construction charge obligation of the district in 
which such class 6 lands are situated by the sum of $54.72 per acre. 
(g) The amounts deducted from the construction charge obligation 
of either or both the Malta and Glasgow Irrigation Districts, and from 
the total costs of the Milk River Project, as provided for herein and 
adjusted in the contracts approved in this section, shall be charged off 
as a permanent loss to the reclamation fund, but no adjustment shall be 
made by the United States by reason thereof with any individual land-
owner by way of refund of or credit on account of sums heretofore 
paid, repaid, returned, or due and payable to the United States, by way 
of exchange of land, or by any other method. 
FRENCHTOWN PROJECT, MONTANA 
SEC. 5. The contract dated September 6,1951, with the Frenchtown 
Irrigation District. 
SEC. 6. All costs and expenses incurred by the United States in nego-
tiating and completing the contracts approved under sections 3 and 4 
of this Act and in making the investigations in connection therewith 
and in future determinations under said contracts with respect to the 
productivity of temporarily unproductive lands shall, contingent upon 
the final confirmation and execution of the contracts, be nonreimburs-
able and nonreturnable under the Federal reclamation laws. 
The 
water rights formerly appurtenant to the permanently unproductive 
lands referred to in the contracts aforesaid shall be disposed of by the 
United States under the reclamation laws with a preference right to 
the water users on the respective reclamation projects. 
SEC. 7. This Act is declared to be a part of the Federal reclamation 
laws as those laws are defined in the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. 
Approved June 23, 1952. 
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Public Law 403 
CHAPTER 452 
AN ACT 
To promote the national defense by authorizing the constrvu-tion of aeronantical 
research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics neces-
sary to the effective prosecution of aeronautical research. 
June 23, 1952 
[H.R.6336] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepreHentativeH of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That pursuant to 
subsection (b) of section 1 of Public Law 672, approved August 8, 
1950, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is authorized 
to undertake additional construction, and to purchase and install addi-
tional equipment at the following locations: 
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Hampton, Virginia : Conversion 
of pressure tunnel and construction of high-temperature structural 
research laboratory, $13,108,000. 
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio: High-pres-
sure air supply and distribution system and expansion of air facilities 
for jet engine research, $6,592,000. 
Aeronautical fa-
cilities. 
64 Stat. 418. 
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