An Act to approve a contract with the Conejos Water Conservancy District, Colorado, to ratify its execution, and for other purposes
PL 86-404 (H.R.6516), enacted 04/04/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86.404-APR. 4, 1960 
[74 STAT. 
Public Law 86-404 
April 4. I960 
^N ACT 
[H. R. 6516] 
To approve a contract with the Conejos Water Conservancy District, Colorado, 
to ratify its execution, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
C(fn°8e^ancy IDU- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the contract 
trict,j:oio. 
between the United States and the Conejos "Water Conservancy Dis-
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trict, Colorado, dated June 3, 1958, which provides, amon^ other 
things, for a variable repayment plan based upon the availability of 
water for use on project lands within the district, is approved and its 
execution on behalf of the United States bv the representative of the 
Secretary of the Interior is hereby ratified. 
The Secretary may 
reduce the amount required in said contract to be maintained in the 
operation and maintenance reserve fund to not less than $20,000, in 
which event the amount of any necessary annual deposits to such fund 
shall not exceed $2,000. 
Approved April 4, 1960. 
Public Law 86-405 
April 4. 1960 
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[H. R. 7456] 
Xo extend until July 1, 1960, the suspension of duty on imports of casein. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled 
"An Act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the temporary 
free importation of casein", approved September 2,1957 (71 Stat. 579; 
19 U.S.C. 1001, par. 19 note), is amended by striking out "March 31, 
1960" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1960". 
Approved April 4, 1960. 
Public Law 86-406 
April 4, 1960 
^ ^ ACT 
[H. R. 4483] 
rp,^ amend the Act of December 24, 1942 (.56 Stat. 1086, 43 U.S.C, 36b), entitled 
"An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands or interest 
in lands for the Geological Survey." 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^Geological sur- United Statcs of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of 
Lknds. 
December 24, 1942 (ch. 822, 56 Stat. 1086), is hereby amended to read 
43 u s e 36b 
as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior may, on behalf of the 
United States and for use by the Geological Survey in gaging streams 
and underground water resources, acquire lands by donation or when 
funds liave been appropriated by Congress by purchase or condemna-
tion, but not in excess of ten acres for any one stream gaging station 
or observation well site. For the same purpose the Secretary of the 
Interior may obtain easements, licenses, rights-of-way, and leases 
limited to run for such a period of time or term of years as may be 
required for the effective performance of the function of gaging 
streams and underground water resources: Provided, That nothing in 
this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or in any 
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way to interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to 
the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in ir-
rigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the Secretary 
of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall pro-
ceed in conformity with such laws, and nothing in this Act shall in 
any way affect any right of any State or of the Federal Government or 
of any landowner, appropriator, or user of water, in, to, or from any 
interstate stream or the waters thereof." 
Approved April 4, 1960. 
Public Law 86-407 
AN ACT 
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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Metropolitan Water 
[H. R. S270] 
District of Salt Lake City, Utah, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in certain lands located in Salt Lake County, Utah. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ajnerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary \j^J^l '^^^^ *^"y' 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey to the Metro- 
conveyance. 
politan Water District of Salt Lake City, Utah, without considera-
tion, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the followdn^ described land located in Salt Lake County, Utah: 
That certain parcel of land located in the southwest quarter of sec-
tion 25, and in the southeast quarter of section 26, township 1 south, 
range 1 east. Salt Lake base and meridian, Salt Lake County, State 
of Utah, more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at a point from which the east quarter corner of said 
section 26 lies north 1,468.5 feet and east 61.6 feet, more or less, said 
point being on the north right-of-way boundary line of 33d oouth 
btreet, and running thence south 89 degrees 58 minutes 45 seconds 
east 231.75 feet; thence north 25 degrees 20 minutes east 155 feet; 
thence north 3 degrees 17 minutes 10 seconds east 910.2 feet; thence 
along a regular curve to the left with a radius of 1,450 feet and a dis-
tance of 184.5 feet; thence west 283.4 feet; thence south 3 degrees 03 
minutes west 987 feet; thence south 86 degrees 57 minutes east 50 
feet; thence south 3 degrees 03 minutes west 40 feet; thence north 86 
degrees 57 minutes west 50 feet; thence south 3 degrees 03 minutes 
west 208 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, containing 7.7 
acres, more or less. 
Approved April 4, 1960. 
Public Law 86-408 
AN ACT 
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U 4, 1960 
[H. R. 7889] 
To require marketing quotas for rice when the total supply exceeds the normal * 
supply. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 354 of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended T^-[jac\isA?' 
by striking out of subsection (a) thereof the words "by more than 
10 per centum". 
Approved April 4, 1960.