14 or modifications as he may deem appropriate; (3) the payment of $1.25 per acre for all Government lands conveyed under this act other than for the right-of-way for the aqueduct, and (4) for all lands conveyed in Indian reservations or in Indian allotments which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation, the district shall pay for the benefit of the Indians such just compensation as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That said lands for rights-of-way shall be along such locations and of such width, not to exceed two hundred and fifty feet, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior may be required for the purposes of this act: And provided further, That said lands for any of said purposes other than for rights-of-way for the aqueduct may be of such width or extent as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary for such purposes. SEC. 2. [Maps filed by district in connection with previous applications, still pending or which have been granted.]—Whenever the lands or the rights-of-way are the same as are designated on any map heretofore filed by said district or by the city of Los Angeles in connection with any application for a right-of-way under any statute of the United States, which said application is still pending, or has been granted, and is unrevoked and has been transferred to and is now owned by said district, then upon the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of any such later map with such modifications and under such conditions as he may deem appropriate the rights hereby granted shall, as to such lands or rights-or-way, become effective as of the date of the filing of said earlier map or maps with the register of the United States local land office. SEC. 3. [Lands in national forest subject to approval-Date said lands shall vest in grantee.]-If any of the lands to which the said district seeks to acquire title under sections 1 and 2 of this act are in a national forest, the said map or maps shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture so far as national-forest lands are affected; and upon such approval and the subsequent approval by the Secretary of the Interior, title to said lands shall vest in the grantee upon the date of such subsequent approval. SEC. 4. [Grants subject to prior claims.]—Said grants are to be made subject to the rights of all claimants or persons who shall have filed or made valid claims, locations, or entries on or to said lands, or any part thereof prior to the effective date of any conflicting grant hereunder, unless prior to such effective date proper relinquishments or quitclaims have been procured and caused to be filed in the proper land office. SEC. 5. [Land to revest in United States on cessation of use.]—On the cessation of use of the land granted for the purposes of the grant the estate of the grantee or of its assigns shall terminate and revest in the United States. NOTE See Department regulations under this act, dated July 28, 1932. (G. L. O. Circular No. 1283.) 15 RECLASSIFICATION OF LANDS WITHIN KLAMATH IRRIGATION DISTRICT-AMENDMENT OF ADJUSTMENT ACT AS AMENDED APRIL 23, 1930 An act to amend section 14 of an act entitled "An act to adjust water-right charges, to grant certain other relief on the Federal irrigation projects, and for other purposes", approved May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 636), as amended (46 Stat. 249). (Act June 23, 1932, 47 Stat. 331) [Secretary authorized to place lands in temporarily unproductive class. That an act entitled "An act to adjust water-right charges, to grant certain other relief on the Federal irrigation projects, and for other purposes", approved May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 636), as amended by the act of April 23, 1930 (46 Stat. 249), be, and the same is hereby, further amended by adding after the subparagraph (a) in section 14 the following new subparagraph: "(a-1) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to reclassify all lands within the Klamath irrigation district and to place in the temporarily unproductive class such lands as he determines are properly subject to this classification." Textual note.-The following is the codification of above act under Title 43, U. S. C., Sec. 610: 2. Klamath project, Oregon-California; reclassification of lands.-The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to reclassify all lands within the Klamath irrigation district and to place in the temporarily unproductive class such lands as he determines are properly subject to this classification. (May 25, 1926, c. 383, sec. 14 (a−1), 44 Stat. 639, as amended June 23, 1932, c. 273, 47 Stat. 332.) 16 COLUMBIA RIVER COMPACT ACT EXTENDED An act to extend the life of "An act to permit a compact or agreement between the States of Washington, [Time extended for completion of compact by participating StatesProviso regarding Wyoming.]-That the time within which the States of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana may enter into a compact or agreement respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries as authorized by the act approved March 4, 1925 (43 Stat. L. 1268), and the amendatory acts of April 13, 1926 (44 Stat. L. 247), and March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. L. 1403), is hereby extended to January 1, 1935: Provided, That the State of Wyoming shall be made a party to such compact or agreement. NOTE The acts of March 4, 1925, April 13, 1926, and March 3, 1927, mentioned above, are published respectively at pages 272, 276, and 325 of Federal Reclamation Laws Annotated, 1931. 17 SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF ECONOMY ACT OF JUNE 30, 1932 [Extracts from] An act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes. (Act June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 382) PERMANENT REDUCTION OF TRAVEL ALLOWANCES SEC. 207. Section 3 of the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, approved June 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 688, 689), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. Civilian officers and employees of the departments and establishments, while traveling on official business and away from their designated posts of duty, shall be allowed, in lieu of their actual expenses for subsistence and all fees or tips to porters and stewards, a per diem allowance to be prescribed by the head of the department or establishment concerned, not to exceed the rate of $5 within the limits of continental United States, and not to exceed an average of $6 beyond the limits of continental United States." SEC. 208. Sections 4, 5, and 6 of the said Subsistence Expense Act of 1926 are hereby repealed, and section 7 thereof is hereby amended by striking out the reference therein to actual expenses so that the section, as amended, will read as follows: "SEC. 7. The fixing and payment, under section 3, of per diem allowance, or portions thereof, shall be in accordance with regulations which shall be promulgated by the heads of departments and establishments and which shall be standardized as far as practicable and shall not be effective until approved by the President of the United States." SEC. 209. Hereafter, no law or regulation authorizing or permitting the transportation at Government expense of the effects of officers, employees, or other persons, shall be construed or applied as including or authorizing the transportation of an automobile. SEC. 210. The provisions of all Acts heretofore enacted inconsistent with sections 207, 208, and 209 are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed, and such sections shall take effect on July 1, 1932. SEC. 215. Hereafter no civilian officer or employee of the Government who receives annual leave with pay shall be granted annual leave of absence with pay in excess of fifteen days in any one year, excluding Sundays and legal holidays: Provided, That the part unused in any year may be cumulative for any succeeding year: Provided further, That nothing herein shall apply to civilian officers and employees of the Panama Canal located on the Isthmus and 18 who are American citizens or to officers and employees of the Foreign Services of the United States holding official station outside the continental United States: Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the period during which pay may be allowed under existing laws for so-called "sick leave of absence": Provided further, That the so-called "sick leave of absence", within the limits now authorized by law, shall be administered under such regulations as the President may prescribe so as to obtain, so far as practicable, uniformity in the various executive departments and independent establishments of the Government. RESTRICTION ON CONSTRUCTION AND RENTAL OF BUILDINGS SEC. 320. [Reduction of 10 percent in cost of public improvements.] Authorizations heretofore granted by law for the con-struction of public buildings and public improvements, whether an appropriation therefor has or has not been made, are hereby amended to provide for a reduction of 10 per centum of the limit of cost as fixed in such authorization, as to projects where no contract for the construction has been made. As to such projects where a contract has been made at a cost less than that upon which the authorization was based, such cost shall not, unless authorized by the President, be increased by any changes or additions not essential for the completion of the project as originally planned (47 Stat. 412). NOTE The section above quoted, from the so-called "Economy Act, part II", is applicable to section 3 of the Boulder Canyon project act, authorizing an advance of $165,000,000. Federal building projects already under way not affected. In opinion dated August 11, 1932, the Comptroller General held that section 320 of the economy act will not require reduction in appropriations heretofore made or authorized to be made when on June 30, 1932, the plans and specifications for a building had been completed and approved and a contract let for construction of the substructure thereof. SEC. 321. [Leases by United States not to contain provisions for alteration or repair.]-Hereafter, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the leasing of buildings and properties of the United States shall be for a money consideration only, and there shall not be included in the lease any provision for the alteration, repair, or improvement of such buildings or properties as a part of the consideration for the rental to be paid for the use and occupation of the same. The moneys derived from such rentals shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. SEC. 322. [Lease to United States not to exceed 15% of market value.] Hereafter no appropriation shall be obligated or expended for the rent of any building or part of a building to be occupied for Government purposes at a rental in excess of the per annum rate of 15 per centum of the fair market value of the rented premises at date of the lease under which the premises are to be occupied by the Government nor for alterations, improvements, and repairs of the rented premises in excess of 25 per centum of the amount of the rent for the |