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<br />to CJn under2tu7~d:i:;:: 0:: cl~::rc~t llc~;'!~C in the l'list::OtlY'i n~::iil. To <br /> <br />facilitate reading this material, references and parenthetical <br /> <br />material will be dropped to the footnotes. <br /> <br />'The reimbursability of Bureau of Reclamation expenditures for <br /> <br /> <br />project works has been basic to the Reclamation program since 1902. 1I <br /> <br />In the early years of the Reclamationprogran, all project costs <br /> <br /> <br />were assigned for repayment to irrigation'beneficiarics. 3/ Revenues <br /> <br />received from other project beneficiaries served merely to reduce the <br />repayment obligation of the irrigation beneficiaries. ~ <br /> <br />1I <br /> <br />Section -1 of the Reclilrnation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 389; 43 U. S. c. <br />iJ 4.61) provided that churges to entrymen and "Iater users "shall be <br />determined "lith a vie'..1 of returning to the rcclamution fund the <br />estimnted cost of construction of th~ project. 11 These charges <br />\'u~re also r0.fJuixed to cover npr:ratjJ)n {Inri filai.nt8nr.l.OCe costs <br />incurred by the government. S\'li~,art v. Galocr, 229 U.S. 187 (1913). <br />And see Sec. -16 of the l\djusb"cnt [let of 1~26 (44 Stat. 6-19; <br />43 U. S. C. ;j 423e); unJ ~ec. 9( d) of the "~cclan:ation Project flct <br />of 1939 (53 Stat. 1131; 43 V.S.C. g 435h(d)). <br /> <br />l\cceptancc of an irrigation district 0bligntion for project <br />costs, in lieu of the Gntryrnan Ol' lamlo,,,",or's obligution, \Vas <br />first por':rittcd by the l\ct of ,\uGust 11, 1916 (2.9 Stat. 506; <br />43 U. S. C. ~ 621). ThiJ nO'..1 rCpJYlr.cnt Juth0]'i7.iltion did TL0t <br />reduce the obli:.;ation of the individnu1 lallllOlmer for tho repay- <br />ment of project costs. Instead, it pe"mittcd thc application of <br />the 111ast faithful nCt4C uoctrine,:1 under h'hieh eu.ch acre \'lOuld <br />need to continue to pti.y lliltil all P140ject costs hud lJeen reir.j- <br />burscd.. SC8 In :C2 ~[ors8 ][Ci1Vf.!rtIl~r. Gist.) 118 p.2.d 97'2, <br />916, 11 \lilSh. 2(; 218 (.1'.>41). <br /> <br />3/ <br /> <br />In the flissonri River Basin, )lOl,cr investment costs \Vere treated <br />as reimbUl'sab1c by the project irrigation bel1eficiilries on the <br />North Platte and Shoshono Projects. In this conncction, see <br />the 1egislutive hi,;tol"Y supporting the /let of August 13, 1957 <br />(~/1 .-:.., ~"<), .....' L'_, , '," .. r. -:- 1" ,: J0" (~0 "" .... -'7" <br />- '.'"'' ",'J t'.nl L.... n..... ,)..... l.ot..) ..." _..',.J'. u~. ~,....~,..'.1 .~). <br /> <br />y <br /> <br />POl%r l'eVenues: Sec. 5 of the i\ct of ^pril 16, 1906, as amended <br />(34 Stat. 117; 36 Stilt. 930; 43 U.S.C. ~ 522). Po\Ver and N&I <br />revenues: SnlJsections I and J of the Fact l'lnders 1 /lct Ot' <br />Uec. 5, 19:H (43 Stat. 703; ~,3 U. S. C. ~ 501); ~I&l revenues: J\ct <br />of Feb. 25, 1920 (41 stat. 451; 43 U.S.C. ~ 521). <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />-'----- <br />