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Show Congress Passes Pa ses Bill to toCancel toCancel Canoel Cancel $300,000 300000 $ , Indmn Indian IndianCanal IndianCanal Canal Construction CostsHouse Costs House Bill H R H 3987 3B 7 by Repre Hepre Hepresentative Repretentative sentative Walter K Granger Oranger cancelling can cancelUng cancalling celUng calling $300000 300000 $300 300 $ 000 of unpaid constructlon con constritction &tructlon tructlon stritction & assessment obligations obligationswhich obligationswhich obligationswhich which affects alfects white lan land t i owners in inthe Inthe Inthe the Ulntah Uintah Indian Irrigation pro proJect proJect proJect Ject has passed both houses of ofcongress ofcongre ofcongress congress congre and will become a lawwhen law lawwhen lawwhen when . algned .signed signed by the presidentThe presidentThe president presidentThe The bill also carries $29 29 $29000 29000 $ 000 of ofunpaid ofunpaid ofunpaid unpaid operative opemtive and maintainance maintain maintainanoo maintainance anoo ance asseasmenta assessments to be cancelledand cancelled cancelledand 1and and provided $61000 61000 $61 61 $ B1000 000 tor for deferred deferredpayment deferredpayment deterredpayment payment extended In drainage op- op operaUons operations op operations - - erations eraUons erationsHouxe eraUonsHouse erationsHouse Houxe House Bill Blll H R B 3M7 3987 wax wu was the thefirst thefirst thefirst first one of three bills blJ1s by RepnJ Reps-c Reps c RepnJsentatlve Repscsentative Representatlve - sentatlve sentative Oranger Granger and passed the theI theHouse theHouse theHouse House April 31 21 Senator Abe Mur MurI Murdock Murdock I I I I dock secured secuted passage of the bill bIJI In InI Inthe inthe Inthe the Senate on May 15 15The 15The 15The The bill bUl authorized the Interior InteriorDepartment InteriorDepartment InteriorDepartment I ! Department to adjudicate all claims claimsot claimsof claimsof ot of settlers In the Ulntah Uintah Baln Basin * who whobought whobought whobought bought Indian lands on the as- as assumption assumption ax-sumption ax sumption - sumption that the title was clear clearonly clearonly clearonly only to find later that liens grow growIng growing growIng Ing out of unpaid operation and andmaintenance andmaintenance andmtlntenancc maintenance costs attached to their theirland theirland theirland theirlandThere land landThere There was no record of thesellena these thesel1en.s theseliens I l1en.s l1ens liens . on county coonty records recorcis at the thetime thetime thetime time the land was purchased but butthe butI butthe I I the government has been Insisting Insistingthe insistingthe insistingthe the present owners owtsers must make up upthe upthe upthe the delinquencies of the first own own- owners ownera owner - ers era er * Several hundred owners are areeffected areeffected areeffected effected by the bill b1l1 who steadfast steadfast- steadfastly steadfastly - - ly have maintained that theyshould they theyshould theyshould should not be held responsible responslble torthem for forthem forthem them 1 |