Show west helped by bill signed washington president coolidge signed the omnibus water charges bill thereby providing for a downward readjustment to the of about on construction and water charges levied against nineteen western reclamation projects the new low law empowers the tha secretary of tho the interior to permanently remove thousands of acres of reclamation land from froin assessment of construction and water charges thus reducing by about 16 tile the annual charges levied against ho districts it also directs him to classify certain lands as temporarily pora rily unproductive and remove charges li galust them it Is estimated the temporary class of lands lando will it ID duco charges by about annually the bill was drafted by chairman smith of the house irrigation committee to carry out recommendations of the board of adjustments an and surveys appoint d by the ho secretary of the interior A similar bill was introduced trod in tho the senate by senator phipps republican Coloia colliado do |