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When you click accept award you'll receive 2 options. Store or use.
If you want to use it, then make sure you are on the city you want it enacted on. So if you want it on city 2, then make sure you have the city overview of city 2.
Then click 'use' and the 100 pop will be added to city 2.
You'll see this by a little symbol under your city name.