Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Bureau of Reclamation, Issue 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 |
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United States. Bureau of Reclamation. ARTES 1817 LIBRARY VERITAS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TUEBOR S QUERIS PENINSULAM AMO NAM CIRCUMSPICE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Library TC 823 1A3 Bureau . of reclamation 57TH CONGRESS.
United States. Bureau of Reclamation. ARTES 1817 LIBRARY VERITAS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TUEBOR S QUERIS PENINSULAM AMO NAM CIRCUMSPICE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Library TC 823 1A3 Bureau . of reclamation 57TH CONGRESS.
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United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Library TC 823 1A3 Bureau . of reclamation 57TH CONGRESS , HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Engineering.
United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Library TC 823 1A3 Bureau . of reclamation 57TH CONGRESS , HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Engineering.
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... ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RECLAMATION SERVICE FROM JUNE 17 TO DECEMBER 1 , 1902 F. H. NEWELL Chief Engineer WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1903 Library 323214 CONTENTS . Letters of transmittal Introduction ............ Arid.
... ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RECLAMATION SERVICE FROM JUNE 17 TO DECEMBER 1 , 1902 F. H. NEWELL Chief Engineer WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1903 Library 323214 CONTENTS . Letters of transmittal Introduction ............ Arid.
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... the project ...... . Page . 11 15 17 17 24 27 31 33 34 36 37 38 38 40 40 41 45 46 47 48 51 52 53 56 60 63 65 65 66 67 68 68 69 70 71 72 { = = = R S S : 73 Arizona - Continued . Verde River project Salt River project 3 Engineering.
... the project ...... . Page . 11 15 17 17 24 27 31 33 34 36 37 38 38 40 40 41 45 46 47 48 51 52 53 56 60 63 65 65 66 67 68 68 69 70 71 72 { = = = R S S : 73 Arizona - Continued . Verde River project Salt River project 3 Engineering.
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... engineers who have been found available . As preliminary to the details of engineering work , there is given a brief discussion of the arid public lands and of the importance of these to the nation . A series of maps shows the location ...
... engineers who have been found available . As preliminary to the details of engineering work , there is given a brief discussion of the arid public lands and of the importance of these to the nation . A series of maps shows the location ...
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Page 46 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 63 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder...
Page 65 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico...
Page 73 - Provided: That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.
Page 46 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 53 - Territory, which shall have filed, or may hereafter file, with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same...
Page 48 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 61 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make examinations and surveys for, and to locate and construct, as herein provided, irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters, including artesian wells, and to report to Congress at the beginning of each regular session as to the results of such examinations and surveys, giving estimates of cost of all contemplated works, the quantity and location of the lands which can be irrigated therefrom, and...
Page 56 - That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of rights of way through the public lands, forest and other reservations of the United .States...
Page 61 - reclamation fund," to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands...