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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... streams 269 Oregon 273 South Dakota Utah Utah Lake regulation .... Bear River project .. Diversion works ... 275 278 279 282 284 The lake as a reservoir .. 285 Use of the water 285 Lands available for reclamtion 286 Summary of land ...
... streams 269 Oregon 273 South Dakota Utah Utah Lake regulation .... Bear River project .. Diversion works ... 275 278 279 282 284 The lake as a reservoir .. 285 Use of the water 285 Lands available for reclamtion 286 Summary of land ...
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... stream meas- urements , and irrigation development . The additional men secured through the Civil Service Commission have been selected from the lists of those persons eligible to appointment as irrigation engineers or assistants , or ...
... stream meas- urements , and irrigation development . The additional men secured through the Civil Service Commission have been selected from the lists of those persons eligible to appointment as irrigation engineers or assistants , or ...
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... streams are already fringed with farms , and that the land lying beyond , although in many cases of better quality , can not be watered except at great cost . The laws governing the disposal of public lands have been drawn almost wholly ...
... streams are already fringed with farms , and that the land lying beyond , although in many cases of better quality , can not be watered except at great cost . The laws governing the disposal of public lands have been drawn almost wholly ...
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... least value and the irrigated land the least extent and the greatest value . The forests of the arid region mark not only the greatest rainfall but also the localities whence come the principal streams ,. FORESTS . 25.
... least value and the irrigated land the least extent and the greatest value . The forests of the arid region mark not only the greatest rainfall but also the localities whence come the principal streams ,. FORESTS . 25.
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... streams of the West , primarily for the beneficial influence which the leafy cover may have upon stream flow . The Government has already set aside more than 60,000,000 acres of forests and adjacent woodlands , and efforts are being ...
... streams of the West , primarily for the beneficial influence which the leafy cover may have upon stream flow . The Government has already set aside more than 60,000,000 acres of forests and adjacent woodlands , and efforts are being ...
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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...