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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... tion of all of the facts of feasibility and cost , so that it can be stated only as the last of a series of estimates . That is to say , in each project the conditions are being sifted down to a condition where judgment must be ...
... tion of all of the facts of feasibility and cost , so that it can be stated only as the last of a series of estimates . That is to say , in each project the conditions are being sifted down to a condition where judgment must be ...
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... tion of the reclamation of the arid lands is their location , the portions vacant , and the relation of these to present development . For this purpose maps showing the vacant public lands have been prepared . These were begun as soon ...
... tion of the reclamation of the arid lands is their location , the portions vacant , and the relation of these to present development . For this purpose maps showing the vacant public lands have been prepared . These were begun as soon ...
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... tion or transportation , isolated houses , and boundaries of States , counties , and towns . This map exhibits the drainage areas of streams , the relative elevations of catchment basins and irrigable lands , the topographic features ...
... tion or transportation , isolated houses , and boundaries of States , counties , and towns . This map exhibits the drainage areas of streams , the relative elevations of catchment basins and irrigable lands , the topographic features ...
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... tion of water to prevent floods , overflows , erosion of river banks , and breaks of levees , and to reinforce the flow of streams during drought and low - water season . The examination thus authorized was made by Capt . Hiram M ...
... tion of water to prevent floods , overflows , erosion of river banks , and breaks of levees , and to reinforce the flow of streams during drought and low - water season . The examination thus authorized was made by Capt . Hiram M ...
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... tion law , since the latter is somewhat general , and the working out of details is left largely to executive action . In considering the possible application of the law , light may be thrown upon the future by weighing carefully the ...
... tion law , since the latter is somewhat general , and the working out of details is left largely to executive action . In considering the possible application of the law , light may be thrown upon the future by weighing carefully the ...
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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...