Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... person who will visit these mining States and Ter- ritories , and see the hundreds of miles of canal constructed for ... persons shall constitute a board , with power to fill vacan- cies , whose duty it shall be to make a full report to ...
... person who will visit these mining States and Ter- ritories , and see the hundreds of miles of canal constructed for ... persons shall constitute a board , with power to fill vacan- cies , whose duty it shall be to make a full report to ...
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... persons below who appropriate the water to irrigate land more suitable for homestead settlement , unless such diversion shall be approved by the commissioner of irrigation . A BUREAU OF IRRIGATION AND ITS DUTIES . The bill also confers ...
... persons below who appropriate the water to irrigate land more suitable for homestead settlement , unless such diversion shall be approved by the commissioner of irrigation . A BUREAU OF IRRIGATION AND ITS DUTIES . The bill also confers ...
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... persons are supported in inde- pendence and comfort . That is an area of less than 4 acres to each person . The land now " under water " in this immediate region is about 250,000 acres , and there is every prospect of the early cultiva ...
... persons are supported in inde- pendence and comfort . That is an area of less than 4 acres to each person . The land now " under water " in this immediate region is about 250,000 acres , and there is every prospect of the early cultiva ...
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... persons in and directly connected with these two cities and the immediate val- ley wherein they are located . The water famine and the uncertainty of the river channel - for the stream , when present , runs over a sandy and friable bed ...
... persons in and directly connected with these two cities and the immediate val- ley wherein they are located . The water famine and the uncertainty of the river channel - for the stream , when present , runs over a sandy and friable bed ...
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... persons or corporations . Rights are divided into primary and secondary , the latter being a feature of water legislation peculiar to Utah . A primary right vests under the follow- ing circumstances : ( 1 ) Whenever any person or persons ...
... persons or corporations . Rights are divided into primary and secondary , the latter being a feature of water legislation peculiar to Utah . A primary right vests under the follow- ing circumstances : ( 1 ) Whenever any person or persons ...
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