Service Monographs of the United States Government, Issue 2Brookings Institution, 1919 - 177 pages |
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... arid and semiarid lands in the western part of the United States . The arid regions of the United States , as generally desig- nated , include about two - fifths of its entire area , extending from about the middle of the continent ...
... arid and semiarid lands in the western part of the United States . The arid regions of the United States , as generally desig- nated , include about two - fifths of its entire area , extending from about the middle of the continent ...
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... arid lands of the West dates back far before the historic period . Remains of irrigation canals and distributing systems are found , notably in Arizona and adjacent states , in proximity to the ruins of the habitations built by the ...
... arid lands of the West dates back far before the historic period . Remains of irrigation canals and distributing systems are found , notably in Arizona and adjacent states , in proximity to the ruins of the habitations built by the ...
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... Lands , 1866-1901 . The peculiar conditions of water supply existing in the arid region had early given rise to special legislation in all of the states and territories in that region reg- ulating the rights of private enterprises to ...
... Lands , 1866-1901 . The peculiar conditions of water supply existing in the arid region had early given rise to special legislation in all of the states and territories in that region reg- ulating the rights of private enterprises to ...
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... lands for water works was extended so as to include the conveyance of water for almost every purpose . The Secretary ... arid lands , binding itself " to donate , grant and patent to the State free of cost for survey or price such desert ...
... lands for water works was extended so as to include the conveyance of water for almost every purpose . The Secretary ... arid lands , binding itself " to donate , grant and patent to the State free of cost for survey or price such desert ...
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... arid lands by private enterprise and by state action , there had been carried on , by members of Con- gress , by ... arid region of the United States with a more detailed account of the land of Utah , with maps , " published in 1878 ...
... arid lands by private enterprise and by state action , there had been carried on , by members of Con- gress , by ... arid region of the United States with a more detailed account of the land of Utah , with maps , " published in 1878 ...
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Page 107 - ... 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, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this act. shall proceed in conformity with such laws, and nothing herein shall in any way affect any right of any State or of the Federal Government or of any landowner, appropriator, or user of water in, to, or from any interstate stream or the waters thereof...
Page 64 - That when the' payments required by this Act are made for the major portion of the lands irrigated from the waters of any of the works herein provided for, then the management and operation of such irrigation works shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby...
Page 121 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into full force and effect.
Page 141 - as used in this act shall be understood to mean that certain act of the Congress of the United States approved June 17, 1902, entitled ' An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in •certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands,' and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
Page 107 - That it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of this act, so far as the same may be practicable and subject to the existence of feasible irrigation projects, to expend the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands within each State and Territory hereinbefore named for the benefit of arid and semiarid lands within the limits of such State or Territory...
Page 105 - ... 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 all facts relative to the practicability of each irrigation project; also the cost of wo*rks in process of construction, as well as of those which have...
Page 22 - ... shall give public notice of the lands irrigable under such project and limit of area per entry, which limit shall represent the acreage which, in the opinion of the Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question...
Page 112 - June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, and therein designated "the reclamation fund." For all expenditures authorized by the act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two (Thirty-second Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-eight...
Page 111 - June twenty-fifth,, nineteen hundred and ten, have been or may be relinquished, in whole or in part, the lands so relinquished shall be subject to settlement and entry under the reclamation law.
Page 109 - ... covered into the reclamation fund and be placed to the credit of the project from which such power is derived : Provided, That no lease shall be made of such surplus power or power privileges as will impair the efficiency of the irrigation project...