Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Bureau of Reclamation, Issue 15U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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... division of the Denver office during the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1916 : Arizona , Salt River project . - The Crosscut power plant near Tempe , Ariz . , was completed and the official capacity and effi- ciency tests were made in ...
... division of the Denver office during the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1916 : Arizona , Salt River project . - The Crosscut power plant near Tempe , Ariz . , was completed and the official capacity and effi- ciency tests were made in ...
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... DIVISION . The chief counsel of the Reclamation Service has charge of the work of the service affecting its legal side . In this are involved litigation , the initiation and protection of water rights , the making of contracts , the ...
... DIVISION . The chief counsel of the Reclamation Service has charge of the work of the service affecting its legal side . In this are involved litigation , the initiation and protection of water rights , the making of contracts , the ...
Page 33
... division of the service devotes a large part of its time to the preparation of these cases under the personal direc- tion of the chief counsel . About 1,750 contracts were executed during the fiscal year , in- volving about $ 4,000,000 ...
... division of the service devotes a large part of its time to the preparation of these cases under the personal direc- tion of the chief counsel . About 1,750 contracts were executed during the fiscal year , in- volving about $ 4,000,000 ...
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... division gates in section 11-1N - 5E , a distance of 7 miles . At the division gates the water is divided into three canals , the East Branch of the Con- solidated running easterly then south , a distance of 183 miles , the Mesa Canal ...
... division gates in section 11-1N - 5E , a distance of 7 miles . At the division gates the water is divided into three canals , the East Branch of the Con- solidated running easterly then south , a distance of 183 miles , the Mesa Canal ...
Page 62
... division gates , then through the Tempe Cross Cut into the Tempe Canal . The Tempe Irrigating Canal Co. is an inde- pendent organization , and the water was supplied to the head of their canal in accordance with contract approved May 15 ...
... division gates , then through the Tempe Cross Cut into the Tempe Canal . The Tempe Irrigating Canal Co. is an inde- pendent organization , and the water was supplied to the head of their canal in accordance with contract approved May 15 ...
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Page 573 - 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 571 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado.
Page 573 - 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...
Page 415 - I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution adopted...
Page 571 - 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...
Page 571 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 574 - 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 572 - ... the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, at or immediately prior to the time of beginning the surveys for any contemplated irrigation works, to withdraw from entry, except under the homestead laws, any public lands believed to be susceptible of irrigation from said works...
Page 414 - It is also further agreed that no Member of or Delegate to Congress or Resident Commissioner, after his election or appointment, or either before or after he has qualified, and during his continuance in office...
Page 573 - 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.