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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Page 11
... opened under a special law which gave the Secretary wide discretion , and policies were adopted which could not be applied to other projects owing to legal requirements . The size of the farm unit was in DEVELOPMENT OF RECLAMATION ...
... opened under a special law which gave the Secretary wide discretion , and policies were adopted which could not be applied to other projects owing to legal requirements . The size of the farm unit was in DEVELOPMENT OF RECLAMATION ...
Page 42
... opened by public notices of the Secretary of the Interior . These revenues and expenditures are those resulting from operations connected with the lands thrown open to water - right applicants by these public notices and do not include ...
... opened by public notices of the Secretary of the Interior . These revenues and expenditures are those resulting from operations connected with the lands thrown open to water - right applicants by these public notices and do not include ...
Page 48
... OPENED FOR IRRIGATION . No lands have been opened for irrigation by public notice . being irrigated under rental contracts . All lands are CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY . Reconnoissance made and preliminary surveys begun : 48 Discussion of ...
... OPENED FOR IRRIGATION . No lands have been opened for irrigation by public notice . being irrigated under rental contracts . All lands are CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY . Reconnoissance made and preliminary surveys begun : 48 Discussion of ...
Page 52
... opened December 22 , 1903 , and a contract was executed March 23 , 1904. The tunnel was completed during 1904. Proposals for furnishing the gates for the sluicing tunnel were opened on October 1 , and a contract was executed November 14 ...
... opened December 22 , 1903 , and a contract was executed March 23 , 1904. The tunnel was completed during 1904. Proposals for furnishing the gates for the sluicing tunnel were opened on October 1 , and a contract was executed November 14 ...
Page 68
... opened : Ts . 15 and 16 S. , R. 23 E. , San Bernardino meridian . Present status of irrigable lands opened : 6,500 acres entered , subject to the reclamation act and the act of April 21 , 1904 . Limit of area of farm units : Public , 40 ...
... opened : Ts . 15 and 16 S. , R. 23 E. , San Bernardino meridian . Present status of irrigable lands opened : 6,500 acres entered , subject to the reclamation act and the act of April 21 , 1904 . Limit of area of farm units : Public , 40 ...
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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.