Water-supply Paper, Issues 343-344U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 |
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Page 151 - 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, 48348°— WSP 344—14 11 the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 10 - Second-feet per square mile" is the average number of cubic feet of water flowing per second from each square mile of area drained, on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. "Run-off in inches...
Page 172 - And provided further, That any permission given by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this Act may be revoked by him or his successor in his discretion, and shall not be held to confer any right, or easement, or interest in, to, or over any public land, reservation, or park.
Page 172 - Indian, or other reservation only upon the approval of the chief officer of the Department under whose supervision such park or reservation falls and upon a finding by him that the same is not incompatible with the public interest...
Page 68 - ... when the waters of any natural stream are not .sufficient for the service of all those desiring the use of the same, those using the water for domestic purposes shall have the preference over those claiming for any other purpose, and those using the water for agricultural purposes shall have preference over those using the same for manufacturing purposes.
Page 172 - ... water plants, dams, and reservoirs used to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manufacturing or -cutting of timber or lumber, or the supplying of water for domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses...
Page 154 - ... and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States...
Page 156 - When there are two acts on the same subject the rule is to give effect to both if possible. But if the two are repugnant in any of their provisions, the latter act, without any repealing clause, operates to the extent of the repugnancy as a repeal of the first...
Page 172 - ... and poles, by any citizen, association, or corporation of the United States, where it is intended by such to exercise the use permitted under this section for any one or more of the purposes herein named...
Page 132 - Federal lands, the Supreme Court of the United States held in the case of the United States v.