Congressional Serial Set, Issue 2707U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... portion of the great plains between the Canadian line and Mexico , and the foot - hills of the Rocky Mount- ains and a line following where the rain - fall ceases to be sufficient to produce regular crops . This line is not a straight ...
... portion of the great plains between the Canadian line and Mexico , and the foot - hills of the Rocky Mount- ains and a line following where the rain - fall ceases to be sufficient to produce regular crops . This line is not a straight ...
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... portion of the district is situated ; or in case any of the States or Territories refuse to join , then the State or Territory in which the larger portion of the irrigable land is situated may perform all the acts necessary to enable ...
... portion of the district is situated ; or in case any of the States or Territories refuse to join , then the State or Territory in which the larger portion of the irrigable land is situated may perform all the acts necessary to enable ...
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... portions of western Ne- braska . An especial feature was the account given of the irrigation en- terprise at North Platte , the most easterly of all such projects known to your committee . In closing this portion of the review of your ...
... portions of western Ne- braska . An especial feature was the account given of the irrigation en- terprise at North Platte , the most easterly of all such projects known to your committee . In closing this portion of the review of your ...
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... portion of southern and central Arizona , producing , too , from two to five crops per year . The same conditions are found in Pinal and Pima Counties . On the Pima Indian Reservation , and in the valley of the Santa Cruz and near ...
... portion of southern and central Arizona , producing , too , from two to five crops per year . The same conditions are found in Pinal and Pima Counties . On the Pima Indian Reservation , and in the valley of the Santa Cruz and near ...
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... portion of the Territory of New Mexico . The Rio Grande , as is well - known , passes through it from north to south . Within the New Mexican portion of that valley and its immediate streams there are about 100,000 people dependent upon ...
... portion of the Territory of New Mexico . The Rio Grande , as is well - known , passes through it from north to south . Within the New Mexican portion of that valley and its immediate streams there are about 100,000 people dependent upon ...
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Page 7 - That 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, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 7 - All patents granted, or preemption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 424 - The use of all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for sale, rental, or distribution, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the State, in the manner to be prescribed by law...
Page 7 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 420 - The location must be distinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily traced. All records of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim.
Page 418 - The right to collect rates or compensation for the use of water supplied to any county, city, or town, or water district, or the inhabitants thereof, is a franchise, and cannot be exercised except by authority of and in the manner prescribed by law.
Page 418 - Priority of appropriation shall give the better right as between those using the water for the same purpose; but 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...
Page 212 - The water of every natural stream, not heretofore appropriated, within the state of Colorado, is hereby declared to be the property of the public, and the same is dedicated to the use of the people of the state, subject to appropriation as hereinafter provided.
Page 12 - And all the lands which may hereafter be designated or selected by such United States surveys for sites for reservoirs, ditches, or canals for irrigation purposes and all the lands made susceptible of irrigation by such reservoirs, ditches, or canals are from this time henceforth hereby reserved from sale as the property of the United States, and shall not be subject after the passage of this act, to entry, settlement, or occupation until further provided by law...
Page 424 - The right to divert and appropriate the unappropriated waters of any natural stream to beneficial uses, shall never be denied.