Hearings Before the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands of the House of Representatives Relating to the Reclamation Work of the Government Under the National Irrigation Act

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 - 246 pages
 

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Page 108 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 104 - Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question; also of the charges which shall be made per acre upon the said entries, and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of the said irrigation project, and the number of annual installments, not exceeding ten, in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such payments shall commence.
Page 148 - ... in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such payments shall commence. The said charges shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project, and shall be apportioned equitably : Provided, That in all construction work eight hours shall constitute a day's work, and no Mongolian labor shall be employed thereon.
Page 104 - It cannot be determined how much water there may be available or what lands can be covered or whether the cost will be too great to justify the undertaking until the surveys and the Irrigation Investigations have been completed.
Page 150 - War may require, remove all or any portion of the uncompleted structure or fill and restore to its former condition the navigable capacity of the watercourse. No claim shall be made against the United States on account of any such removal or alteration.
Page 46 - That upon the determination by the Secretary of the Interior that any Irrigation project is practicable, he may cause to be let contracts for the construction of the same, in such portions or sections as it may be practicable...
Page 144 - Suspension of contract. — Should the contractor fail to begin the work within the time required, or fail to begin the delivery of material as provided in the contract, or fail to prosecute the work or delivery in such manner as to insure a full compliance with the contract within the time limit, or should any question arise as to whether or not the contractor is properly...
Page 151 - States that the contractor shall promptly make payments to all persons supplying labor and materials in the prosecution of the work specified in his contract.
Page 104 - ... 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 150 - ... notice thereof in writing shall be served upon him, and upon his neglect or refusal to provide means for a more energetic and satisfactory compliance with the contract within the time specified in such notice, then and in either case the Secretary of the Interior shall have the power to suspend the operation of the contract, and he may take possession of all machinery, tools, appliances, and animals employed on any of the works...

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