Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of Forestry: Hearings Held Before the Joint Committee of Congress Relative to the Investigation of the Department of the Interior and Its Several Bureaus, Officers, and Employees, and of the Bureau of Forestry, in the Department of Agriculture, and Its Officers and Employees, Volume 3United States. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service U.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 |
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A. B. Campbell acres affidavit Alaska syndicate amount April Attorney-General bill BIRCH black-tent BRANDEIS certificates CHAIRMAN charge Clarence Cunningham coal claims coal fields coal lands Commissioner committee Company Congress connection construction contract Copper River copy DAVIS Dennett Director engineer entry entrymen expenses fact GARFIELD Geological Survey Glavis Government GRAHAM Guggenheim Huffer inclusive interest Interior Department investigation irrigation issued J. P. Morgan Katalla KNUTE NELSON Land Office lectures letter located MADISON March March 12 matter mining NEWELL North Platte project Northwestern opinion patent payment PEPPER persons power sites President properties public lands purpose question R. A. BALLINGER railroad receipt received reclamation act reclamation fund Reclamation Service recommended record referred respectfully restoration Seattle Secretary Ballinger secs Senator FLETCHER Senator FLINT Senator FRAZIER Senator PURCELL Senator SUTHERLAND settlers statement STEELE telegram tion understand United unsurveyed VERTREES Washington water users withdrawals
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Page 1570 - 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 to construct and complete as parts of the whole project...
Page 1580 - 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.
Page 1575 - The said charges shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project...
Page 1575 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into full force and effect.
Page 1574 - reclamation fund, to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands...
Page 1564 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase...
Page 2029 - The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection ? The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered.
Page 1681 - ... willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, at hard labor, not more than five years ; and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of giving testimony in any court of the United States until such time as the judgment against him is reversed.
Page 2335 - ... o'clock pm) AFTER RECESS. The committee reassembled at the expiration of the recess. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. Mr.
Page 1692 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers and other sources of water supply upon the public lands and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.