Annual Report of the Reclamation Service, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904 |
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acre-feet acre-foot acres amount of water ANNUAL REPORT RECLAMATION April Arizona association August bed rock Big Valley Boise Boise River bottom Bulls Head canyon capacity cent Colorado River construction contour cost County cubic yards depth discharge ditch diversion drainage area drainage basin east elevation engineer estimated feasible February feet high Flat flow gage grade Grand River Gunnison River height Honey Lake inches investigation irrigable lands irrigation January July June Klamath Klamath River Lake lignite lower Mesa Milk River mountains north side Payette Payette River Platte River portion possible probably proposed RECLAMATION SERVICE PL reconnaissance REPORT RECLAMATION SERVICE reservoir sites run-off Sacramento Salt River Valley sand season second-feet Secretary silt slope South Platte South Platte River south side square miles station storage stream surface Susan Creek tion Total tributaries tunnel U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY upper Utah Utah Lake water supply Willow Creek Worthless Yuma
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Page 33 - 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 22 - 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 23 - 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, providing the necessary funds for such portions or sections are available in the reclamation fund...
Page 25 - 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 lands which can be irrigated therefrom, and all facts relative to the...
Page 23 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding 160 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 23 - ... a failure to make any two payments when due shall render the entry subject to cancellation, with the forfeiture of all rights under this act, as well as of any moneys already paid thereon. All moneys received from the above sources shall be paid into the reclamation fund.
Page 32 - ... then the management and operation of such irrigation •works shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby, to be maintained at their expense under such form of organization and under such rules and regulations as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior...
Page 23 - That when the' payments required by this Act are made for the major portion of the lands irrigated from the waters of any of the works herein provided for, then the management and operation of such irrigation works shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby...
Page 37 - That in all patents for lands hereafter taken up under any of the land laws of the United States or on entries or claims validated by this act, west of the one hundredth meridian, it shall be expressed that there is reserved from the lands in said patent described a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the authority of the United States.
Page 24 - 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...