Reclamation Bonds: Hearings, 61st Congress, 2d SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 - Irrigation |
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... Water Users ' Association . 217 Certificates of water users ... 239 Dam and reservoir on the Rio Grande , in New Mexico , etc. , act relating to construction of ... 140 Franking privilege , letter relating to .. 223 Garfield , Hon ...
... Water Users ' Association . 217 Certificates of water users ... 239 Dam and reservoir on the Rio Grande , in New Mexico , etc. , act relating to construction of ... 140 Franking privilege , letter relating to .. 223 Garfield , Hon ...
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... water rights ? Mr. MONDELL . I might say to the gentleman and to the ... users , and I have suggested that that would hardly be fair to request of ... water . Mr. MONDELL . I do not think anyone has gone into these things blindly . I know ...
... water rights ? Mr. MONDELL . I might say to the gentleman and to the ... users , and I have suggested that that would hardly be fair to request of ... water . Mr. MONDELL . I do not think anyone has gone into these things blindly . I know ...
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... water users in public meetings . At these meetings the committee always in- quired into the disposition of the people to repay the Government according to the plain intent of the law , and in no instance did inquiry fail to bring forth ...
... water users in public meetings . At these meetings the committee always in- quired into the disposition of the people to repay the Government according to the plain intent of the law , and in no instance did inquiry fail to bring forth ...
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... Water Users ' Association to issue them certificates for their labor , and allow those certificates to be applied toward payment for their water charges when they came to get water , whatever the charges were . That was the scheme ...
... Water Users ' Association to issue them certificates for their labor , and allow those certificates to be applied toward payment for their water charges when they came to get water , whatever the charges were . That was the scheme ...
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... water - users ' scheme , provided the law was changed so as to make the thing legitimate ; that is , ' if Mr. Wicker- sham knew what he was talking about ? Mr. TAYLOR . I do not know . I know that the excavation part of the two of them ...
... water - users ' scheme , provided the law was changed so as to make the thing legitimate ; that is , ' if Mr. Wicker- sham knew what he was talking about ? Mr. TAYLOR . I do not know . I know that the excavation part of the two of them ...
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acres amount approved arid association AUPPERLE authorized bill Boise bonds BROUSSARD canal cent certificates CHAIRMAN Cimarron River CLARK Colorado committee complete CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construction cost DALZELL DAVIS ditches engineer entry estimated expended expenditures extensions farms feasible projects FORDNEY gentleman Government Grand Valley HAMER HARRISON homestead Huntley project Idaho Interior irrigated lands irrigation irrigation projects issue labor Land Office LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LONGWORTH matter ment Mexico Milk River Minidoka MONDELL Montana necessary NEEDHAM NEWELL North Dakota North Platte North Platte project Oklahoma Oregon Payette-Boise POINDEXTER portion PRAY private lands proposition public lands question receipts reclamation act reclamation fund reclamation projects Reclamation Service reservoir River project sale of public Salt River Secretary BALLINGER Sereno E settlers Shoshone project statement Sun River TAYLOR Territories tion Treasury UNDERWOOD United Washington water rights Water Users withdraw Wyoming
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Page 128 - as used in this act shall be understood to mean that certain act of the Congress of the United States approved June 17, 1902, entitled ' An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in •certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands,' and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
Page 142 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 129 - 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 263 - ... shall be exempt from all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority...
Page 151 - That it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of this act, so far as the same may be practicable and subject to the existence of feasible irrigation projects, to expend the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands within each State and Territory hereinbefore named for the benefit of arid and semiarid lands within the limits of such State or Territory...
Page 128 - ... public lands which it is proposed to irrigate by means of any contemplated works shall be subject to entry only under the provisions of the homestead laws...
Page 129 - ... 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 141 - Treaty is word for word as follows: The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of.
Page 129 - That where in carrying out the provisions of this act it becomes necessary to acquire any rights or property, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire the same for the United States by purchase or by condemnation under judicial process, and to pay from the reclamation fund the sums which may be needed for that purpose...
Page 142 - And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the city of...