| Show WESTERN congressmen AGREE ON irrigation 8 ile BILL MEASURE WILL RECEIVE UNITED SUPPORT OF WESTERN MEMBERS staian of reese doirs clr and nil ditche isar tux ru tt out will mot X 11 d 10 pr ao 11 1 1 may ater be b 1041 1 knitli ith I 1 ut of 65 B par r moy alay hull isis titer arr where surplus 1 a western congie Bomen have agreed upon apart the follo vt ing irrigation bill and its passage through ti congress will be alured secured it if poul possible ble section I 1 that tile the proceeds proc ceda from the sale of public lands shall bo be appropriated for lite construction llon of 0 irrigation works see sec 2 1 aliat hat the secretary of the lite interior la Is an all that ived to mine to be x shined aud and surveyed sites tunnel forsbe di of water and irrigation there aitho and artesian well weil sites lilies and require reports UN not to tile ilia battle see sea 3 I 1 tie inny withdraw from froin public lands tor for such irrigation v arks and agricultural lauds which it la in propos of to Irrig irrigate atis thereby see sec 4 I 1 lie secie tary of lite intel lor for cupoo n approval roval of tho the project shall cause to be let contracts contract foi construction no shall be made alic cont excelda cit cOLds per acre of the lauds to be it I 1 igawa see sec 6 5 upon completion lands land to be irrigated shall be subject to home alend entry upon condition of compliance with the homestead net act and reclamation cla mation of tho lite land and anent on final proof of of 5 per acte acio to be ba converted into tile the reclamation fund and eighty shall be the cinat of entry sac 0 1 lie he reclamation fund to be used for the operation aud ina maintenance luten of tile the and works until pst ineat upon tile the majority portion of the I 1 rt too lauda do are made und and then tile management manage meat and operation of all irrigation works except reservoirs shall pass to the owners of tile the lands landi iril Iniga gated led thereby to be maintained at II 11 air expense ex penne penno tile voir to be operated and maintained by the government until otherwise provided by congress bee 7 when there are more than sufficient vater aler for the public lands la in any project or it if the ibe secretary of the interior determine that land find in private ownership Is better for the ali nil of the water or it there la Is sufficiency for both then water rights may be sold upon to be prescribed by the of the interior at not less than 05 1 per acre but no water exceed eighty acres 8 provides for or the tight light of condemning pio lerty necessary for reservoirs or li it worl works ballon 0 brov don dost that lint noth ingin tile the act shall interfere nith the lite luns of tory relating to water but the inter available by till alila act shall bo be subject to the lite laws lawa of tile the state section 10 gives give tile the secretary of the interior authority to make rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of the act |
