Deseret Evening News | 1901-12-05 | Page 5 | To Reclaim Arid Lands

To ro Arid hands floe Doc 4 Senator lions Hans brough today reintroduced his bill bi of ot last host session with various amendments Tt It I provides for tor or the set Ret setting ting log aside of oC tho the moneys derived from tho the sale MIl of ot public lands In the tho at arId Id and semiarid regions rC lons of ot the tho United States Staten 1101 the tho collection of oC these the e moneys mO In n a unit fund to bo ho used for tor tho the reclamation of 0 the tho lands lants The Tue secretory secretary of the Interior Is given gen charge of ot this fund and nH of or all ni tho the de ile details tolls tails of ot Its I collection nail and expenditure lie Ho la in authorized to make surveys ant and reservoirs re eroll whore necessary and to 10 condemn the lie lands necessary n cessar to todo todo do 0 no SO Water Is 18 to be distributed and persons lands landl an ain 0 benefited are arc areto areto to 10 pay pa for tor the tho same the Ih funds thus col coi collected to 10 po go o Into the reclamation fund Senator has borrowed one section from rain tho lie bill bi providing that lint nothing In la tile bis proposed law shall shah bo ho allowed to conflict with