| Show LEGISLATION FOR FORTHE FORTHE THE ARID STATES Western Delegations Dolog ons to Re Report Report port a IH Congress PROVIDES p no v 1 ES FOtt 0 N Sale of or Land lU Allowance Are I lo 10 be 10 Vied Washington Jan 21 A meeting ot the tl representatives from tho arid ll u ml states tates was as held hole last In t night to tl consider tho Irrigation bill bi drafted felt by u I subcommittee on Irrl Irrigation gation It I wan wie agreed unanimously to present the tho bill bi to Congress for COl Its iK ac no action noton tion ton Mr r b being In Inthe the tho House and Mr Hansbrough In the tho Senate It 1 provides that all moneys re 10 c from the sale sile nd disposal osal of public In II Arizona California Colorado Idaho Kansas Montana Ne No Nebraska braska Nevada Now Mexico l Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Houth Da 0 Utah Washington und and Wyoming Wyoming Including the tho surplus fees Cees and ane commis commission sion SIOM In s ot uC allowances to tors ler and receivers excepting the tho live lve per cent of ot tho proceeds of or tho sales of ot public lands Inn 1 sot pot aside asile for tor edu educational elu purposes shall be bo set abide applied as a D special arid land re reclamation roo ton fund rund The of the tho Interior Is di dt directed to mako tho necessary exam examinations eam and surveys and to locate and consolidate these Irrigation works re reporting porting to Congress at lt tho beginning of ot each ench session seis the tho results of ot examinations and Ild surveys with wih estimates ot the cost ot all al works The Tho bill bi empowers em pow ors ers the tho secretary of ot the Interior to withdraw from I public blo entry the lands required for tor any Irrigation works work and ald to restore them when In hIs Judgment thy they 10 not required for tor irrigation purposes The Tho bill bi authorizes tho secretory secretary of ot the tho Interior to let contracts for tor the work to limit tho area per Iler entry to that reasonably required for tor tho purpose of ot a family and to the tho charges ns as well wel as n tho charges es CR on 01 lands In private ownership bene beno fitted by government Irrigation plants A days labor Is at eight hours I The bill 1111 prohibits thu tho employment of Asiatic labor No right to use the Water tor or land In private ownership shall be sold for tor a n tract exceeding ICO 10 nr to one person no right shall permanently attach until all 01 pay payments l ments aro made When the payments arc mad madu for tor the major por portion or tion ot the lands Irrigated the man manI I and operation of ot hut not tho to such Irrigation works except excepting exceptIng ing works necessary for or their protection shall pass to the own owners ers fr of ot the tw lands Irrigated thereby to tobe tobe be maintained at l their expense under rules regulations to be prescribed by the of ot the Interior who also Is 18 empowered to acquire rights of I Property p rt by b purchase so or condemnation The Th appropriation use and distribution tl of the waters rendered available by tho th provided for tor In II the bill bi shall bu bo governed by state and territorial laws the right to use US the water being appurtenant appurtenant tenant tenant to the land Irrigated beneficial use uso to be tho basis measure and Ind the tho of the right |
