Show aning A BILY ning ia HA H A Grantin granting glands lands to aid in the reclamation I 1 of desert lands in the edthe orthe lof lod the united es U i introduced in n the n 0 houn noun eprea enta tives deo dee 16 by hori H hooper read twice referred cittee ah the publio public lan ian lands lande dorand doland and ordered to be printed be it enacted bythe senate aldhouse and douge House of J ept esen natives of the United states of america Ameri cain in congress assembled that for the purpose of aiding in reclaiming the desert lands in the territories of the united states and of furnishing water necessary to irrigate said lands for agricultural and other ures uses the right 0 of f way through the public lands be and the same is hereby granted to the said sald id territories of the united states for the construction of canals with the right to take thel the necessary materials of earth stone and timber for the construction st thereof i and also the right to take cake and divert from any and or streams running through blid buld said public lands the water necessary to fill nil and feed said canals cannis provided that the right of way shall not exceed dred feet on each side of th theline eline e line of said bald canals and that within nirl niri ninety ety days after the completion completion of their survey copies of the survey shall be forwarded to the proper local land laud office and to the general land office sec see 2 that there be bd and Is hereby ar ranted to sald said territories bf bulhe bouhe uhe the united states for the purpose afore aforesaid gaid gald every alternate sebulon se atlon designate dby od odd d n umbers numbers of the lands lying on each bide siide of said bald canals as far aalthe a athe as the said canals shall have capacity to irrigate but not to exceed ten miles from their lines prodded that the rights of settlers now upon ithe the lands hereby granted shall be in no wise e affected by this aci ael but the proceeds of bf the bales baies hereafter made of any of old oid eaid baid i lands to which the right of bf preemption pre emption n haa hns attached shall be paid over to the sald said territories of the united states stales upon the order of the secretary of the interior and provided further that the lai lar lands ids hereby granted and the proceeds of th the a sale of buch such as shall be sold as aforesaid shall be applied in theldon tio bof said sald canals ean can alsand vand land shall be disposed of only as the work progresses andavall and bhail ahall be applied to no other purpose whatever and provided further that any and all lands lauds reserved to 6 the united states by any act of congress for any purpose whatever be and the same are hereby reserved from the operation of this act except so ao farlas it may be necessary to locate the route s of the said canals or any of thiem and to construct the same through h buch such reserved lands SEC 3 that inthe distribution of water dor tor the purpose of irrigation there shall bo be no distinction made enide in ld regard to lands so bo situated as ld id be flooded by the waters drawf from bald baid canals or any of them but chand ea and every owner thereof shill shail have the right light during the irrigating season aten ater at neason reason reasonable ible ibie ra tes tea to be fixed assemblies osbald of haid hald territories of the united states to irrigate the lands which he may nave have ha a under buder cultivation provided that the owner or owners of lands as aforesaid shall at their thein the irown coar coal construct and and aud maint maintain atif sitf mahie mabie UA the necessary bie bhe side sid ditched to conduct tha th ewa a ter froni from said canals over their hinds lands the right of way for which of sufficient width over the public ianda landa within the limits of aforesaid is hereby granted as a public easement landall and all nil bales baies of bald baid land shall be subject theren thele t to sec see 4 that the lands hereby granted shall shail be disposed tf irby by the sald baldier Bald eaid ten Ter rl tories of the united states in manner following that thai is to say when the governors of theraid territories orias urias shail shall certify to interior that ten continuous miles of said canals can ean alaor for foi a any any auy dy of them from the pointon point of departure on sald said rivers or streams the waters of which have been taken out is completed then the alternate sections hereby granted for such sueh distance may be sold and so eo tiem from time to time until ald fald hald canals are completed and if said canals hire bire not completed in ten years no further healea shall be made ard and the lands unsold shall revert to the united states 1 seo sec 6 5 that authority Is ia hereby given to the legislative 8 assemblies joo the said eaid territories of the un united cited states to incorporate companies with power to construct said canals or any of them and to transfer to such eom com companies p W les ies the lands hands and fralic fraile franchises aises hereinabove granted sd i ta J i i w ei i i lir tir bitsis |