Show HYDRAULIC MINING Mtr ING BILL Debris inn jn in iii California Xo No- has lias Absolute h Authority I Washington Feb 12 Representative tive U Englebright of California has passed to today ay In the house the bill in intro introduced in- in tro by his predecessor Governor Gillette The measure proposes to amend the act creating the California debris commission by b providing that where It shall appear r to the commIssIon commission commis commIs- sion slon that thai hydraulic mining may muy be beC carried C on eu without injury to the navigation navigation navi navi- gation gatlon of or navigable rivers an and lands land adjacent thereto an order may be mado made authoriZIng authorising such mining to be carried on Oil without requiring the construction construction construction con con- of any restraining or impounding Impounding impounding im Im- im- im pounding works or any Settling ettling re- re sei The real purpose e of oC the measure as explained b by Mr 1 is 18 l t. t ti authorize authorise an and empower the debris chrls commis ion ion to order that hydraulic mining may be caned on without first going soing to a needless s nee le expense of buil building ln dams ams barriers batTlers etc where here the mining can be he done lone without in injuring In- In jilting juring the thu navigation tl on Of or ers rJ 01 ci I lands In Iii the vicinity As Its the law now stands in every ery instance In Instance Instance In- In stance where mining is done a petition petition peti pet tion mu must t first be he presented to the the- commissioners s who llo have the right to make mak inquiry into all of the tile conditions con con- existing but wh whether lher or not nota a dam am shall hall be e built hullt remains in Iii their inch discretion If It the they deem one necessary necessary sary ar then thc they prescribe the thc character of 0 It and anil how it shall bo constructed If T. on the lie other ther hand han they conclude e no darn dam Is It- necessary aury to Issue an order ordet to mine without one on It is forty fotij he no purpose pur pur- pose hose of or removing these obstacles that tha the bill hlll was passed Ila d. d |