Show GARFIELD RULES ON TION L Secretary of the Interior Rendel's Renders Ren Ren- Ren- Ren ders dels Opinion Affecting Public Lands Washington May Mar 1 James l. James R. R Carfield GarIeld Gar Gar- field secretary of or the In Interior rendered an n opinion today holding that lands lauds subject to homestead entry and lands in 11 n private were the on only I lasses classes of ot lan lands s for which water ma may maybe maye be e supplied for Irrigation works und r r rhe the he of the reclamation act d This opinion is of ot great Importance to o sections where state land i Is 11 i cd d In government irrigation projects It IC f tho the title of lands lying under an any irrigation is not in the United States such lands as far Car as thc they como come within the thc benefits of the act must be considered con con- as lands in private ownership The reclamation act requires a private owner ouner of ot land receiving water from a a. government project to live on the land landor or be an occupant of ot the thc land and re reside reside roside ro- ro side In the neighborhood Tho The secre secre- secretary tar tary fixed the limit of or dl nc tom f-tom tho land nt at 20 O miles I |