Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-06-14

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in width, six feet deep, and an aver
age current Of one mile per hour. 1t
shall be the duty of said company to
keep the same in suitable repair and
condition, so that every occupant and
owner of lands within the fowage of
said canals shall, during every sea
son, be able to procure a proportion
ate share of water for irrigation, for
which said company shall have the
rightto demand and collect reasonable
tolls or compensation. But nething
herein contained shall be so con
strued as to preclude said company
from supplying water for other pur
poses, for which they shall be enti-
tied to demand and receive just COM
pensation. That for tho purpose of
aiding in the construction of said
canals and bitches there is hereby
granted to said company every al
ternate section within the limits of
the above described territory Of land
that is practicable to irrigate; said
land to be selected from the even
numbered sections, and to be taken
from sections and parts Of sections
of the surveyed land of the United
States not heretofore granted, re-
served or sold, or to which pre-
emption or homestead claims
have not been proved and
established according to the laws of
Congress, mineral lands being ex-
cepted from this grant. That as
soon as said corporation shall file in
the Department of the Interior map
designating the lines of canals and
bitches, as near as may be, the Sec
rctary of the Interior shall there
upon cause the lands hereby granted
within said limits to be withdrawn
from market; and that the sections
and parts of sections Of land which
by such grant shall remain to the
United States within said limits OF
this grant shall not be sold for less
than double the minimum price OF
the public lands where sold, nol
shall any Of said lands become sub
! ject to private entry until the same
have been first offered at public salt
: at the increased price. Said com
q pany shall also have the right tt
t construct dams across any of th'
e rivers and streams at any convenien
4 and practicable points, and use th'
d waters of said rivers and stream
S in aid of and as auxiliary to sal,
r canals and bitches. That the Sur
r, yeyor- General of Idaho Territory, o
G any other person the Secretary @
+, the Interior may select, is hcreb
: constituted commissioner to selec
d the lands to which said compan
n shall be entitled under the provision
s of this act, and shall, after said map
d have been filed in the Interior De
Is partmcnt, proceed to select sal
rs lands, and report a map thereof t
ID said department; and when said CON
n missioner shall be satisfied that
lie section of canal has been complete
+, in the manner required by the prt
k visions Of this act, covering by it
a, flow land equal to one township, h
st shall forward a certificate of sue
le fact to the Secretary of the Interio
n accompanied by plat of such con
e, plete section. whereupon said Seer
or tary of the Interior shall cause
ad patent to be issued to said compan
d. for sections of land to which it sha
in be entitled for such completed Sc
nd ton of canal or ditch; and in lii
ID manner said company shall therea
IL ter receive a patent for every sue
of section of completed canal or dito
lr- until the last section of said canal
id ditch, being one township or les
ect shall have been completed as requir'
ca by this act; and if said canals
to bitches, covering all the land pra
MS, ticable to be irrigated within II
nd aforesaid boundary lines, shall n
IN be completed by the first day of Jul
md 1892, then the lands hereby granite
es- and not already patented to sa
ute company, shall revert to the Unit
Iall States and be disposed Of as 9th
md public lands.
ck, SEC. 3. That said Surveyor-Gt
nav eral or any one else while acting
of such commissioner shall receive
cts, reasonable compensation and
and necessary expenses, to be paid
ver said company.
ASS SEC. 4. That the right is here
oc- expressly reserved to Congress to
IS amend the provisions of this act
and to secure the benefits designed to
un conferred upon the owners and
side cupants of said lands.
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