Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-10-15

!a1os ana the said company shall not
be able to agree upon the value of the
land as taken. hen the said company
may condemn such lands according to
the provisions and requirements of the
Act OF Congress approved July 2,
1854, entitled, "An act to amend an
act entitled AN act to aid in the con.
structlon of railroad and telegraph
line from the Missouri river to the Pa
clhc ocean, and to secure to the gov
ernment the use of the same for DOS.
tai, military and other purposes ap-
proved July l, 1862"
SEC. 2. That the said company
shall have the right to construct said
main canals sufficiently large to afford
a wattr-ievel at least sixty feet in
width, six feet deep, and an average
current of one mile per hour. 1t
shall be the duty of said company to
keep 'he same in suitable repair and
condition, so that every owner and oc-
cupant of lands within the fowagc of
said canals shall, during every season,
be able to procure a proportionate
share of water for irrigation, for which
said company shall have the right to
demand and collect reasonable tolls
and compensation. But nothing
herein contained shall be so construed
rs to preclude said company from
supplying water for other purposes,
for which they shall be entitled to de-
mand and receive just compensation.
That for the purpose of aiding in the
construction of said canals and bitches
there is hereby granted to said COM
pany every alternate section within the
limits of the above described territory
of land that is practicable to irrigate; !;
said land to he 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, reserved or
sold, or to which pre-emption or home
stead 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 De-
partment of the Interior map desig
mating the lines of canals and bitches,
as near as may be, the Secretary OF
the Interior shall thereupor cause the
lands hereby granted within said lin.
it's to be Withdrawn from market; and
that the sections and parts of sections
of land which by such grant shall re.
main 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
nor shall any Of said lands become sub
ject to private entry until the same
have been first offered at public sale
. at the increased price. Said company
shall also have the right to construc
} dams across any Of the rivers ant
) streams at any convenient and practi
cable points, and use the waters O
} said rivers and streams in aid Of an(
, as auxiliary to said canals and bitches
That the Surveyor-General Of ldah'
} Territory, or any other person tn
) Secretary of the Interior may select
l is hereby constituted a commissions
r to select the lands to which said com
, pany shall be entitled under the pro
? vision of this act, and shall, after sal
| maps have been filed in the lnterio
S Department, proceed to select sal
v lands, and report map thereof
said department.; and when said CON
e missioner shall be satisfied that a sec
e ton of canal has been complete
e in the manner required by the prov
a sions of this act, covering by its flo
t land equal to one township, he sha
0 forward certificate of such fact
s the Secretary of the Interior, accom-
e panied by a plat of such comple'
n section, whereupon said Secretary
e the Interior shall cause patent to t
S issued to said company for sections
It land to which it shall be entitled ft
d such completed section of canal
Y ditch; and in like manner said con
l. pany shall thereafter receive patel
h for every such section of complete
Il canal or ditch until the last section
n said canal or ditch, being one tow
l. ship or less, shall have been cor
l. pleted as required by this act; and
% said canals OF bitches, covering all tt
e land practicable to be lrrigate
Is within the aforesaid boundary line
Is shall not be completed by the fir
J. day of July, 1892, then the lan'
er hereby granted, and not already pa
10 ented to said company, shall revert
S, the United States and be disposed
ID as other public lands.
Is SEC. 8. That said Surveyor-GeneI
al or anv one else while acting as su
", commissioner, shall receive a reason
ID BILE compensation and his necesss
to expenses, to be paid by said col
ic pany.
a. SEC. 4. That the right is hereby
he pressly reserved to Congress to
Is, amend the provisions of this act as
~ secure the benefits designed to
We conferred upon the owners and OCT
i'd pants of said lands.