Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-10-14


may condemn such lands according to !;
the provisions and requirements of the :
Act OF Congress approved July :, I
1854, entitled, can act to amend an
act emitted AN act to aid in the con-
structlon of railroad and telegraph j.,
hue from the Missouri river to the Pa
cltic ocean, and to secure to the gov
ernment the use of the same for pos =
tai, military and other purposes APP
proved July l, 1862"
SEC. :. That the said company
shall have the right to construct said
main canals sufficiently v large to afford
a wattr-level 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 The same in suitable repair and
condition, so that every owner and oc-
cupant of lands within the fowage of
said canals shall, during every season,
be able to procure 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
as 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 de scrbed territory
Of land that is practicable to irrigate;
said land to be selected from the ever.
numbered sections, and to be taken
from sections and parts of sectlons 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 en-
2 cepted from this grant. That as soon
), as said corporation shall file in the De-
S partment of the Interior map deslg.
: mating the lines of canals and bitches,
: as near as may be, the Secretary OF
:, the Interior shall thereupoE cause the
e lands hereby granted within said lin
it's to be Withdrawn from market; and
d that the sections and parts OF sections
j. of land which by such grant shall re-
) main to the United States within said
v limits of this grant shall not be sold
d for less than double the minimum
l. price of the public lands where sold
,r nor shall any of said lands become sub
g iect to private entry until the same
,e have been first offered at public sal'
= at the increased price. Said compan,
ar shall also have the right to construc
Sc dams across any of the rivers an.
le streams at any convenient and pract'
o. cable points, and use the waters Q
De said rivers and streams in aid of an
ne AS auxiliary to said canals and bitches
id That the Surveyor-General OF ldah
he Territory, or any other person tn
as Secretary of the Interior may selec
On is hereby constituted commissions
er to select the lands to which said con
an panv shall be entitled under the prt
he vision of this act, and shall, after sal
I'D maps have been filed in the lnterl'
ms Department, proceed to select sal
ow lands, and report map thereon
oe- said departments; and when SAID con
lie missioner shall be satisfied that Sc
he ton of canal has been complete
Ike in the manner required by the prov
en s;ons of this act, covering by It's tio
at land equal to one township, he sh'
to forward certificate of such fact
IDS the Secretary of the Interior, accot
Use panied by a plat of such compile
on section. whereupon said Secretary
the the Interior shall cause patent to
as issued to said company for sections
est land to which it shall be entitled
md such completed section of canal
anv ditch: and in like manner said co
on pany shall thereafter receive pate
nch for every such section OF comp'e'
nal canal or ditch until the last section
for said canal or ditch, being one TOW
val ship or less, shall have been &C
ON. pleted as required by this act; an'
t to said canals or bitches, covering all
oute land practicable to be lrrlga
ans within the aforesaid boundary lir
Inds shall not be completed by the +
COL col, day, day Of Of July, 1892, the" the La
alter hereby granted, and not already
ut to ented to said company, shall rever
ans, the United States and be disposed
and as other public lands.
,nels SEC. 8. That said Surveyor -Gen
teral or anv one else while acting as
fow. commissioner, shall receive a rease
and ble compensation and his neces
ut to expenses, to be paid by said c
ublic pany. .,.,o.o,.,
ma. SEC. 4. That the right is hereby
r the presslv reserved to Congress te :
mails, amend the provisions of this act
main secure the benefits designed tx
have conferred upon the owners and o
S and pants of said lands.