Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-18
NEW IRRIGATION BILL.
Text of the Bill Granting Rights Of Way
for Canal Purposes,

for Canal Purposes.
WASHINGTON, September 17th-Follow-
ing is the full text OF an important bill
passed by the Senate yesterday, brief men
tion of which was made by the Associated
Press:
Right.of.way through the public lands of the
United States is hereby granted to any canal or
ditch company formed for the purpose OF irriga-
tion only, organized under the laws OF any State
or Territory, which shall have filed with the
Secretary of the Inferior COPY OF the articles
ct Incorporation, and due proofs of the organi-
za,ion under the same, 10 the extent of the
ground occupied by the water of the canal and
its laterals, and fifty feet on each side of the
marginal limits thereof; also, the right to take
from the public lands.adjacent TO the line of the
canal or ditch, material, earth and stone neces-
sary for the construction of such canal or ditch.
Section 2 Any canal or ditch company de-
string TO secure the benefits of this Act shall,
within twelve months after the location of ten
miles of its canal, if the same be on surveyed
lands, and If upon unsurveyed lands within
twelve months after the survey thereof by the
United States, file with the Register of the Land
Office for the district wherein such land is To-
Gated map of its canal or ditch, aud upon the
approval thereof by the Secretary of the lnte-
rior, the same shall be noted upon the plats in
said office, and thereafter all such lands over
which such right of way shall pass shall be dis
posed of subject to such right of way. When
ever any person or corporation, in construction
possession of any settler on public domain, the
party committing such injury or damage shall
be liable to the party injured for such injury or
damage.
Section 8. That the provisions of this Act shall
apply to all canals and bitches heretofore or
hereafter constructed, whether constructed by
corporations or individuals, On the filing of
certificates and maps herein provided for if
such ditch or canal has been or shall be con-
structed by an individual or association of f1.
dividuals, 1t shall be sufficient for such indivd-
ual or association of individuals to file with the
Secretary of the Interior and Register of the
Land Office where such land is located map OF
the line of such canal or ditch as in the case of
corporation with the name OF the individual.
owner or owners thereof, together with the
articles of the association. il any there
be. The places heretofore fled shall have the
benefits or this Act from the date of their filing,
as though filing after it: provided, that if any
section of said canal shall not be completed
within five years after the location of said sec
ton, the rights herein granted shall be forfeited
as to any incompleted section of said canal or
ditch to the extent that the same is not COM
pleted at date of forfeiture.
Section 4. That nothing in this Act shall
authorize such canal or ditch company to oc-
eupy such right of way except for the purpose
of said canal or ditch, and then only so far as
may be necessary for the construction, main
tenance and care of such canal or ditch