The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1894-09-07
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tn. Tex. Of the 6.r.y Act, Passed !, Con on.

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Tho TEXT OF the Carey Act, Passed BY Con
gress.
Following is the full text Of Senator
Carey's bill which was adopted as q
part of tile sundry civil appropriation
bill: ~, $500
"That to aid the public land statestn
the reclamation Of the desert lands
therein. and the settlement cultivation
and sale thereof ID small tracts to act
unl settlers, the secretary Of the inter-
dent, be, and hereby ID authorized ana
empowered, upon proper application Of
| the state to contract and agree, from
time to tinx,, with each Of the states
In which there may be situated desert
lands us defined by the act entitled,
An net to provide for the sale of des-
ert land In certain states and terrific
rics,' approved March 3, 1887, and the
act amendatory thereof, approved
March 3, 1891, binding the United
States to donate, grant and patent 10
the state free of cost for survey or
price, such desert lands, not exceeding
one million acres In each state, rs the
state may cause TO he irrigated, re-
claimed, occupied, AMI not less than
20 acres of each 100 acre tract cult
waited by actual settlers, within ten
years next after the passage of this
net, us thoroughly us Is required Of cit
liens who may enter under the said
desert land law.
Before the application Of any state
IL allowed or any contract or agree
ment IL executed or any segregation OF
any of the land from the public do
main is ordered by the secretary OF the
interior. the state shall file map Of
the said land proposed to be irrigated,
which shall exhibit IL plan showing the
mode of the contemplated irrigation
and which plan shall be sufficient to-
thoroughly irrlgate and reclaim said
land and prepare 1t to raisc ordinary
agricultural crops and shall also show
the source of the water to be used for
irrigation and reclamation, ana the
secretary OF the interior may make
necessary regulations for the reserva'
ton OF the lands applied for by the
states to date from the date of the
filing of the map and plan of irriga-
ton, but such reservation shall be OF
no force whatever II such map and
plan of irrigation shall not be APP
proved. That any state contracting
under this section is hereby authorized
TO make all necessary contracts TO
cause the said lands to be reclaimed.
and to induce their settlement and cul-
tivatlon In accordance with and sub
ject to the provisions of this section;
but the state shall not be authorized
TO lease any OF said lands or TO use or
dispose of the same In any way what
ever, except to secure their reclama-
ton, cultivation and settlement.
"As fast us any state may furnish
satisfactory proof according TO such
rules and regulations rs may be pre-
scribed by the secretary of the inter
Tor. that any of said lands are irri-
gated, reclaimed and occupied by act
uni settlers, patents shall be issued 10
the state or Its assigns for said lands
so reclaimed or settled: Provided.
that said states shall not sell or dis
pose of more than 100 acres of said
lands to any one person, and any sur
plus Of money derived by any state
from the sale OF said lands in excess
of the costs OF their reclamation shall
be held us Il trust fund for and be
applied TO the reclamation of other
desert lands in such state. That to
enable the secretary Of the interior TO
examine any Of the lands that may be
selected under the provisions OF this
section. there Is hereby appropriated
out OF any moneys In the treasury. not
otherwise appropriated, $1,000.