The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28

material as is now or may hereafter be lodged
in the tributaries of the Sacramento and San
Joaquin river systems, resulting from mining
operations, natural erosion or other causes
snail be prevented from injuring the SAID naVl-
gable rivers or such of the tributaries OF eltner
as may be navigable and the land adjacent
thereto, is hereby directed and empowered,
When appropriations are made therefor py
law, or sufficient money is deposited tor
that purpose in said debris fund, to build at
such points above the head of Navigation In
said rivers and on the main tributaries thereof
or branches of such tributaries, or at any place
adjacent to the same, which, in the Judgment
OF said commission, Will affect said object lthe
same TO be of such material as will in sure SAFETY
and permanency), such restraining or i'm
pounding dams and settling reservoirs, with
such canals, locks or other works adapted and
required to complete the same.
The objectionable clause which winds
up section 25 of the act which the miners
desire to have amended, reads:
The recommendations contained in eXecu-
i've document numbered 267, Ftty-hrst
congress, second session, and executive docu-
ment numbered 90, Forty-seventh Congress,
1rst session, as far as they refer to impounding
oams or other restraining works, are hereby
adopted, and the same directed to be made
the OASIS OF operations. The sum OF Sl5,0oo
Is hereby appropriated from moneys In the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be
Immediately available to defray the expenses
OF said commission
Prior to leaving the City for his noun
tain home yesterday President Neff caused
the following telegram to be sent to Wash
ington:
Hon. TREY L. Ford, Washington, D. c.: The
particular objection TO section 25, Camlnettl
act, extends only to the adoption OF document
Zo1 and document 80, which are the same IN
erect as document 10, and equally obJee ton
aole All other portions of section 70, being
the same in effect as section 4, are satisfactory
furnish copies OF this telegram to entire dele
cation. J. H. NEFF. President.
JULIAN 6oNNTAG, Secretary.
The agreeable section reads:
That it shall be the duty OF said commission
TO mature and adopt such plan or plans from
examinations and surveys already made and
from such additional examinations and sur
yeys as ii may deem necessary will improve
the nayigability of all the rivers comprising
said systems, deepen their channels and pro-
tect their banks. Such plan or plans shall be
matured with a view OF making the same
effective against the eneroachment OF and
damage from debris resulting from mining
operations, natural erosion or other causes,
with view OF restoring, as near as practl-
cable and the necessities of commerce and
navigation demand, the navigability of said
rivers to the condition existing in 1860, and
permitting mining by the hydraulic process,
as the term IS understood in said State, pro-
vided the same can be accomplished without
injury to the naviga ability of said rivers or the
lands adjacent thereto.
Within sixty days after the notice is posted
the claimant must commence the excavation
or construction of the works in which he in
tends TO divert the water, and must prosecute
the work diligently and uninterruptedly to
completion, unless temporarily interrupted by
SHOWS or rains; provided, that if the erection
OF dam has been recommended by the Cali
fornia Debris Commission at or near the place
where it is intended TO divert the water, the
claimant shall have sixty days after The com
pletion of such dam in which TO commence
the excavation or construction of the works in
which he intends TO divert the water.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect Immediately
from and after its passage.