Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
TO PROTECT IRRIGATION INVEST
MENT.

In our issue of Saturday last we pub
llshed the address of Col. Stevenson to
the late Transmississippi Congress
relative to an Act to promote the
settlement and disposal of the public
lands of the United States" We also
published the resolution concerning
this bill as passed by both the Trans
mississippi Congress and the National
Irrigation Congress since held at Lin
coin, Neb.
Today we publish n copy of the bill
itself which by inadvertence had been
mislaid at the time of the publication
of the resolution:
AN ACT to Promote the Settlement
and Disposal of the Public Lands
of the United States:
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled:
Section /. That the right of way
through the surveyed and unsurveyed
public lands of the United States for
reservoirs, canals or other conduts of
water to be used for the purposes of
irrigation, manufacturing, transporta-
ton or domestic water supply, is here
by granted to any citizen of the United
States or association Of such, or any
duly Incorporated company formed for
the aforementioned purposes under the
laws of any state or territory, which
shall have filed, or may hereafter file,
with the secretary of the Interior n
copy Of its articles Of Incorporation
and due proofs of its organization un-
der the same. TO the extent of the
ground occupied by the high water
flow line of the reservoir and of the
a
each side of the marginal limits there
of also the right to take from the
public lands adjacent to such reservoir,
canal or other water way, material.
earth, timber and stone necessary for
the construction thereof.
Sec. 2. The privileges hereby granted
shall not be construed to interfere with
the control of water for any purposes
under the authority of the respective
states or territories.
Sec. 3. That any citizen, corporation
or association desiring to secure the
benefits of this act, shall. within twelve
months after the survey and location
of its reservoir, canal or aqueduct, file
with the register of the land office for
the district where such land Is located.
n map of its reservoir, canal or aque-
duct for approval by the secretary of
the Interior, and so much OF said sur
vey and locations as are on surveyed
| lands shah at time of filing be noted
! upon the official plats in said land Of
fee, and thereafter ALL such lands over
which such rights of way shall pass.
shall be disposed of subject thereto,
unless the application shall be dsap-
proved by the secretary of the Interior
Such reservoirs, canals or aqueducts as
are located on unsurveyed lands shall
be connected by traverse with an es-
tabllshed corner of the public survey
Whenever any person or corporation,
in the construction of any reservoir
canal or aqueduct Injuries or damages
the possession of any settler on the
public domain, the party committing
such injury or damage shall be liable
to the party injured for such injury or
| damage.
Sec. 4. That the provisions of this act
shall apply to all reservoirs, canals or
a1ueduets heretofore or hereafter CON
structed. whether constructed by cor
poratOns. individuals or associations
of individuals. on the filing of the GER
titlcates and maps herein provided for
If such canal, reservoir or aqueduct
has been or shall be constructed by an
individual or association of individuals
1t shall be sufficient for such individual
or association of individuals to file
with the secretary OF the interior, and
with the register of the land office
where said land is located, map of
the line of such reservoir, canal or
auueduct as in case of n corporation,
with the name Of the Individual owner
or owners thereof. together with the
articles of association, II any there he
Plats heretofore filed shall have the
benefits of this act from the date of
their filing ms though filed under IL:
Provided, That " any section of said
reservoir, canal or aqueduct shall not
I've completed within i've years after
the location thereof. the rights herein
granted shall he forfeited