Arizona republican., 1901-03-01
THE NEWLANDS BILL.

To authorize the construction of res
 ervoirs for the storage Of water and
 for other hydraulic works for the
 reclamation of the public lands with
 In the arid and semi-ar!d land states
 and territories.
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United states of America in Congress assembled, That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in the arid ai.d semi-arid states and territories b ginning with tho fiscal year ending June thirtio.h. nine teen hundred ana enc. excepting those set aside by law for educational pur- pUscs, shall be reserved and set aside for the creation of a fund In the treas ury, to he known as the "arid land reclamation fund for the construction of reservoirs and ,ther hydraulic works for the storage and diversion of water for tho irrigation and reclamation of arid land.
 See. 9 INhat t,re secretary of the ln- terfor. by means of the director of the geological survey. be, and hereby ls. directed to continue the examination of that portion the arid region of the United States where agriculture is carried On by means of irrigation as to the advantages for the storage of water for irrigating purposes. of the pracu Cability of constructing reservoirs, to- gether with the capacity of the streams and the cost of construction and GU. pacity of reservoirs. Id suh other facts as bear on the question of stor- age of water for irrgatlng purposes as required by the act approved March twentieth. eighteen hundred 6s1 eighty -eight, and also to investigate the practlcability of diverting large rivers by means of tunnels or other works. and of providing supplies by means of arteslan wells.
 Sec. 8. That the director of the ge. ologlcal survey shah from time to time make reports to the secretary of the ir.erior as to each of various proposed reservoirs, dlvertlng canals, o- other methods of procuring water. said re. ports to show the locS tiO1, cost of con. struction, quantity and location Of such land as can be irrigated. as well as the other fact relative to tae practi- cability of the enterprise.
 Sec. 4. Taat upon the fllirg of such report the secretary Of the interior may. in his discretion. withdraw f.. n public entry the lanls requii i for res- crvolr or other hydraulic works. t. gcther with the public lands winch 1t is proposed Co irrlsate from such Orks.
 Sec. .. That upon the Geternlna- ton by the secretary of the interior that each of the said projects of re- Slamation is practicable he shall caus' tO be let. upon proper public notice contracts for the construction of thf same in whole or in part payments tt be made from the arid reclamation fund: Provided, That no such con tract shall be let until the necessary funds are available: And provided fur thsr. That in all construction worl eight hours shall constitute a day. work and none but citizen labor shal be employed.
 Sec. 6. That upon the completion O. each irrigation project. the total cos thereof shall be ascertained and tn amount divided pro rata ptr acre O the lands to be irrigated thereby. anC that said amount shall be made { charge against the lands as the cost O a right 10 the use of water from sal, system of irrigation, and that sal, pubfs lands shall be subject to hone stead entry. after noticJ by the secre tary Of the interior. upon the cOndi ton that in addition to the require ments of the homestead act the entry man shall make payment to the gov .r ( ts. right as above ascertained. said pay ment to be made in not to exceed tel annual installments, and each entry man shall be limited to the entry an settlement of eighty acres, or suc lesser amount as the secretary of tn interior may designate. and the mon eys thus received shall be covered int the arid land reclamation fund: Pro vid5d Further, That the right to tn use of the water shall be perpetual appurtenant to the land irrigated. an beneficial use shall be the basis, th measure, and the limit of the right
 Sec. '. That in case the water thu provided shall be more than sufIicien for the reclamation of the public land: or if land in private ownership ha been found by the survey above au thorized to be better suited for tn utilization of the stored or divide waters. or if there is a sufiiclency fo both. then the right to use such. wate may De sold at the rate as above as certained and under the same terms but no water right shall be granted any landowner or occupant Tor a amount exceeding eighty acres, Tn proceeds of such sales shall be covere into the arid land reclamation fund.
 Sec. 8. That the following shall b considered as arid land and semi-ari land states and territories within tn meaning of this act; Arizona, Call fornia, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas. Mon