Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-01-11
NtwlAsDS IRRIGATION BILL.
Full Text Of the Committee BIll for Rcclama-
tion of Arid lanGs.

House of Representative OF the u.
S. of America in Consress assembled,
| That all moneys received from the
sale and disposal of public lands in
| Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Mexico, North Dakota, Okla
homa, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington and Wyoming, begin
ming with the fiscal year ending
June 20, 1907, including the surplus
of fees and commissions in excess OF
allowances to Registers and Recelv-
ers, and excepting the FIVE per
centum of the proceeds of the sales
of public lands in the above States
set aside by law for educational and
other purposes, shall be, and the
same are hereby, reserved, set aside,
and appropriated rs special fund
in the Treasury to be known as the
reclamation fund, to be used IN the
examination and survey for, and the
constru ction and maintenance OF, IT.
rigation works for the storage, d.
version and development OF waters
for the reclamation of arid and semi
arid lands in the said States and Ter
ritories, and for Ethe payment OF all
necessary expenditures provided for
in this act; Provided, That in case
the receipts from the sale and dis
posal of public lands other than those
realized from the sale and disposal
of lands referred to in this section,
are insufficient to meet the require
ments tor the support of agricultural
colleges in the several States and
Territories, under the act of August
90, 1890, entitled AN Act to apply a
portion of the proceeds of the public
lands to the more complete endow-
ment and support of the colleges for
the benefit of Agriculture and the
Mechanic arts. established under the
provisions of an act of Congress, ap-
proved July 2, 1861" the deficiency,
if any, in the sum necessary for the
support of the said colleges shall be
provided for from any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated.
SKc. q. That the Secretary of the
Interior is hereby directed to make
examinations and surveys for, and
to locate and construct, as herein
provided, irrigation works for the
storage, diversion and development
of waters, including artesian wells,
and to report to Congress at the be-
ginning of each regular session as to
the results OF such examinations and
surveys, giving the estimates of cost
of all contemplated works, the guam
) tity and location of the public lands
which can be irrigated theretrom,
! and all facts relative to the practical
bility of each irrigation project, also
the cost of works in process of con-
struction as well as of those which
! have been completed.
SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the
Interior may, in his discretion, with
III a w Jill fopAiS SAiNi tiiN AdhNb
required tor any irrigation works
contemplated under the provisions
of this act, and shall restore to pub
! lie entry any of the lands so with
drawn, when, i'll his judgment, such
lands are not required for the pur-
! poses of this act; that lands which
it is proposed to irrigate by means
of any contemplated works shall be
subject to entry only under the pro-
visions of the Homestead law, in
tracts not to exceed eighty acres and
subject to the charges, terms and
conditions herein provided.
SEC. 4. That upon the determina-
ton by the Secretary of the Interior
that any irrigation project is practi-
cable he may cause to be let, upon
proper notice, contracts for the con-
struction of the same, in whole or in
part, payments to be made out of the
reclamation fund Provided, That
no contract shall be let where the
estimates OF the engineers show that
the cost OF the enterprise divided
among the acres irrigable theretrom
will exceed ten dollar per acre
Provided, further, That no such con-
tract shall be let until the necessary
| funds are available, and that in all
construction work eight hours shall
constitute days work and no Asi-
attic labor shall be employed thereon.
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