The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-02-08
Newland's Irrigation Bill.

Be it 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 Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mex
leo, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming, beginning with the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and One including the surplus
of fees and commissions in excess OF al
lowances to registers and receivers, and
excepting the five per centum of the
proceeds of the sales of public lands in
the above states set aside by law for ed
ucational and other purposes, shall be,
and the same are hereby reserved, set
aside and appropriated as a special
fund in the treasury, to be known as
the proclamation fund.-" to be used in
the examination and survey for and the
construction and maintenance of irriga
ton works for the storage. diversion
and development of waters for the re-
clamation OF arid and semiarid lands in
the said states and territories, and for
the payment of all other expenditures
provided for in this act:
Provided, that in case the receipts
lands other than those realized from
the sale and disposal of lands referred
to in this section are insufficient to meet
the requirements for the support of ag-
ricultural colleges in the several states
and territories, under the act OF August
Both, eighteen hundred and ninety, en-
titled ian act to apply "a portion of the
proceeds of the public lands to the more
complete endowment and support of the
colleges for the benefit Of agriculture
and the mechanic arts, established un-
der the provisions OF an act of congress
approved July second, eighteen hun
dred and sixtytwo," the deficiency, if
any, in the sum necessary for the sup
port OF the said colleges shall be pro-
vided for from any moneys in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. .. That the secretary of the
interior is hereby authorized and di
rected to make examinations and sur
veys 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 beginning
OF each regular session as to the results
of such examinations and surveys, CIV
ing estimates of costs of all contem-
plated works, the quantity and location
of the lands which can be irrigated
therefrom and all facts relative to the
practicability 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 in
terror may, IL his discretion, withdraw
from public entry the lands required
for any irrigation works contemplated
under the provisions OF this act, and
shall restore to public entry any of the
lands go withdrawn, when, in his judg-
ment, such lands are not required for
the purposes of this act; that public
lands which it is proposed to irrigate
by means of any contemplated works
shall be subject to entry only under the
provisions of the homestead laws in
tracts of not less than forty nor more
than one hundred and sixty acres, and
shall be subject to the limitations,
charges, terms and conditions herein
provided: Provided, That the commu
tation provisions of the homestead laws
shall not apply to entries made under
this act.
SEC 4. That upon the determination
by the secretary of the interior that
any irrigation project is practicable, he
may cause to be let contracts for the
in part, providing the necessary funds
therefor are available in the reclama-
ton fund, and thereupon he shall give
public notice of the lands irrigable un-
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entry, which limit shall represent the
acreage which, in the opinion of the
secretary, may be reasonably required
for the support of q family upon the
lands in question; also of the charges
which shall be made per acre upon the
said entries, and upon lands in private
ownership which may be irrigated by
the waters of the said irrigation pro-
ject, and the number of annual INSTALL
ments, not exceeding ten, in which
such charges shall be paid and the time
when such payments shall commence
The said charges shall be determined
with view of returning to the recla-
nation fund the estimated cost of con-
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