Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-28

last week.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house OF representatives of the United
states OF America in congress assem-
bled, 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. Oklahoma,
oregon, South Dakota, Utah. Wash
ington. and Wyoming, beginning with
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1901,
including the surplus of fees and com
missions in excess of allowances to
registers and receivers, and excepting
the D per centum of the proceeds of
the sales of public lands in the above
state set aside by law for educational
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 re
clamation fund" to be used in the eX-
animation and survey for and the con-
struction and maintenance of irriga-
ton works for the storage, diversion,
and development of waters for the re-
clamation of arid and semi-arid lands
in the said states and territories, and
for the payment of all other eXpedi-
lures provided for in this act:
Provided, That in Ease the receipts
from the sale and disposal of lands re-
ferred to in this section are INSULT
cient to meet the requirements for the
support of agricultural colleges in the
several states and territories. under
the act of August 80, 1890, entitled AN
act to apply a portion of the proceeds
of the public lands to the more COM
plete endowment and support of the
colleges for the benefit of agriculture
and the mechanic arts, established II n
der the provisions of an act of con-
gress approved July 2, 1852 the de-
hciency. if any, in the sum necessary
for tie support of the said colleges
shall he provided for from any moneys
in the treasury not otherwise appro-
pTiated.
Beginning Of Work.
Section 2. That the secretary of the
interior is hereby authorized and IA
rected to make examinations and sur
veys for, and to locate and construct,
as herein provided, irrigation WORKS
for the storage, diversion, II develop
ment of waters, including arteslan
wells, and to report to congress at the
beginning of each regular session as TO
the results of such examinations and
survey s., EANllA tolllllalN0 VI Wv VI III
contemplated works, the quantity ana
location of the lands which can oe ir-
rigated tnerefrom, and all facts rela-
tive to the practicability of each irri-
CATION project; also the cost of works
in process of construction as well as OF
those when have been completed.
Sec. 3. That the secretary of the in
terror shall, before giving the pnbllc
notice provided for in section 4 of this
act, 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 so withdrawn
when, in his judgment, such lands are
not required for the purposes of this
act; and the secretary of the interior
is hereby authorized, at or immediate
iy prior to the time of beginning the
surveys for any contemplated lrrlga'
ton works. to withdraw from entry,
except under the homestead laws, any
public lanus believed to be susceptible
of irrigation from said works; Pro
vided. That all lands entered and en-
tries made under the homestead laws
within areas so withdrawn during such
withdrawal shall be subject to all the
provisions, limitations. charges, terms,
anu AOllNllAlOl VI AAlo ~ NA'N
veys shall be prosecuted diligently to
completion, and Upon the completion
thereof. and of the necessary maps,
plans. and estimates of cost, the secre-
tary of the interior shall determine
whether or not said project is practical
bic and advisable, and if determined to
he imDraCticable or unadvisable he
shall thereupon restore said lands 10
entry: that public lands which 1t 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 40 nor more than l60 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 MS act.
Letting of Contracts, Etc.
Sec. 4. That upon the determine
ton uy the secretary of the interior
nat any irrigation project is practlca
BILE. he may cause to be let contracts
for the construction of the same, IL
such portions or sections as 1t may he
practicable to construct n complete
as parts of the whole project; provld
ing the necessary funds for such por
lions or sections are available in th'
reclamation fund, and thereupon M
shall give public notice Of the lands
~irrigable fndeT such project, and hmi
of AREA per entry, which limit shal
represent the acreage which, in the
|oninion OF the secretary, may be rea
sonahly required for the support of
family upon the lands in question
also of the charges which shall be
made per acre upon the said entries
ana upon lands in private ownership
which my be irrigated by the waters
OF the said irrigation project, and tn
number of annual installments, not eX
ceedIng 10, in which such charge.
shall he paid and the m when sucl
payments shall commence. The SAT-
charges shall be determined VITA
view of returning to h reclamation
fund the estimated cost of construc
a., Of 10 nrpipct and shall be dOpOI