The Arizona sentinel., 1904-06-29
withdraw from entry, except under the homestead laws, any

pubic lands believed to De SQS- ccptibla Of irrigation from said
 works: Provided: That all lands entered and entries made under
 the homestead laws within areas so withdrawn during such with
 drawal shall be subject to all the
 provisions, limitations, charges,
 terms and conditions Of this act; that said surveys shall be prose cutes} diligently to completion, and upon she completion thereof, and of the necessary maps, pIans and estimates of cost, the Secre- tary of the interior shall deter
 mine whether or not said project is pyacticabls and advisable, and # determined to be impractical
 bic or unadvisablc, he shall thereupon restore said lands to entry; that public lands which it is proposed to irrigate by means ofany 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 limita
 tions, charges, terms and con-
 ditions herein provided: Provid- ed, That the communication pro-
 visions of the homestead laws shall not apply to entries made
 under this act.
 Sec. 1. That upon the deter
 mination by the secretary of the interior that any irrigation pro-
 ject is practicable, he may cause to be let contracts for the con- structiOn of the same, in such portions or sections as it may be practicable to construct and complete as parts of the whole project, providing the necessary funds for such DOT tions or sections are available in the reclamation fund, and there upon he shall give public notice of the lands irrigable under such project, and limit of area per entry, which limit shall repre- sent the acreage which, in the opinion Of the secretary, may be reasonably required for the sup port of a 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 project, and the number of annual install ments, not exceeding ten, in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such pay ments shall commence. The said charges shall be determined with a view of returning to the recla- nation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project, and shall be apportioned equita- bly,: Provided, That in all con- struction work eight hours shall constitute a days work, and 10 Mongolian labor shall be enl- plOyed thereon.
 Sec. ,. That the entryman upon lands to be irrigated by such works shall, in addition to compliance with the homestead laws, reclaim at least one-half of the total irrigable area of his entry for agricultural purposes, and before receiving patent for the lands covered by his entry shall pay to the government the charges apportioned against such tract, as provided in section four. No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for q tract exceeding 160 acres to any one land owner, and no such sale shall be made to any land owner unless he be an actual bona fde resident on such land, or occupant thereof resid- ing in the neighborhoOd of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all pay ments therefor are made. The annual installments shall be paid i to the receiver of the local land office of the district in which the land is situated, and failure to