Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-15
GIVES AID TO
THESETTLERS
'"ss VIII Enable state to Take
>s''s's"s STATE Examiner ExpIains Law
Carey Land Act.
r. II. RAY DISCUSSES MEASURE,
Asst state Examiner Explains the Law
s"e"'s nose Who Have Ex.
hausted Homestead Rights.

having approved house bill 222. which
mas as its primary purpose the en-
aoling OF the state take advantage ol
the Carey land act, great interest Is
manifested in the measure.
THE principal features of the hill
said Assistant State Examiner. F. II
Ray, ARE that while the state will
De enabled under the act to take ad
vantage of the provisions of the so
called Carey act, passed by the nation.
al congress, no liability can be Great.
ed against the state under any circum.
stances.
Again, those persons who NAV have
lest their rights under the homestead
and desert laws may, under certain
conditions, still secure homes and land
from the government, even though
Indirectly. That this will prove of
great benefit to many, have no doubt.
Provisions Of Act.
1.-THE bill provides that parties de-
string such aid shall incorporate as a
cooperatice irrigation association for
the purpose of reclamation by their
own labor of arid lands open to reser-
walton under the said acts of congress
and of the settlement upon said lands.
Each member shall subscribe to one
share of the stock for each forty-acre
tact of land to be filed upon and re.
claimed by him, and the total number
OF shares issued by such association
shall be limited to one for each forty
acres of land filed upon.
After the articles of incorporation
are filed with the secretary Of state.
the fee for which shall be IS, the as
ISOLATION may apply to the Carey land
act board for aid, and it shall be the
duty of the state engineer or his as
sistant. under such rules and regula-
tons as the board may adopt, to in
vestigate the proposed project and if
found feasible, to prepare the maps
and data required for reserving the
land under the Carey act and subse-
quently to furnish the association with
the engineering plans necessary for
reclamation and to exercise a general
supervisory control over their execu-
ton.
Can Reserve Land.
Thereupon the said board shall, If
in the judgement of the state engineer
the reclamation of such land is feas.
ible and practicable, cause the same
to be reserved and contract with the
United states, subject to the same
limitations as hereinbefore provided,
for the reclamation of the same. The
association shall pay the United States
land office fees for the reservation
of the lands, and Immediately after
contract shall have been entered into
with the United States, shall pay the
United States land office rs cents per
acre filing fee for each acre reserved.
When all or any part OF said land has
been reclaimed, the board shall apply
for patent for same, provided that all
cash outlay required for obtaining
patent shall be paid to the board by
the association Immediately
AFTER water has been available for
irrigation of said lands for four sea-
sons the association shall, not later
than Nov. / of said fourth season pay
to the Carey land act board such ad-
ditional amount, not exceeding 81 per
acre, as may have been agreed upon
between said board and such associa-
ton before the reservation was made,
for all said land patented to the state,
and thereupon deeds snail be issued
by the state to each Of the stockhold-
ers of said association having settled
upon any of said land, for SO many
acres as their stock may entitle them
tc respectively.
State Issues Deeds.
after the state has obtained pat
ont it may issue deeds at any time
when the land is paid for, in tracts
of not less than forty acres nor more
than 100 acres to any stakeholder des-
ignated by the association, being a
settler upon any of said lands.
Water rights for said land shall
be appurtenant to and inseparable
from the legal subdivision for which
il was appropriated
"The bill also provides" continued