Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

lands reclaimed. a. required ~ tbe
NationaI irrigation Act
SAVE THE PUBLIC LANDS FOR
uOME1IAKERS-
& That rot another acre ~ the prs
lc lands shall ever hereafter Be
granted 20 any state or territory for
any purpose wh1 t-o,svcr. o. 20 any one
other than an actual settler who has
built his home on the land and Hved
on it Tor Eve years. and that no more
land scrip % any kind shall ever -
issued. aud that the Desert Land Law
and the Communication Clause % the
Homestead Law shall DE- made % con
form 90 the recommendations Of the
Public Lands tomm,ssior appointed
I by President Roosevelt AID % the
I Message ~ the President - Congress
PLANT FORESTS AND CREATE
FOREST PLANTATIONS.
T. That TIE Timber and stone Law
shall DE- repealed. and thar an pub
7 ic timber lands shall b. Included "a
I permanent Forest Reserved the flsie
+ ro tho land 20 De forever retained ~
the Rational Governments. sfGmpare
only of maturcd timber to be sold.
and young timber Co De preserved for
future cutting. 50 thar the forests win
De- perpctuafed by right use. aud
that the National Government shall.
by the reservation OF purchase OF ex-
listing forest lands and the planting
20 new forests. create in every state
National Forest Plantations from
which. through al the years % come.
"a sufficient supply - wood and timber
can hc annually harvested 70 supply
the needs 81 the people ~ each state
.f.aF Hr.
state.
! | CONTROL AND USE OF THE
GRAZING LANDS.
:. That all unlocnted public lands
not otherwis. reserved shall ~ 20
served from iocntion or entry under
any law except the Homestcad law.
and shall he embraced ln Grazing Re-
serves under the control 81 the Sscre-
tary OF Agriculture. who shall a., en-
powered 90 issue annual Llccnses "a
. craze stock ln said Grazing Reserves.
Z but such licenses shall never BE- issued
FOR "a longer period than one year ou
agricultural lands or Ave years uu
|, grazing lands ana al lands Clas-iticd
y rs grazing lands shall be- subject tC
rehabilitation at the end of every hvs
Years. that no leases 90 the pubiis
graEing lands shalt ever BE- made by
= thc National Government. and thai
The area 81 the homestead entry shat
. never under ans circumstances be en-
hrlod 90 cXcVsd itn acres.
4. RESERVE STATE LANDS FOI
.c HOMESTEAD SETTLERS
y o That the public hnd states shal
~ administer the state lands under
id system similar % ana n harmon
So with thc national public land system
n shalt enact State Homestead i.a'
for the settlement ~ lands owrcd p
it the state. ana that state lands -ha
.ic oc disposed 80 only % actual SETTLER
,d untlcr such law. aud that ALI stat
h.. LANDS shall af au times remHin oIs'
LAD to Homestead Entry
o. UNITED OW NENSufF OF Ian
.ut AID WATER
TO That u shall De- the law ~ evei
G state and ~ the United States. th
.t- beneficial use ID the basis. the mca
.rl urc. and the limit 90 an rights
-e water. Including riparian rights. al
that the right to the use ~ water
irritation shall lnhcrn ln and - a
purteuant to the land Irrigated. 80 On
IN thc ownership 81 the land and Z
water shalt he united. and no right
of watcr as speculative commod
1850 ever hc acquired. held or owned
'ef- RIGHT OT APPROPRIATION r.
BENEFICIAL Use
fb, H. That 10 shall be the law 81 ev,
r.a state and of thc United States. q
lion an unused ans unappropr.nted wat
...l ar. pnhlc property suhIect 90 app
INST rrIaton Tor % ueneucii- use. ll7t
fenf um" n"ln- nr-t in right ANA 'n'i'
of mn Interstate streams. priority ~
.r,. .hau -isc priority of right throu
out the entire course or the stre,
, without re-ard CD state lines
flrt Boo clrh drainage basin The
gators therein shall control the dis
"' button OF the water.
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