Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-01
Department of Interior.


April 27, 1908. The Secretary of the
Interior has just issued the following public
notice:
Water will be furnished from the Willis
ton irrigation project. North Dakota, under
the provisions of the Reclamation Act. in
the irrigation season of 1oos for the irri-
gable land shown upon farm unit plats of
Township 154 NJ. Ranges 100 and 1o1, w.,
and Township 155 n. Range 100 West.
approved April a. 1905, and on file in the
local land Office at Williston, N. ID.
Homestead entries, accompanied by ap-
plications for water rights and the first in
stallment of the building and operation and
maintenance charges, may be made under
the provisions of said act for the farm units
shown on said plats. Water right applica-
tions may also be made for lands heretofore
entered and for lands in private ownership,
and the time when payments become due
therefor is hereinafter stated.
The limit Of area per entry. representing
the acreage, which, in the opinion of the
Secretary of the Interior. may be reason
ably required for the support of family
on the lands entered subject to the provis-
ions of the Reclamation Act. is fixed at the
amounts shown upon the plats for the sew
eral farm units.
The limit of area for which water right
application may be made for lands in pri-
vate ownership shall be 100 acres of irr-
gable land for each land owner.
The charges which shall be made per
acre Of irrigable land in the said entries
and for lands heretofore entered or in pri-
vate ownership which can be irrigated by
the waters from the said irrigation project,
are in two parts. as follows:
1. The building Of the irrigation system.
$38 per acre of irrigable land, payable in
not less than nor more than 10 annual
installments, each not less than $3.50 per
acre
2. For operation and maintenance at
tice, divided as follows:
(a) A fixed charge for operation and
maintenance of 70 cents per acre of irri-
gable land whether water is used or not; and
(b) An additional charge for operation
and maintenance Of 50 cents per acre foot
Of water actually pumped and delivered
for irrigation in any year.
The first installment on account of tn
said charges for all irrigable lands entered
hereafter. whether wa,er is used thereon
or not. shall be due and payable for the
season of 1908. at the local land Office at
Williston. N. D., at the time of entry and
filing water right application, the total pay
ment being not less than 81. 50 per acre for
building the irrigation system and for the
fixed charge for operation and maintenance.
The additional charge for operation and
maintenance of 50 cents per acre-foot of
water furnished will be due and payable
when the next installment of the building
charge is due.
The instaliment for the second year shall
be due and payable May I. 1909, at the
same place. and for subsequent years on
or before May I, of each year. at the same
time and place. For lands in private own
ership or heretofore entered, the first in
stallment of the charges for building and
the fixed charge for operation and MAIN
tenance. whether or not water right appli-
cation is made therefor or water is used
thereon. shall be due and payable at the
same place. May I, 1908. The additional
charge for operation andssmaintenance OF
50 cents per acre-foot of water furnished
will be due and payable one year later.
For all applications for water rights for
lands hereafter entered, filed after June
IS in any year the building and operation
and maintenance charges as herein provid.
ed shall be collected at the time of filing
but so much as may be paid on account OF
operation and maintenance shall be a cred
it on account of the instailment the nexl
year.
The regulation is hereby established thai
no water will be furnished in any year un
til all operation and maintenance charges
for preceding years have been paid, in
clading the fixed charge and the charge
for water furnished.
The charges herein provided for may
for the convenience of applicants be paid
to the special fiscal agent of the U. S. Rec
lamation Service for the project at this
Office, for transmission to the receiver OF
the local land Office on or before the date:
snecified herein for payments at the .locaI