The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-14
PUBLIC NOTICE.

". interior, washington, ~. u, NOVem.
der 25, 1907.
In pursuance Of Section 4 Of the
Reclamation Act Of June IL, 1902, (32
Stat. $3.50 notice is hereby given mat
water will be furnished from the $50
shone Project in Wyoming under the
provisions Of the Reclamation Act for
the irrigation season Of 1908, for the
irrigable land shown upon farm unit
plats Of
I. IS Mr.. 90 w. Wyoming.
7. So NJ, r. 80 W., wyoming.
7. 55 N, r. 100 W., Wyoming.
T. 81 N. r. SO w, Wyoming.
approved September Is 1907, by the
Acting Secretary Of, the Interior and
on file in the local land office at Ian.
der, Wyoming, and that homestead en-.
tries accompanied by applications FOR
water right may be made under the
provisions OF the said act for the farm
units shown IN said plats.
The limit Of area per entry, repre-.
senting the acreage which In the opin.
ion Of the Secretary Of the Interior
may be required for the support Of q
family on the lands In question, ID
flxed, for the lands entered subject to
the provisions Of the Reclamation ACT,
at the amounts shown upon the plats
for the several farm units.
The limit for which water rig't up.
p].cation may be made for lar1s N
pr:vste ownership shall be leo acres
IT land for each land owner.
The charges which shall be made
per acre Of irrigable land In the said
entries and for lands In private own.
ership which can be irrigated by the
waters from the said irrigation project
are in two parts, az follows:
/. The building OF the irrigation
system, $45 per acre Of irrigable land,
payable in not less than 5 nor more
than 10 annual installments, each not
less than $3.50 per acre.
Q. For operations and maintenance
which will. as soon as the data are
available, be ixed in proportion to the
amount OF water used, with a mini
mum charge per irrigable acre whether
water is used thereon or not. The
operation and maintenance charges
for the irrigation season Of 1868 and
until further notice will be $500 pei
acre Of irrigable land, whether water
Is used thereon or not.
The first payment on account Of
said charges for all irrigable areas
shown on these plats must accompany
the application for water right TO,
lands heretofore or hereafter entered
and for lands in private ownership, the
total payment being not less than $5.6(
per acre.
mhn h,,t1a9~~ nhorro Gov c,,hcanpani
years shall be due and payable at the
local land ONCE at Lander, Wyoming
on or before December 1, and until
further motto e,the operation and main;
tenance charges Of $1.00 per acre Of
irrigable land per annum, shall be due
and payable at the same time and
place. The second installment Of the
charges shall ne due and payable al
the local land office on, or before De
cember 1, 1909.
For all water right applications filed
in any years on OF before June 10, the
charges shall be collected for that If
rigation season; but when the filing
lis made subsequent to that date In
any year, so much as may be paid on
account Of operation and maintenance
shall be a credit on account OF the in
Estallment for the next year.
The charges herein provided for
may, for the convenience Of entrymen
be paid to and received by the Special
Fiscal Agent OF the Reclamation Serv
ice at Cody, Wyoming, for transmits
sion to the Receiver Of the u. 8. Land
ONCE at Lander, on or before the
dates specified herein for payments a
the local land once.
Very respectfully,
JAMES RODOLPH GARFIELD,
Secretary Of the Interior.
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