The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-28
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Secretary's Once. Department Of the
. Interior. Washington, D. G., Novem-
..ber Is, 1907.
In pursuance OF Section 4 Of the
Reclamation Act Of June II, 1902, (32
Stat. 38S) notice ID 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, tor the
|irrigable land shown upon farm unit
plats Of
T..65 N. R. SO w, Wyoming.
z. IS N, r. 80 W.. Wyoming.
y. So n, r. 100 w, Wyoming.
4. S. N, r. 50 w, Wyoming.
approved September Is 1907, by the
Acting Secretary Of the Interior and
on file in the local land emce 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, Is
hxed, 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 Right IN
~r].eation may be made for larJs in
private ownership shall be 100 acres
If iSn6 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 a be irrigated by the
waters from the said irrigation project
are in two parts, as follows:
/. The building Of the Irrigation
system, $$45' per acre Of irrigab.e land,
payable in not less than S 40 more
than 10 annual installments. each not
less than $3.50 per acre.
2. For operations and maintenance,
which will. as soon as the data are
available, be fixed in proportion to the
amount Of water Used, with q mini
mum charge per jrrigable acre whether
water Is used thereon or not. The
operation and maintenance charges
for the irrigation season Of 1908 and
until further notice will be $1.00 per
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 for
lands heretofore or hereafter entered,
and for lands in private ownership, the
total payment being not less than $3.50
Ter 1cre.
The building charge for subsequent
| 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 31.O0 per acre Of
irrigable land per annum, shall be due
and payable at the same time and
place. The second lnstallment Of the
charges shall be due and payable at
the local land office on or before De
cember !, 1868.
For all water right applications fled
in any years on or before June is, the
charges shall be collected for that IT.
rigation season; but when the filing
Is 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
stal1ment for the next year.
The charges herein provided for,
may, Tor 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 at
the local land of1ce.
Very respectfully,
JAMES RUDOLPH GARFIELD,
Secretary Of the Interior.
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