Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-01-21
OF rHE INrERIoR.

TIE p A r M u N Il OF The INIERIOR,
0Washington. December q, 1903. Public notice
In pursuance of the provisions of Section OF the
Reclamation Act of June II, 1902 (32 Stat, 1881.
notice is hereby given as follows: Water viii be
furnished from he Lower Yellowstone Project,
Montana-North Dakota, under the provisions of
the Reclamation Act in the irrigation season of
1909 for the irrigable land shown on farm unit
r. IS NJ. R. 81 E.; T. 10 N. r. ST E.; T-19 NJ, r.
IS EFT. 20 N. R. So E; T. q N, R. SIS E.. T. q
N, r. SO E.; 7. % n, R. So E.; q NJ. r. 50 E.;
60 e.; r 25,Nf., r. So e. FIFTH PRINCIPAL Me-
RIDIAN: T. $50 N, r. 1O4 W.; T. Isl NJ. r. 104
w, approved December 9, 1903. by the Secretary
of the Interior and file in the local land offices
at Glasgow and Miles City, Montana, and Willis
ton North Dakota. Homestead entries, accom-
panied by applications for water rights and the
first instalment of the building and operation and
maintenance charges. may. be made under the
provisions of said Act for the farm units shown
on the said plats. Water right applications may
also be mad. for lands heretofore entered and for
lands in private ownership and the time when
payments will be due therefor is hereinafter sta
ted. The limit of area per entry, representing
the acreage which in the opinion of the Secretary
of the Interior, may be reasonably required for
the support of a family on the lands entered sub
ject to the provisions of the Reclamation Act is
fixed at the amounts shown upon the plats for the
several farm units. The limit of area for which
water right application may be made for lands in
private ownership shall be $50 acres of irrigabIe
land for each land owner. The charges which
shall be made per of irrigabe land iii the said
entries and for lands heretofore entered or in pri
vate ownership which can be irrigated by the wa
tiers from the said irrigation project are In two
parts as follows: l. The building of the irrigation
system, s42 so per acre of irrigable land, payable
in not more than 10 annual installnents, each not
less than $425 per acre, or some multiple thereof,
provided however, that full payment may be made
at any time of any balance remaining due, after
eertification has been made by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office that full and satisfac-
tory compliance has been shown with all the re-
quirements of the law as to residence cultivation
and reclamation. 2. or operation and mainte-
nance, which will. as soon as the data are avail
able be fixed in proportion to the amount of water
used with minimum charge per acre of irriga-
BILE land whether water is used thereon not. The
operation and maintenance charge for the irriga-
ton season of 1909 and until further notice will be
$40 per acre of mrigable land whether water is
used thereon or not. For lands hereafter entered
the first instalTnent account of the said char
ges for the irrigable lands shown these plats
land Office at Glasgow or Miles City. Montana or
Williston, North Dakota, at the time of entry and
of filing water right application, the total pay
ment being not less than rs per acre. The Sec
end installrnent shall be due and payable on De-
cember Of the following year at the same place.
Subsequent installments shall be due and payable
on December / of each year at the same place. For
lands in private ownership and for lands hereto
fore entered the first igstalrnent shall be due
and payable December |, 1909. and the INSTALL
ments for 1910 and subsequent years shall be due
and payable on the same date and at the same
place. The first installment of the charges for
all irrigabe areas shown these pats, whether
or not water right application is made therefor or
water is used thereon, shall be due and payable as
herein provided The regulation is hereby estab-
lished that no water will be furnished in any year
until all operation and maintenance charges then
due shall have been paid. Accordingly, no water
will be furnished for the irrigation season of 1910
for any lands unless the portion of the INSTALL
ment for operation and maintenance due and pay
able on or before December l, 1909, has been paid
on or before April i, 1910, and in like manner no
water will be furnished in any subsequent irriga-
ton season unless payment has been made on or
before April of that year of the portion of the
instalnent for operation and maintenance which
was due and payable on December of the preeed-
ing year. For all applications for water rights
filed after June Is in 1909 or any subsequent year.
tion and maintenance, S5.25 per acre, must be paid
at the time of fling, but the portion of the in
stallment for operation and maintenance shall be
credited on account Of the installment of said
charges for the subsequent year. IL any INSTALL
rnent of the charges shall not have been paid in
full on or before December / of the year subse-
quent TO that in which it is due and payable as
herein provided, it shall then become delinquent
and under the terms of Section of the Recama-
ton Act the entry an water right application
shall be subject to cancellation with the forfeiture
of any moneys paid thereon. The charges herein
provided for may for the convenience of appii-
cants be paid to the Special Fiscal Agent of the IT,
lowstone project, for transmission to the Register
and Receiver of the local land Office at Glasgow or
Miles City, Montana. or Williston, North Dakota,
on Or before the date specified for payments at
the local land Offices: but in case this ivieRe IS
ayailed Of the necessary charges for transporta-
ton of the cash. as determined by the Special Fis
cal Agent, must accompany the payment of the
water right charges. JAMES RUDOLPH
GARFIELD, Secretary of the Interior.
First publication JAN 81.