Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-02-04

ne L ne e N OF THE INTERIOR
I0Washington. December 81. 1908. Public notice
Reclamation Act OF June IT, 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 irrigab1e land shown on farm unit
| plats Of MONTANA PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN:
S. E.: T. 20 N. r. S. E. 81 N, r. IS EFT. Il
N, R. SO E.: T. % N, e. So E.; Il. 22 NJ. SO E.:
7. % n, r. 50 F.; 7: "a n, r. So E.; T, an r.
RIDIAN: T. $50 N, r. 104 W.; T. ISL N, r 1O4
| w, approved December 3. 1908, by the Secretary
Of the Interior and on file in the local land offices
ton. North Dakota. Homestead entries, accom-
panied by applications for water rights and the
first nstallment 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 made for lands heretofore entered and for
| lands in private ownership and the time when
payments viii 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 family ON the lands entered sub
ject to the provisions of the Reclamation Act is
fixed at the amounts shown upon the pIats for the
several farm units. The limit of area for which
water right application may be made for lands in
| private ownership shall be 160 acres of irrigabe
land for each land owner. The charges which
shall be made of lrrigabe land in the said
L.
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, $3.50 per of irrigable land. payable
in not more than 10 annual installments, each not
less than S4.25 per acre, multiple thereof
provided however, that full payment NAV be made
at any time Of any balance remaining due, after
certificatiOn has been made by the Commiss
of the General Land Office that full and satisfac-
tory compliance has been shown with all the re-
quirements Of the law to residence cultivation
and reclamation: z = N operation and nnainta-
nance, which will, soon as the data are a.eaiI-
able, be fixed in proportion to the amount of water
used, with a minimum charge per acre of irriga-
bic land whether water is used thereon or not. The
operation and maintenance charge for the irriga-
ton season of 1909 and until further notice will be
81 90 per acre of irrigable land whether water is
used thereon or not. For lands hereafter entered
the first instaIlment account of the said char
ges for the irrgable lands shown on these plats
shall be paid for the season of 1909 at the local
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
nent being less than $525 per acre. The Sec
ond installment shall be due and payable on De-
cember of the following year at the same place.
Subsequent nsta1lnnents 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 installment shall be due
and payable December L. 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 irrigable areas shown on these plats, whether
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 water will be furnished in any year
until all operation and maintenance charges then
due shall have been paid. Accordingly, no water
will befurnished 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 /, 1909, has been paid
on or before April /, 1870 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
installment for operation and maintenance which
was due and payable on December of the preced-
ing year. For all applications for water rights
filed after June Is in 1909 any subsequent ear
one installment of the charge for building opera
ton and maintenance, $525 per acre. must be paid
at the time of filing, but the portion of the in
talrnent for operation and maintenance shall be
credited on account of the installment Of said
charges for the subsequent year. H any INSTALL
ment of the charges shall not have been paid in
full on or before December l 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 Reclana-
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 appli-
cants be paid to the Special Fiscal Agent of the
s. Reclamation Service assigned to the Lower yell
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 this privilege is
avalled Of the necessary charges for transporta-
ton of the cash, Is 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