Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-14
GOVERNMENT NOTICES
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DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR; /
Washington. May s. le9. Public
Notice-Pursuant TO the provisions OF
4 Of the RoclamatioH Act of June
n, 1892 $50 stat, 1851. noticeds hereby given
as follows: Water will be furnished from
the Shoshone Project, Wyoming. under the
provisions Of the Reclamation Act In the
lands in the second unit shown on farm
unit plats OF townships IS and IS north,
ranges rs and % west sixth principal mer-
idian. approved May 1. 1893. by the Sec
rotary of the Interior and on file in the
local land office at Lander, Wyoming.
Homestead entries, accompanied by appli-
cations for water rights and the first in
stalment OF the water-right charges, may
be made on and after May %, 1909, begin
Ming at o'clock a. M, under the pro-
visions Of said Act for the farm units
shown on said plats. water-right s%pplica-
lions may also be made for lands hereto
fore entered and for lands In private
ownership. aud the time when payments
will be due therefor Is hereinafter stated.
The register and receiver OF the local land
office at Lander. Wye, will be present at
Powell, Wyo., on the date Of the opening
and for five days thereafter. and viii re-
ceive entries and water-right applications
at that place. Warning Is hereby expressly
gwen that no person will be permitted to
gain or exercise any right whatever under
any settlement or occupation began prior
TO May %, 1909, on any land which prior to
TINS notice was subject TO a withdrawal
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ment or occupation Is hereby forbidden,
The limit of area per entry, representing
the acreage. which in the opinion of the
secretary OF the Interior may he reason
ably required for the support of a. family
on the lands entered subject 10 the pro-
visions of the Reclamation Act. Is fixed
al the amounts shown on the plats for the
several farm units. The limit of area for
which water-right application may he made
Tor lands In private ownership shall be $50
acres of irrigable land for each land
owner. The nhnpunC which G1nn ha made
per acre of irrigable land In the said
entries and for lands heretofore entered or
In private ownership are in two parts as
follows; "a. The building OF the irrigation
system. $6 per acre Of irrigable land, pay
able IN not more than ten annual install
ments. each payment not less than $4.60
or some multiple thereof, per acre. Full
payment may be made at any time of any
balance OF the building charge remaining
que, after certification by the commissioner
or the general land office that fun and
satisfactory compliance has been shown
with all the requirements OF the law as to
residence, cultivation and reclamation.
%. For operation and maintenance for
the irrigation season of 1909 and annually
thereafter until further notice, S10 PEI
acre of rrigable land, whether water f.
used thereon or not. As soon as the
maintenance charge will be fixed In pro-
portion to the amount of water used, with
a minimum charge per acre of irrigable
land, whether water Is used thereon or not.
All entries made hereafter for any of the
land described. whether for lands not here
toiore entered, or for lands covered by
prior entries which have been Cancelled by
relinquishment or otherwise. shall be ac-
companied by applications for water rights
In due form. and by the first instalment
or the charges for building, operation and
maintenance, not less than $3.50 per acre
of irrigable land. The second instalment
shall become due on December l OF the
following years. Subsequent instalments
shall become due on December / of each
year thereafter until fully paid. For lands
in private ownership. and for lands here
tofore entered the first instalment of the
said charges shall become due on Decem.
Der 1, 1909. The second instalment shall
be due on December /, 1910. Subsequent
instruments shall be due on December
OF each year thereafter until fully paid
Entries and water-right applications fileC
In 1910 and subsequent years must. in ad
ditton to one full instalment of the charges
be accompanied by an amount equal to tn
portions of the instruments Of prior year,
for operation and maintenance, which woult
have been payable had the entry and ap
plication been made in 1909. The first in
stalmerit OF the charges for all irrigabl
areas shown on these plats, whether or no
water-right application Is made thereto
payable as herein provided. The regulatio
is hereby established that no water will b
furnished in any year until the portion
for operation and maintenance of all in
stalments then due shall have been paid
Accordingly, no water will be furnishe
for the irrigation season of 1910 for an
lands unless the portion for operation an
maintenance of the instalment due on O
before December 1, 1909, has been paid. al
In like manner no water will be furnishe
In any subsequent irrigation season unit
payment has been made Of the portions Q
the instruments for operation and mair
tenance beginning with the year 1909. the
remaining due and unpaid. Failure to pa
any two instruments of the charges whe
due, whether on entries made subject to Oh
reclamation act, or on water-right applica
lions for other lands, shall render sue
entries and the corresponding water-rigf
applications, II any, or the water-right az
plications for other lands, subject to car
! collation., with the forfeiture of all right
under the exclamation act, as well as {
any moneys already paid. All charges mu'
be paid at the local land office at Lande
Wyo. The charges may, for the CONVEX
fence of applicants, be paid to the speech
fiscal agent of the United States reclam'
tion service assigned to the Shoshor
project, for transmission to the regist'
and receiver of the local land office on
before the date specified for payment
the local land office; but in case this priv
lege is awaited of. the necessary charg'
for the transportation of the cash, as d
termined by the special fiscal agent, mu
accompany the payment of the waite
i right charges. FRANZ PIERCE, Actir
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