Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-01-28

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
- Washington. December Fl, 1908 Public notice
Reclamation Act of June IT, 1902 (32 Stat, 1881,
notice is hereby given as follows: Water will be
furnished from The 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
plats of MONTANA PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN:
T. IS N. R. ST E.; 7. 10 N. R. 81 E; T. 10 N, R.
n, r. SO E.; r % NJ. r. S. e.; e. n N. r. So E.:
T. % N, r. SO F.; 7. "a N. R. SO E.: T. 24N., r.
SO E.; T. rs N, R. 50 E. FIFTH PRINCIPAL. ME-
RIDIAN: T. $50 N, r. 104 w.; T. ISL N, r. 10A
W., approved December 9, 1905 by the Secretary
of the interior and on 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 installment of the building and operation and
maintenance charges, may be made under the
provisions OF said Act for the farm units shown
also be made for lands heretofore entered and for
lands in private ownership and the time when
payments will be due therefor is hereinafter sta
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
iect to the provisions of the Reclamation Act is
fixed at the amounts shown upon the uIafs for the
several farna units. The limit of area for which
water right application may be made for lands in
private ownership shall be 160 acres of irrigable
land for each land owner. The charges which
shall be made per acre of irrigable land in the said
entries and for lands heretofore entered or in r-
vate ownership which can be irrigated by the wa
tiers from the said irrigation project are in two
parts follows: l. The building of the irrigation
system, $42. so per of irrigable land payable
in not more than 10 annual installments each not
less than s425 per acre or some multiple thereof.
provided however, that full payment may be made
at any time of any balance remaining due after
certifcation 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. F 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 or not. The
operation and maintenance charge for the rriga-
ton season of 1909 and until further notice will be
$1.00 per acre of irrigable land whether water is
used thereon or not For lands hereafter entered,
the first installment account of the said char
ges for the irrigable lands shown on these pIats
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
ment being not less than $5.25 per acre The sec
ond installment shall be due and payable on De-
cernber 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 installment shall be due
and payable December 1, 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 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 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 |, 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 or any subsequent Year,
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
stalln1ent for operation and maintenance shall be
credited on account of the installment of said
charges for the subsequent year Tf any INSTALL
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 Reclama-
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 r.
S. Reclamation Service assigned to the Lower Vel
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 privilege is
availed 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
Secretary of the Interior.
First publication Ian. 81