The Arizona sentinel., 1910-04-07
Yuma Indian Reservation
Lands.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Washington, january u, 1910.


Pursuant to the provisions Of Section
4 of the Reclamation Act Of June II,
1902 (32 Stat, $685. notice is hereby
given us follows:
l. Water will be furnished from the
Yuma project, California, under the
provisions Of the Reclamation hCt, in
the irrigation season of 1910. for the
irrigable lands shown on farm unit
pla's of rs Il and IS S, II, % r., $. b.
NJ, approved Decembe -, 1863, by
the Secretary of the Interior and on
file in the local land office az las An
geles, California, ard the lands will be
open to entry and settlement in accord
ance herewith.
2. Warning is hereby given that no
person will be permitted to gain or
exercise any rights whatever under
any settlement or occupation begun
prior t" April l. 1910, on any land
covered by this notice, and all such
settlement or occupation is hereby for
hidden. 1t is not necessary to make Il
personal inspection of the land on the
Reservation. Entries may be made
directly by selection from the plats on
file in the Los Angeles land Office. the
eutries in such case, however, being
made at the risk of the entryman.
3. Homestead entries accompanied
by applications for water rights and
the first installment of the charges may
be made at the local land office in Los
Angeles, California, on and after March
l, 1910, beginning at 9 o'clock u. M,
under the provisions of said act, and
the act of April Il, 1904 (33 Stat. pa
for the farm units shown or said plats.
Water-right applications may also lie
made for lands in private ownership,
and the time when payments will be
due therefor is hereinafter stated.
4. The limit of area per entry, rep
resenting 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
subject to the provisions of the T;ecla-
nation Act, is fixed at the amounts
shown on the plats for the several farm
units.
5. The limit of area for which water.
right application may be made for
lands in private ownership shall be l6C
acres of irrigable land for each land
owner.
6. The charges which shall be made
per acre of irrigable land in the said
entries are i'll three parts, as follows:
(a) The value Of the lands be-
fore reclamation, so per acre for the
total area in each entry, as required
by Section % of said act of April 2l
1904, payable in not more than ter
annual installments, the first of which
shall be ST. per acre, and the remain
ing installments at the rate Of S pei
acre per annum until fully paid.
tb) The building Of the irriga
ton system, 500 per acre of irriOable
land, payable in not more than ter
annual installments, the first of whici
shall be $3.50 per acre and the re
naming installments at the rate O
$3.50 or some multiple thereof pei
acre. Full payment may he made a
any time Of any balance of the build
ing charge remaining due after GER
tification by The Commissioner of the
General Land Office that full! anC
satisfactory compliance has beer
shown with all the requirements o
the law as to residence, cultivation
and reclamation.
(c) For operation and mainlen
ance for the irrigation season of 1910
and annually thereafter until furthe
notice, 81 per acre Of irrigable land
whether water is used thereon O
not. As soon as the data are availa
BILE, the operation and maintenance
charge will be fixed in proportion u
the amount Of water used with a min
mum charge per acre of irrigabl
land whether water is dsed thereon
or not.
7. The charges which shall be mad'
per acre of irrigable land in private
ownership are those above stated 70
homestead entries, except that the por
ton of the charge for the value of tn