Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-05-12
THE CAREY ACT

Carey act by Charles H. Norcross,
state commissioner o. industry,
agriculture and ir rigation. will Ia
of interest to those who cen
template taking up land under the
p rovisions of that act:
What the Carey act is. how it will
be applied in Nevada, and the pro
cedure of reclaiming & the 1000. .OOC
acres of public desert lands granted
the state by congress. is the subject
of bulletin No. 2, just issued b,
the new Nevada bureau of in
dustry, agriculture and irrigation.
The bulletin contains AZ pages OF
printed matter relative to the
Carey act. including government
and state laws. the regulations of
the interior departing mt and of the
state commission. and a complete
explanation of its workings. II
will be mailed to any address on
request of the bureau at Carson
City. inclosing two cent stamp to
cover postage.
There is no act Of congress, of
equal Importance to the arid land
states, concerning which there is
less popular information, or, to
speak plainly, more misconception
nf its intent and purpose. While
the arid land states about us have
applyed the law extensively the
past ten years, the inception of its
application in Nevada dates back
but little more than a year At
the present time Nevada is at
tracing great attention as a field
of exploitation under. the Carey
act and already projects and APP
plications involving more than a
million acres of land are on file
in the division of Carey act lands,
under the new bureau.
ut will surprise many to learn"
says the bulletin. that no land is
acquired by any person, company
or corporation conducting a Carey
act project" for the reason that
Carey act projects are. per sc,
reclamation projects undertaken to
supply water for the irrigation of
a given tract of land and W hen
completed the person. company
or corporation conducting the same
derives his profits from the sale of
the water rights to the settlers on
the lands" The land under each
reclamation project is set apart by
the national government to the
state and under tn G. terms of the
new law the state, through the
commission, fixes a price of not less
than so cents an acre nor more than
81 per acre upon the lands, the
proceeds of which goes into a trust
fund in the state treasury, and
which, under the act of congress,
can only be used for the reclama-
tion of other desert lands in the
state.
The FIVE STAGES OF A CAREY
ACT PROJECT.
|. The application for the
water right in the office of the
state engineer.
2. The application for the
temporary Withdrawals of the
lands proposed to be reclaimed by
the water right from disposal to
any other applicant under any
state or limited Safes land laws, for
the period of one year, to enable
the applicant to perfect his survey,
maps, pIats and determinations in
form and detail as required by the
interior department before approx.
inga segreation of the lands to the
state.
]. The application Ton the COM
pletion of the foregoing surveys,
etc., for complete segregation of
the lands, which, when approved
by the secretary of the interior,
sets apart such lands, under state
control, to such irrigation project
d. The execution of a contract
with the state, within three months
after notice of such approval.
covering the constru ction of the
irrigation works; one.tenth COM
pleted the first year and the whole
completed within three years after
the contract date.
5. The sale of the lands by the
state, and the water rights by the
contractor as,the irrigation works
are completed to deliver water