Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-05-04

ects, have any definite knowledge
of the meaning, application and pur-
poses of the acts of congress, and
the statutory procedure which has
developed among the several west
ern states, commonly referred to
as The Carey Act" Carey act
projects are now common in all the
arid-land states and there is con-
slant demand for information as to
the workings of the system.
1t is not the purpose of this arti-
Gle to attempt any complete analy-
sis thereof, but merely to present
such general features of the work
ings of the system as will answer
the demand for information of the
casual inquirer Those who desire
to go deeper into the subject will
find the study of the laws and
regulations contained in this story
sufficient and complete, with respect
to the state of Nevada The Nevada
act, approved March II, 1911, is
believed to be the best now in
force in any western state, embody-
ing the best features of the laws
of Idaho, Colorado, Montana, Wyo-
ming and Utah, with additional pro-
visions tending to limit the oppor-
tunities for mismanagement and
fraud
Congress, in 1894, passed an act
granting to each of the arid land
states one million acres of desert
lands, situate within each such state.
subject to the states selection from
any of the unappropriated public
domain. There were certain condi-
tions and requirements attached to
the original grant and these have
been modified to some extent by
the subsequent acts of congress
and also interpreted by the regula-
tons of the department of the inte-
rior. These laws and regulations
define the governments part in the
procedure. and every detail of which
must be complied with,
But in carrying out the govern
ment requirements, the states have
had to pass laws to comply with
the same and to afford a statutory
procedure which the applicant for
Carey act lands must needs follow
in order to fulfil the government
requirements, as well as to afford
the states the benefits which con-
ress intended should accrue to
them, States which have exhaust
ed the first million acres granted
have in certain instances been
granted one or more additional mil
lion acres. Nevada received a sec
ond millionaire grant by the act
of congress approved March 4, 1911.
The benefits derived by the state
from the operations of the law are
two-foid. First, it is entitled to fix
a selling price upon the lands to
actual settlers in tracts not exceed,
ing 100 acres to each entryman, and
place the proceeds in trust fund
for the reclamation of other desert
lands in such state" and, second,
the benefits direct and indirect de-
rived from the reclamation and col
onization of its wastes.
1t will surprise many to learn
that no land is acquired by any
person, company or corporation con-
Quoting Carey act project, unless
OF natural person. he should be-
come an entryman, and in which
case 100 acres would, be the maxi
mum acreage he might acquire. The
Carey act projects are: per Sc, rec
lamation projects, undertaken to
supply water for the irrigation of
given tract of land, and when com
pleted the person, company or cor
poration conducting the same de-
fives his or its profits from the
sale of the water rights to settler
on lands, An application for a.
temporary withdrawal of lands
means that the applicant proposes
to irrigate the lands requested to
be withdrawn from public entry, and
desires time to make the necessary
surveys, maps, plats, determinations
and specifications to comply with
the government requirements. The
object of the temporary withdrawal
is to protect the applicant frora in
reference by persons attempting to
acquire lands within the project
other than through the procedure
established for Carey act projects
The applicant, either previously
to, or simultaneously with, his ap-
plication to the commission for Il
temporary withdrawal, must file with
the state engineer an application or
a water right commensurate 10 the
acreage, and its approval By The
state engineer is necessary con-
dition of the granting of thu ap-
plication. The effect of the tempo
rary withdrawal is simply to with