Arizona republican., 1912-06-21
AN ACT.
Providing for the Issuing Of Patent to Entrymen for Homesteads Upon
 Reclamation Project

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the Unitel States Cf America in congress aS- sembleu That from and after the fil- ing with the commissioner of the gen. eral land office of satisfactory proof of residence and substantial cultivation
 as required by law, patent shall be
 granted and issue to persons who have made or shall make homestead entries within reclamation projects under cer-
 tain provisions of the Act of June seI enteenth, nineteen hundred and two, and also to persons who have made or
 shah make homestead entries under ir- rigation projects of the United States for surplus Indian lands within former Indian reservations, the same as though said entry had been made un- der the general homestead Act. and upon satisfactory proof of such cultiva- tiOn final water-right certificate shall issue to purchasers of water rights for private lands under said act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two: Provided, however, that no patent or water right certificate shall be issued unless at least One-half of the total irrigable area of the entry has been reclaimed for agricultural pur- poses: and all charges then due to the government for building, operation, and maintenance, including drainage, have been paid.
 Sec. 2 That every patent and wa er-right certificate, issued under this Act, shall expressly reserve to the United States a lien on the land pat ented or for which water-right is Cer- tified together with all WaterrightS appurtenant or belonging thereto su- ! perior to all other claims and demands I whatsoever attaching to said lands af- 1 ter the making of the entry for the l farm unit or the filing of the applica- l ton to purchase said water right for said land, for all amounts then due 1 and thereafter to become due to the 1 United States or it's successors in the i control Of the project on account Ot l such entry or water right for building, l operation, and maintenance charges, 1 including drainage charges. Upon de- 1 fault of payment of any amount so due 1 title to the land shall pass to the Unit ed States free of all remembrance sub- l sequent to the entry of the farm unit or the application to purchase water right for the said lands. subject to the 1 right of the defaulting debtor or any 1 mortgage, lien holder. or judgment l debtor to redeem the land within one year after the default shall have been l adjudged by payment of all moneys l due with eight per centum interest and costs. And the United States a it's 1 option may cause land to be sold at , any time after such default is adjuiged. 1 and from the proceeds of the sale there l shall be paid into the reclama tiOn fund 1 all moneys due. with interest as here l in provided and costs. The balance of 1 the proceeds, if any shall be the prop 1 erty of the defaulting debtor: Provided l That in case of a sale after default un- | der this section the United States shall
 be authorized to bid in such land at not 1 more than the amount in default. in l cluding interest and costs. The land 1 acquired by the United States under l this section may be sold at any time l by the secretary of the interior, under such terms and conditions as he may 1 prescribe, at not less than the app
 praised value determined under his di rectiOn. Jurisdiction of suits by the l United States for the enforcement of 1 the provisions of this section, by fore 1 closure CT otherwise, is hereby con- ferr>ed unon the United States district
 court for the district wherein the land
 or any part thereof is situated.
 Sec g. That the secretary of the l interior shall cause record to be kept
 at some convenient place or places | within the limits of or convenient to l each reclamation project. so long as the 1 United States shall continue to operate l the reclamation works, showing for the |, information of the public the amount 1 due at any time on account of any en-
 try made or water right purchased un- 1 der this act: and he shall provide for furnishing copies of such record or of l portions thereof duly authenticated under seal by designated employees of the reclamation service, and for charg- ing and collecting fees for such copies. The copies so authenticated shah be
 admissible in evidence in like manner thentncated under section eight hund
 red and eightY-two of the Revised Statutes Upon full and final pay
 ment being made for all amounts due on account of the building charge to the UnteG States or it's successors in
 control of the project, the United States or it's successors, as the case
 may be, shall issue upon request a cer- tificate certifying that payment of the building charge in full has been made
 and that the lien upon the land has
 been so far satisfied and is no longer
 of any force or effect except as to ar
 nual charges for operation and main tenance.