Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-22


 for another great irrigation project
 for Arizona. in Yuma county:
 To provide for the irrigation and
 settlement of lands included in the i Colorado river. Indian reservation and I other lands. and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the senate and
 house of representatives Of the united States of America in congress assem- ! bled, That the secretary of the m
 terior in approving the plans and | specifications submitted by the Gree ! ley-Arizona Irrigation company for the
 building of the diversion dam across
 the Colorado river at or near Head
 gate Rock, near Parker, in Yuma County, Arizona, authorized by an Act
 approved March third, nineteen hun
 dred and eleven. and in order to pro
 mote the irrigation and settlement oi
 the lands embraced in the Colorado
 River Indian reservation. in case it
 shall be found possible 10 construct
 an irrigation system capable Of d.
 verting sufficient water. by pumping
 or otherwise, to meet the early re uuirements of this project according
 to plans which will prove acceptable ! to him, may defer the construction ' of the dam and extend the time there
 for, in his discretion, until the said ! construction shall become necessary to best promote the settlement and irrigation of the said lands, or may ! in his discretion, authorize the adop ton of such plans for the diversion or pumping Of water as will effect the said purpose without the said pro posed diversion dam
 Sec 2. That the provisions Of sec tion four of An Act making appro- priation for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun dred and ninety-five, and for other purposes" approved August eight eenth. eighteen hundred and ninety four. and the Act amendato1y thereof. approved June eleventh, eighteen hun dred and ninety-six. respectively, be, and are hereby. extended over and shall apply to the desert lands ID cluded within the limits of the for mer Colorado River Indian reservs- tion in Arizona not included in any forest reservation: Provided, That be fore a patent shall issue for any of the lands aforesaid under the terms os said Act approved August eight
 senth. eighteen hundred and ninety four, and amendments thereto, The State of Arizona shall pay into the treasury of the United States the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the lands so patented, and the money so paid shall be subject to the provision of An Act making apprl- pristions for the current and conun- | gent expenses Of the Indian depart ment and for fulfilling treaty stipuia- | tions with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtietn' : uineteen hundred and three. and for other purposes" approved May twen { ty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two. Sec. g. That the secretary of the interior is authorized and directed 10 i forthwith cause the said Colorado River Indian reservation to be sur yeyed and gubdiVided, and shall tbeL cause an allotment to be made or ten acres of land to each of me lndiahs : belonging on said reservation, ln form l and manner as provided by existing ! laws In relation to the allotment or H. ! dian lands in seyeralty; that the re- mainoer of the irrigable lands ln sueh ! reservations shall be opened to eh' fry and settlement in tracts not eX' 1 ceeding one hundred and sixty acres undsr the provisions of section two hereof and the provision in relation 1 thereto adopted by the State or Arl'
 zona.
 ] Sec 4. That the Greeley-Arizona irrigation company and it's successor and assigns are hereby permitted ana authorized, at their own cost and ex' pense, to survey, locate, and construct such canals, ditches, or other diver'
 siou works from the Colorado river and from either side thereof as are necessary to make the diversion ana
 sppropriations of water in accordance
 with local laws, for the irrigation anc reclamation of said reservation l2nos
 and other lands proposed to be lrrl
 gated: and the company may, Tor lt' own reimbursement, use, and oenent
 dispose of water rights, privileges anC
 easements in and from said irrlgatioi
 works by deed or contract to settlers
 owners, and occupants Of lands, ID
 cIudins the allotted Indian lands; Una
 ss to said allotted lands the price an' terms upon which said water rign
 shall be sold for the use Of said al
 lotted lands and the cost and charge
 for the maintenance and operation o
 said irrigation works shall be subjec
 to the approval of the secretary O
 the interior.
 Sec. 5. That the appropriation o
 fifty thousand dollars made by set ton three of the Act providing for tn
 current and contingent expenses the Bureau of Indian Affairs, al proved April fourth. nineteen hundre and ten, expended by the secretary o the interior for the construction of
 pumping plant to be used for irrigs tion purposes on the Colorado Rive Indian reservation, as in said Act pro
 yided, shall become chargeable to sal
 company; and the said sums shall D
 and constitute a Hen on said pumpin plant and irrigating ditches. and lie upon the dam and ditches constructe by said corporation under the pr1 visions hereof, until the said compan shall have fully reimbursed and pal to the United States the whole of sai | sum of fifty thousand dollars, or s much thereof as shall have been c, Il pended on or before five years fror thA first day of April. nineteen huI
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