The Parker post., 1912-06-15
ARIZONA CAREY LAW

Dy the OIdU0 OF Arizona, OIL LIE
benefits of the Act. of Congress re-
garding the Desert Lands, approx
ed August Is, 1894, and the Acts
amendatOry and supplementary
thereof, and to provide for the ad
miniStration, irrigation, reclamation
and disposal of said lands.
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Arizona:
Acceptance.
Section l. That the State of Ari-
Section of an Act of Congress en-
titled ''An Act making appropria-
tions for sundry civil expenses of the
government for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1895, and other pur
pOses," approved August IS, 1894, and
the acts amendatOry thereof and sup
Elementary thereto, known as the
Carey Land Acts, and hereby accepts
the grants of land of said state un-
der the conditions and provisions i'm
posed by the Acts of Congress afOre-
said and all the Acts of Congress
and parts of Acts now or hereafter
enacted by Congress for the reclama-
ton of desert lands within the State
of Arizona and any and all interests
therein, with all the rights and priv
ileges hereunder.
Selection and Disposal of Lands by
Land Board.
Section 2 The selection, manage
ment and disposal of the said lands
ho1 hn nH in nd of
the State of Arizona, which is here
by created or designated for that pltr-
pose, such Board to consist of the
Governor, the State Engineer, Chair
man of the Corporation Commission,
State Auditor and the Attorney Gen
eral
The attorney general of the state
shall be the legal adviser of said
Board
Application to Board for Selection of
Arid Lands.
Section s. Any person, company
association or corporation, desiring to
construct bitches, canals, reservoirs,
pumping plants, operated by water
power, or other power or other
irrigation works, or by com
bination of two or more of
said methods. to reclaim lands un-
der the provisions of this chapter,
shall Gle with the Board an applica-
tion for the selection of the lands to
be reclaimed, designating such land3
by legal Subdivisions. This applica-
ton shall be accompanied by a pro-
pOSal to utilize or extend an irriga-
ton system already constructed or
one in process of construction, or
the rights to construct which have
been acquired or to construct bitches.
canals, reservoirs, pumping plants Op
Grated by water power or other pow
erS, or other irrigation works, for the
complete reclamation of the lands so
designated. The proposal shall be
prepared in accordance with the rules
of the board and rules, practice, and
regulations of the department of the
interior, which shall state the source
of the water supply, whether the
right to the same has been acquired
or is sought to be acquired; the loca-
ton and dimensions of the works al
ready constructed or in the process
OF construction, or the location and
dimensions of the proposed works,
the maximum price and terms per
acre a which the perpetual water
rights shall be sold to the settlers on
the land to be reclaimed, and the
maximum price per acre per annum
for maintenance tax In the case of
corporations, it shall state the name
OF the corporation the purpose of it's
incorporation ana the names and plac-
es of residence of it's directors and
Officers, the amount of it's authorized
and of its paid-up capital If the
applicant is not a corporation, the
proposal shall set forth the name or
names of the parties, and such other
facts as shall enable the board to de-
termine as to their financial ability
TO carry out the proposed enterprise
Certified Check to Accompany
Proposal.
Section 4. A certified check in
such reasonable sum as may be re-
qulred by the rules of the board, not
less than $3.50, shall accompany each
such proposal, the same to be held
as guaranty for the execution of the
contract with the state in accordance
with its terms, by the party submit
ting such proposal, IN case of the ap.
prOval of the same and the selection
of the land by the board, and to be
forfeited to the state in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter
Land Board to Examine Notice
Protest.
Section 5. Upon receipt of such
application and proposal the board
shall examine the same, and if it
does not comply with the regula-
tions of the department of the inter-
ior and rules of the board, it must
be returned to the applicant for cor
rection; but if it does so comply, the
board shall determine whether the
reclamation of the land applied for
can be secured by means of the ir-
rigatiOn system or systems proposed
to be extended to such land for the
purposes of it's reclamation, whether
there are sufficient water rights vest
ed in the applicant, or there is suf-
ficient unapprOpriated water in the
source OF supply, and whether the
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