Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-12-06
RIGID NEW RULING.
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR TELLS
POWER APPLICANTS WHAT
UNCLE SAM DEMANDS.
RIGHT OF WAY ON THE PUBLIC LANDS
Full and Complete Details of Each
Company Must Be Shown, Also
State Law Governing Water
Rights With Guarantee.

Washington.-Ela Elaborate and minute
regulations governing applications for
rights Of way through the public lands
for power purposes have been issued
by the secretary of the interior. The
new regulations prescribe a most rigid
course to be followed by every appli-
cant for a power permit, especially if
it be an incorporated company, the
following being among the require
ments for interpretations:
Must File Certified Articles.
A copy of its articles of incorpora-
ton, duly certified to by the proper
officers Of the company under its cor
porate seal, or by the secretary of the
state where organized.
copy of the state law under which
the company was organized (if it was
organized under state law, with GER
tificate of the governor or secretary of
the state, under seal, that the same
was the law at the date of incorpora-
ton.
If the state law directs that the ar
ticles of Incorporation or other papers
connected with the organization be
filed with any state officer, there must
be submitted the certificate of such
officer that the same have been filed
according to law, and giving the date
of the filing thereof.
When a company is operating in a
state other than that in which it is in
corporated, it must submit the certifi-
cate of the proper officer of the state
that it has complied with the laws of
that state governing foreign corpora
tons to the extent required to entitle
the company to operate in such state.
Furnish Names Of Officers.
An official statement by the proper
officer, under the seal of the com
pany, that the organization has been
completed, that the company is fully
authorized to proceed with construc-
ton according to the existing law of
the state in which it is incorporated,
and that the copy of the articles filed
is true and correct.
A true list, signed by the president,
under the seal of the company, show
ing the names and designations of its
officers at the date of the filing of the
items by this regulation required.
A copy of the state laws governing
water rights with the certificate of the
governor or secretary of the state that
the same is the existing law.
Pay Rent for Public Lands.
The occupancy and use of the public
lands, otherwise than by transmission
lines, under a preliminary or final
power permit for power sites of more
than 100 horsepower total capacity
except permits exclusively for munic
ipal purposes, for irrigation, or for
temporary construction of project
works, will be conditioned on the pay
ment in advance for each calendar
year of a rental charge calculated from
the rental capacity of the power SITE
at not less than the following rates
per horsepower per year:
For the unexpired portion of the cal
endar year and for the first full cal
endar year of the MISREPRESENTATION
period, and similarly for the operation
period, 1c; for the second full calendar
year of each of said periods, &c; for
the third year, &c; for the fourth year,
4c; for the fifth year, SC; for the sixth
year, &c; for the seventh year, &c; for
the eighth year, SC; for the ninth
year, sc; for the tenth and each sue.
ceeding year, 10c.