The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-01-08


of interest to local project land own
ers as well as to all residents of gov
eminent projects everywhere.
(Seryice Order No. 221.)
Regulations for postponement of
reclamation charges in case of dam
age to or destruction of crops.-1.
Water users on reclamation projects
whose growing crops are damaged
or destroyed by hail and who for
this reason are unable to make pay
ment of the building charges under
the Reclamation Act, which would
become delinquent at the time of the
next installment thereof became due.
may, in the discretion of the Secre-
tary of the Interior. be allowed a
postponement Of such charges, but
no such postponement shall be for
more than one year or extend be-
yond the ten-year annual payment
period, the time within which the
water-right charges are required to
be paid. No application will be con-
sidered from any water user who is
delinquent in the payment of any
reclamation charges.
2. Application for postponement
must be made through the project
manager or project engineer, upon
the form prepared for the purpose,
stating that the water user is unable
to pay the building charges SO be-
come delinquent, and shall give in
detail la description OF applicants
land, length of residence thereon,
description of improvements and a
statement of their value; tb) serial
number of the water-right applica-
ton, with the amounts paid on ae-
count, respectively: of the building
and the operation and maintenance
charges for the several years in
which installments of such charges
were due; (c) the irrigable acreage
for which water was available for
the current year; Id the number
OF acres under cultivation and the
crops to which cultivated; (e) state
ment as TO the cause of destruction
or damage of crops and date when
loss occurred; 90 number of acres
and the nature of the crops destroy
cd or damaged; Cd statement of the
condition Of the crops before des-
troyed or damaged, with estimated
total yield II destruction or damage
had not occurred; (h) actual yield,
II any, and estimated loss in money.
}. The project manager will for
ward such application with his re-
port and recommendation through
the supervising engineer to the Dl-
rector OF the United States Reclama-
tion Service
4. The Director of the Reclama-
tion Service will make suitable rec
ommendation thereon TO the Secre-
tary of the Interior,
(seryice Order No. 229.)
Requirements as TO residence by
private land owners.-Under the
provisions of the Act of August 3,
1912. Public No. 256. the owner of
private lands within the limits of a
Reclamation Project, who has made
application for water, must reside
upon the land or in the neighbor-
hood until he shall have cultivated
and reclaimed the land to the extent
required by the reclamation act,
made payment of all charges then
due. and received the final water
right certificate authorized to be is
sued by the said act. After the IS
suance of such a final water right
certificate the land owner or his
qualified assignees are not required
10 reside upon the land or in the
neiehborhood but must continue the
payment of building and betterment
charges until full and final payment
OF all amounts due on that account
has been made. whereupon the land
will be relieved of the lien provided
for in Section of the said Act, ex-
cept insofar as il shall relate to the
annual charges for operation and
maintenance.
Under the provisions of Section 3
OF the said act neither a private land
owner nor his assignee may hold
and receive water for land in excess
of the limit of single ownership for
which a water right may be pur-
chased, In no case exceeding 160
acres, before full payment of all in
stallments of building and better
ment charges.
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