The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-02
A PUBLIC
NOTICE
Secretary OF Interior Frank
lin K. Lane Issues State
ment of Requirements.
Water Users Must Pay Their Main
tenance by July 23rd or Suffer
Deprivation of Privileges.
washington. d. G.. Jun,

Deprivation of Privileges.
Washington, d. c., June, 1913
On February 26, 1919, the seere-
tary of the interior, acting under
the provisions of the reclamation Act
of June II, 1902 (32 Stat. 1881 and
acts amendatory thereof and supple
mentary thereto, issued an order sus-
pending for the time being the re-
/ quirement that no water would be
furnished under the several projects
as provided by existing public notices
and orders until payment had been
made for operation and maintenance.
This order vas issued because of
the pendaney in the United States
Supreme Court of the case of Swigart
vs.. Baker In which was called in
question the right of the secretary
Of the interior 10 collect charges for
operation and maintenance under the
terms of said act.
Said order provided that in case
the United States Supreme Court sus-
tains the authority of the secretary
to require such payments, the water
user shall make prompt payment Of
the portions of instalments for oper-
alton and maintenance which should
have been paid under the public no.
tees and orders before the furnish
ing of water, and in case of the fail
ure of any water user to make such
payment within ten days after such
public notice of decision of the Su-
pTeme Court of the United States in
said case sustaining the right of the
secretary to make such collections,
the water supply for his land shall
be promptly STAT off and SO remain
until the payment has been made Of
said charges
On May 26, 1918 the Supreme
Court of the United States decided in
the case of Swigart VS.. Baker, hold
ing that the secretary of the interior
was authorized by law to require the
payment of the charges for opera
ton and maintenance.
Notice is accordingly hereby given
that the charges for operation and
maintenance on every project shall
be paid as required by the public no.
tiees and orders issued Hereunder,
and in case Of failure to make such
payment on or before July q, 1913,
such action shall be taken in each
case as is provided by law and by the
public notices and orders applicable
to the project
The said date of July 81, 1913,
hereby fixed is intended to give not
less than ten days notice from the
date of publication of this order in
some newspaper of local circulation
on each project affected.
The building charge on the several
projects due December 1, 1912, or
March 1, 1913; April 1, 1913 or May
l, 1913, as the case may be is here
by reduced to one-third of the
amount due on the said dates (taK-
ing the nearest tenth of dollar) but
not less than so cents per acre, sub
jeet to the conditions hereafter stat
ed. The remainder of such install
ment of said building charge shall
in each case be added to the last in
stalment due. under the correspond
ing water right application.
All water right applicants who
have already paid the building charge
due December /, 1912 or March /,
1913; April l, 1913 or May l. 1913,
as the case may be, shall be credited
with payment made in excess of the
amount herein provided, to be paid
on their next unpaid annual building
charge, or they may have the credit
applied to the charges for operation
and maintenance now due.
No water right applicant shall oe
building charge unless he has paid
the charges for operation and main
tenance now due and has prepared
for irrigation and has irrigated in
good faith for the purpose of rails
ing agricultural crops, one-half of
the entire irrigable area of his tract
or not less than acres for each full
irrigation season since water was
available therefor.
As a mater of further relief to the
water user who is delinquent in his
payments to such extent as to be sub
ject to cancellation, 1t is hereby or
dered that no proceedings looking to-
ward cancellation will be taken be-
fore December /. 1913, on account
of said delinquency; provided, that
the said water user has paid the
charges for operation and mainten-
ance now due and has prepared his
land for irrigation and has irrigated
to the extent described in the preced-
ing paragraph.
FRANKLIN X. LANE.