Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-02
Government Control
Bill Before Congress Giving Secre-
tary Of Interior Control Over
Carey Act Projects.
BY SENATOR BORAH

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That upon a report of the Secre-
tary of the Interior by the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office, or
II sworn information is filed by not
less than five bona fde settlers on
segregated public lands under the
Carey Act project in any Of the arid
land states, that the state is not In
good faith prosecuting reclamation
of such lands, or that the contractor
under the state is violating the terms
of his contract or is delaying his
work unreasonably, in such case the
Secretary Of the Interior may order
the state to show cause why any seq
regation of public lands in its favor
shall not be cancelled. Such notice
shall be served within not less than
thirty days, personally or by regis
tered mail, upon the proper officers OF
the state, and upon contractors un-
der the state. who may have any con-
tract or lien of record in the Land
Department of the United States or
In the public records of the proper
county wherein such lands are stu
ated.
See. 2. That IL 1t be made to ap-
pear to the satisfaction of the Secre-
tary that the state is not proceeding
diligently to reclaim such lands, or
that the contractor or contractors are
violating the terms of the contract
and no proceedings have been taken
against them by the state, the Secre-
tary may declare forfeiture of the
segregation, though the fftee., years
provided by the Carey Act snail not
have elapsed.
Sec. 8. That upon the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior of
any segregation of land to any state
under the provisions OF this act work
thereon must be actually commenced
within two years from such approval
and must be prosecuted by said state
In good gath to full reclamation, ex-
cept that the Secretary of the Inter
Tor, upon proper showing to his sat
tsfaction, may grant such further
time as he may deem proper to said
state for said reclamation, but not
more than fifteen years after such
segregation or other time certain In
the power of the Secretary to grant
extensions.
Sec. 4. That the state shall report
annually In December, to the Secre-
tary of the Interior, through the Gen.
eral Land ONCE. as to the amount OF
work done on each project during
the past year, the promotion and per
centage complete and incomplete, sc
that the said General Land Office
may have an actual record of each
and every proceeding and the re
suits attained. as we'll as the amount
not completed.
Sec. 6. That each state shall keeI
proper and adequate books, which
shall contain full records OF all pro
tects instituted by them under the
provisions of this act, which books
and records shall at all times be sub
1ect to the inspection of the govern
ment officials of the United States
and all persons interested In lands
to be irrigated.
Sec. s. That all work done on an,
such project as 1t progresses shall
also be subject at any time to inyesti
CATION and the supervision of the pro-
per government officials of the Unit
ed States.
Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the
Interior Is hereby authorized and EN-.
powered, after due notice and hear.
ings, as hereinbefore provided, to
cancel and annul segregations OF
public land under the Carey Act.
Sec. 8. That no land developed, re.
claimed, or sought to be reclaimed
or segregated under the Carey Act
shall be put on the market and sold
to settlers, nor water rights appur.
tenant thereunto, until after such
time as the construction work on pro-
1ects supplying water for the lands
shall have been completed and ap.
proved by the Secretary of the In
~~@-OA "ASoA Gil OF SUCH
construction work and after having
made. through the engineers of his
department, careful examination
and estimation of every phase of the
work and the water supply.
Sec. 8. That the amount of avail
able water shall not only be estimat-
ed by those acting under the direc-
ton of the Secretary of the Interior.
from hows of rivers and capacity of
reservoir sites, but shall be ascertain
ed to be adequate from actual meas
urements at emergence from canals
at entrance upon lands and to be
suficient and adequate to supply not
less than two acre-feet for each seq
regated acre, and available uniform
ly throughout the whole season when
irrigation 10 ordinarily used in such
locality.
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