The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-08-26
DEPARTMENT ISSUES NOTICE
Containing Rules That VIII Govern
In the Disposal of All Second
Unit Lands.
Washington. Aug. 10. 1914.

In nursuance OF the provisions OF
ooo,ion 4 of the Reclamation Act of
1une IT. 1902 (32 Stat. 3Ss), and
.ots amendatory thereof and supple
msntary thereto, notice is hereby
r,yen that water will be furnished
under the Truckee-carson Project.
Nevada. In the irrigation season of
1918 and thereafter for the irrigable
lands of the Second Unit of said pro-
,act designated upon farm unit plats
=, township 20 North, Range "a
East Township 10 North, Range 27
East. Township II North. Range %
East Township Is North. Range %
East Township 10 North, Range 2s
East Township II North. Range 20
East approved by the Secretary of
the Interior August IT. 1914, on file
al the Office OF the Project Manager
and at the local land Office at Carson
City. Nevada.
Homestead entries Of the farm
units In said Second Unit embracing
public lands Of the United States
shown on sad plats may be made In
the manner, and on and after the
date. tixed therefor In the land Office
notice hereinbelow, under the prcvi-
sions of said act and acts amenda-
tory thereof and supplemental there
TO; and water-right application
therefor must be made to the Project
Manager prior to such entry accom-.
panied by the first installment OF the
construction charge hereinafter de-
scribed
The limit of area per unit repre-
senting the acreage which. In the
opinion OF the Secretary OF the In
terror, may be reasonably required
for the support o, family upon
lands Is fixed at the amount shown
upon the plats for the several farm
units.
water-right applications for lands
10 private ownership included in said
Second Unit may be made on or after
September IA. 1914. The limit for
which water-right application may
bs made for lands In private owner
ship shall be 160 acres of irrigable
land for each land owner.
The charges per acre of irrigable
land upon said entries and upon all
other lands In said Second Unit
shown upon said plats are of two
kinds. namely. ta) A charge OF $50
per acre for the building of the irri-
CATION system. termed the construo-
ton charge: (b) an annual charge
for operation and maintenance pay
abe December / OF each year. Eaen
se'e of irrigable land, whether irri-
g.ied or not, shall be charged with a
minimum operation and mainte-
nance charge which shall be the
charge for one acre-foot of water.
An initial payment of $500 per
irrgable acre shall be made on ac.
count of the construction charge at
The time of making n water-right APP
plication or entry OF a farm unit.
The remainder of the construction
charge, $500 per irrigable acre.
shall be paid In fifteen annual install
ments. the first five OF which shall
be $500 each and the remainder
N.2O each. The first of the said
annual instalments shall become due
and payable on December ] of the
NTH calendar year after the initial
lnstalment. and subsequent install
ments. shall become due on Decem-
Der of each calendar year there
after. Any water right applicant
may, II he SO elects. pay the whole
or any part of the construction
charges owing by him within
shorter period.
In all cases where application for
water right for lands in private
ownership or lands held under en-
Tries not subject to the reclamation
law shall not be made within one
year after the date of this notice, the
construction charges for such land
shall be increased Ave per centum