The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-02-18

the United States Senate, Hon Fran
els G.. Newlands, introduced a bill,
amendatory to the general reclama-
tion law, in the senate on February
9th, which is intended to correct the
general law in those essentials which
have proven needed by 13 years of
usage. The old law was urged in
and out of season by Mr.. Newlands,
who was it's most powerful exponent,
and when II was passed. its provi-
sions were regulated more by con-
gressional sentiment than by needs.
This has subsequently been proven,
and opinions having changed in con-
gress as well as the political COM
plexion. it is hoped by Mr. New
lands and every government project
resident, as well as by all other fair
minded people, that his amendment,
which provides easier terms of re-
turning project costs and better
treatment for settlers. will pass as
expeditiously as possible. The bill
follows:
"Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That this act may
be eferred to as the reclamation ax-
tension Act and that the term rec
lamation law" as hereinafter used
shall refer to the reclamation Act of
June seventeenth, nineteen hundred
and two tThirty-second Statutes,
page three hundred and eighty
eight, and Acts amendatory thereof
or supplementary thereto. The
period payment for water users un-
der the reclamation law who contin-
uously comply with the provisions
thereof shall be twenty years, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided. For
projects hereafter opened to water
right application the building charge
(Which shall include the drainage
charges SO far as it may be practic-
able TO determine them in advance
of the completion of the drainage
works. shall be repaid as follows:
An initial installment of five per
centum of the building charge upon
the filing of entry subject to the rec
lamation Act, together with appro-
pirate water-right application for
lands in private ownership. The
subsequent installmorts of the
building charge shall be paid annu-
ally and be due on December first of
the fifth year after the year in which
the initial payment was made and
on December first of each year
thereafter as follows: Tho first five
of said additional inctalments shall
each be five per centum of the build
ing charge; the next Eve shall each
be six per centum of the building
charge; the next two shall each be
seven per centum; the next two each
eight per centum; and the last shall
be ten per centum. The number OF
ytdfS DtiWtcH Tie lilitldi luotdiiiiithe
and the first of the annual INSTALL
ments shall be diminished by the
number OF years during which water
was available for the land included
in the water-right application for
the entire irrigation season from ir-
rigation works owned, controlled, or
operated by the Reclamation Service
under public notice, on q rental
basis, or otherwise, except as to the
first entry for any tract, in which
case the deductions shall be for the
full irrigation seasons after such en-
try. In cases of projects heretofore
opened, the Secretary of the Interior
shall give credit for the amounts
paid before becoming subject to this
Act on account of the building and
drainage charges either on the ear
lier or later payments according to
the schedule of installments herein-