Arizona republican., 1916-02-08

approved November g. 1915, by the Secretary of the Interior and on file in the office of the Project Manager, Y. $. Reclamation Service. Phoenix. Arizona, and the local land office at ,he same place.
 ? Homestead entries of the farm units shown on said plats embracing Iubic lands of the United States may be made on and after April ,, 1916. at 9 o'clock a. m. at the local land office, Phoenix. if found regular and accom- panied by the certificate of the Pro- ject Manager, showing that water right application has been filed and the proper water right charges de- posted. a-t
 3. Warning is hereby expressly given that no person will be per mitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or Oc- cupation begun prior to a. m. April 1916. on any lands shown on said plats, provided, however, that this shall not interfere with any valid eX- isting rights obtained by settlement or entry while the land was subject thereto. The Project Manager will re- ceive water-right application and issue certificates to applicants for public lands at any time after the date of notice.
 4. Tbe limit of area per entry rep resenting the acreage which in the opinion of the Secretary of the h. ,anl1iraI for the support of a family upon such lands is fixed at the amounts shown upon the plats for the several far munits The maximum limit of area for which water right applica- tion may be made for lands in pri- vate ownership shall be 160 acres of irrigable lands for each landowner. Water right applications for lands in private ownership may be made on and after the date of this notice. All water right applications, whether for public or private lands. must be made to the Project Manager, '. s. Recla- nation Service, Phoenix. Arizona.
 ,. The water right for all lands shall consist of (a) the share propor- tionate to irrigable acreage of the stored and developed supply actually available from the irrigation works of the Salt River project during the irrigation season, as determined by the Project Manager or other proper officer of the United States. or of it's successor in control of the project; ard Ch) the right to have carried in tke distributing system of the project for the said land the water, if any, de- creed thereto in the case of Hurley V. Abbott ct al. in the District Court Of the Third Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona. in and for the County of Maricopa; provided, how eyer. that the whole amount of water actually delivered from all sources shall be limited to the quantity that shall be beneficially used for the irri- ga tion of the land.
 6. The water right charges for said lands shall be of two kinds, (a). a charge of s64Oo per irrigable acre for tbe building of the irrigation system, termed the construction charge, the irstallments being due and payable as herein provided; and (b) an annual charge for operation and maintenance, the minimum thereof being due and pavable in advance on December l or each year The minimum operation and maintenance charge for the irri- gation year beginning December 1916. and ending November 90, 1917, shall be due on December 1. 1916, and shall be $100 for each acre of irriga = hle land whether irrigated or not, and for such minimum charge there may he delivered not to exceed ? acre-feet Of water per acre For the first acre. foot per acre of water furnished in excess of such minimum a charge of 90 cents per acre-foot shall be made and for a further supply delivered the operation and maintenance charges shall be 75 cents per acrefOOt The charges for water in excess of the minimum shall be due and payable on December 1st at the close of the irri- eation year The maintenance charges for future years will be duly an nounce.d
 [. For all of said lands that were subscribed to the Salt River Valley Water Users Association and that had otherwise become subject to the terms and conditions of the Reclama tcin Law on or before August 13. 1914 fer the purpose of securing the de- livery of water to them from the Sal' River Project and for which accep- 1ance of water right applications un-