The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-02-10
SENATE IMPROVES FERRIS WATER POWER
BILL, BUT II is STILL UNSATISFACTORY

is made of the properties to new les
see, then the lease at the option of
the lessee shall continue in existence
upon the terms and conditions in
force at the time fixed for its expira-
ton until such time as the property is
taken over by the United States, as
provided in section 5. or by new
lessee, as provided in section 6, or
the lease is renewed; provided, that
the original lessee shall have a prefer
ence right to renewal over and above
any new lessee upon such terms and
conditions as the law and regulations
then in force shall authorize"
Under the house bill a lessee may,
with the sanction of the secretary of
the interior, make power contracts to
run not more than 20 years beyond
the life of his lease; under the senate
bill these contracts may run rs years
beyond the 5O-year period, with the
sanction of the public service corpora
tion of the state in which the power
| is delivered
Division Of Proceeds.
| AS stated above, the house bill pro-
vides that all government proceeds
from power leases shall go into the
reclamation fund, and after their use
and return to that fund, so per cent
will go again into the reclamation
fund, and so per cent to the states for
roads and schools. Under the senate
bill so per cent, from the start, goes
to the states within which the hydro
electric energy is generated, without
restriction as to its use, and SO per
cent to the reclamation fund.
The senate committee added to the
bill the following provisions not In the
bill as passed by the house of repre-
sentatives;
Sec. 49, That in instances where
only 10 per cent or less of the lands
actually necessary and required for
/ the construction, maintenance and OPP
Grafton of DAMS water conduits, res
ervoirs, power houses, transmission
Hines and other works for the develop
ment generation, transmission and
utilization Of hydroelectric power in
any one proposed separate, distinct
and complete plant or project are
lands Of the United States government
and such government lands are to be
used only for overflowage, reservoir
or transmission purposes and not In
whole or In part as dam site or the
site of power house nor for the erec-
ton of buildings or operation of ma
chinery, the secretary of the interior,
may in his discretion, lease such
lands to an applicant for not more
than so years, at such rental price and
upon such terms as he may deem
just. free from all or any other of the
terms, conditions, provisions and re-
quirements of this act which the sec
rotary of the interior may see fit to
waive"
Joint Use of Lands.
"Sec. 10. That the lands leased un-
der this act may be used and the
works constructed, maintained and
operated thereon may be used, added
to, or enlarged by the lessee or any
other person, association or corpora
ton, for the purpose of impounding
and conveying water for the genera
ton and distribution of power for ir-
rigation, mining. municipal, domestic
and other beneficial purposes, when
ever such use of the water is author
4 lied by the state wherein said project
is situated and under the authorize
ton of the secretary of the interior;
provided, that the new user shall not
utilize such jointly used property to
generate power, unless said lessee
shall after due notice by the secretary
of the interior, and within reason
able time specified by him, fail to add
to or enlarge said works as herein
provided; provided. however, that If
said lands and works are so used by
any other than the lessee, such use
must be without expense or damage to
the said lessee"