Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-23
COPIES SWINGS
BILL HERE FOR
BOARDS OKEH

The most important matter to come
before the board of directors of the
Irrigation District in regular session
tomorrow will be the consideration of
the Swing bill, which has been intro
duced in Congress by the Valleys
Washington committee, to aid the fl
nancing of the All-American Canal
project and the solution Of the Dis
trlct's water problems.
Copies of the amended bill were
received today at the District offices
and by Arthur M. Nelson, county de-
velopment agent. They were immedi-
ately Transcribed and copies sent to
every newspaper in the Valley, SO
that the public should have complete
and early information concerning the
developments in Washington.
AS the bill has the unanimous sup
port of the Committee of Seven,
whose members believe it to be the
best piece of legislation that can be
secured when all the local and Wash
ington conditions are taken into con-
sideration, it is most probable that
it will receive the approval of the
District board.
The bill has been referred to the
Oll VI al III
Lands, composed of the following
T. Taylor Of Colorado; John e. Raker
of California, Carl Hayden of Ari-
zona, Harry l.. Candy of South Da-
kota, C. c. Dill of Washington, Mil
ton H. yelling of Utah William c..
Wright of Georgia, w. B. Walton of
New Mexico, Moses P. Kinkaid of
Nebraska, E. f. Roberts of Nevada,
Nicholas J. Sinnott of Oregon, Mer-
rill Moores of Indiana, Ernest Lun-
deem Of Minnesota, Edward C. Little
of Kansas and Charles B. Timberlake
Of Colorado.
Although none Of the members of
the committee are known to have Wis
tied the Valley, from the fact that
they are western men, familiar with
irrigation and reclamation projects
and thus more or less familiar with
or enabled to get ready grasp of
the local situation, it is thought that
favorable report on the bill may be
more readily secured.
The bill as amended and introduced
in Congress by Representative William
ID. Kettner of this district, follows:
A BILL to assist in increasing the
productive agricultural area of the
Imperial and Coachella valleys, Cali
fornia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, That all unentered public
lands of the United States in Imper-
ial Valley and Coachella valleys. Cali
fornia, found by the Secretary of the
Interior to be susceptible of irriga-
tion from the canals the construction
of which is provided for by Section 6
hereof, shall be offered for sale by
the Secretary of the Interior at ten
dollars per acre plus one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre government
charge under the desert land laws,
for cash, or on deferred payments, at
the option of the purchaser, one-fifth
cash and the balance in four annual
installments bearing interest at the
rate of six per centum per annum
from date of sale, patent to issue up
on full payment of purchase price and
upon proof of satisfactory water
right therefor. Provided, that no pur-
chaser shall be permitted to purchase
more than 100 acres under the pro-
visions of this act. Provided further,
That any person having valid en-
try upon lands similarly situated but
not patented may, at his option, ac-
quire title under this act by proof of
satisfactory water right and upon the
of the ten dollars per acre
in this section, plus any
government charge remaining unpaid.
Section 2. That all moneys derived
from the sale Of the lands mentioned
in the first section thereof in excess
of the government charge of one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per acre,
shall be deposited in the Treasury of
the United States in special fund
to be known as the Bond Guaranty
Fund" to guarantee the payment of
and interest of bonds to