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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 18:39:12+00:00

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186 "shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right."214 A provision requiring expenditure within each state of the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands therein was repealed in 191O.21S Finally, the Secretary is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make rules and regulations necessary to carrying out the statute's provisions.216 Over the years, most of the foregoing provisions have been supplemented, amended, or superseded. This has frequently been accomplished without express reference to the provision affected. Some of the provisions are today in force wholly or in part only as to certain projects or divisions of projects. We turn now from the provisions of this basic Act to a review of the many statutes which have supplemented, amended, or superseded its various provisions.217 Preparing for Projects.-Under the 1902 Act, the Secre- tary was directed to locate and construct "irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters, includ- ing artesian wells."218 Recognition of other purposes appeared in succeeding statutes, correspondingly broadening the scope of preparation required. Thus, in 1906 Congress provided for furnishing water supplies to towns in the vicinity of projects.218 At the same time, it made provision for the disposal of surplus power.220 Similarly, a 1920 statute conditionally authorizes the Secretary to contract to supply water from any project irrigation system "for other purposes than irrigation."221 Of especial significance here is the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 authorizing establishment of multiple-purpose projects 814 § 8, 32 Stat. 390, 43 U. S. 0. 372. 215 § 9, 32 Stat. 390; Act of June 25,1910, § 6, 36 Stat. 835, 836. 819 § 10,32 Stat. 390, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 373. 217 It may be noted here that the House Committee on the Judiciary is currently formulating a recodiflcation of Titles 16 and 43 of the United States Code, with a view to including in the former a recodification of the Reclamation Law, pursuant to the Act of June 22, 1949, 63 Stat. 222. 218 Act of June 17, 1902, § 2, 32 Stat. 388, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 411. 219 Act of April 16,1906, § 4, 34 Stat. 116, 43 U. S. C. 567. 220 § 5,34 Stat. 117, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 522. 221 Act of February 25,1920, 41 Stat. 451, 43 U- S. C. 521.

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