Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands: v. 3. Rocky Mountain region and Great PlainsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... reclamation of arid lands. 1857. 35 Fresting Leb rah . Library University VOL . II . THE GREAT BASIN REGION AND CALIFORNIA . UTAH . NEVADA . CALIFORNIA . ARIZONA . 89962 IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS . UTAH DIVISION .
... reclamation of arid lands. 1857. 35 Fresting Leb rah . Library University VOL . II . THE GREAT BASIN REGION AND CALIFORNIA . UTAH . NEVADA . CALIFORNIA . ARIZONA . 89962 IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS . UTAH DIVISION .
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... Nevada , and Arizona are the most arid portions of the United States , and therefore the preservation and economical use of all their water supply is an impera- tive necessity . To show how we differ from Colorado and the East , I have ...
... Nevada , and Arizona are the most arid portions of the United States , and therefore the preservation and economical use of all their water supply is an impera- tive necessity . To show how we differ from Colorado and the East , I have ...
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... Nevada , Arizona , or most of New Mexico . With an annual rain - fall of 17 inches in the last ten years Utah has only 500,000 acres under cultivation , and this , too , with all of the unreservoired water supply fully used , with the ...
... Nevada , Arizona , or most of New Mexico . With an annual rain - fall of 17 inches in the last ten years Utah has only 500,000 acres under cultivation , and this , too , with all of the unreservoired water supply fully used , with the ...
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... Nevada , Arizona , and New Mexico west of the Sandia Mountains , and the western half of Wyoming and Colorado . There are but three mountain ranges in this whole region whose snow - fall even slightly exceeds 40 inches of water in fall ...
... Nevada , Arizona , and New Mexico west of the Sandia Mountains , and the western half of Wyoming and Colorado . There are but three mountain ranges in this whole region whose snow - fall even slightly exceeds 40 inches of water in fall ...
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... remaining to them after providing for prior appropriators . The only pos- sible increase of supply must come from the Bear River . NEVADA DIVISION . CARSON CITY , NEV . , August 128 IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS .
... remaining to them after providing for prior appropriators . The only pos- sible increase of supply must come from the Bear River . NEVADA DIVISION . CARSON CITY , NEV . , August 128 IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS .
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Seite 3 - Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same ; and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Seite 248 - The board of directors must declare elected the person having the highest number of votes given for each office. The secretary must immediately make out and deliver to such person a certificate of election signed by him and authenticated with the seal of the board. In case of a vacancy in the...
Seite 246 - Act any territory within the boundaries of the district proposed by said petitioners which is susceptible of irrigation by the same system of works applicable to the other lands in such proposed district...
Seite 249 - The use of all water required for the irrigation of the lands of any district formed under the provisions of this Act, together with the rights of way for canals and ditches, sites for reservoirs, and all other property required in fully carrying out the provisions of this Act, is hereby declared to be a public use, subject to the regulation and control of the State, in the manner prescribed by law.
Seite 261 - The court, in inquiring into the regularity, legality or correctness of said proceedings, must disregard any error, irregularity or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties...
Seite 255 - ... the outstanding bonds as they mature. The secretary of the board must compute and enter in a separate column of the assessment book the respective sums, in dollars and cents, to be paid as an assessment on the property therein enumerated. When collected, the assessment shall be paid into the district treasury, and shall constitute a special fund, to be called the 'Bond Fund of Irrigation District.
Seite 3 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Seite 252 - The matter recited in the certificate of sale must be recited in the deed, and such deed duly acknowledged or proved is prima facie evidence that — First.
Seite 247 - Directors shall cause notices to be posted in three public places in each election precinct, of the time and place of holding the election, and shall also post a general notice of the same in the office of said Board, which shall be established and kept at 'some fixed place to be determined by said Board, specifying the polling places of each precinct.
Seite 254 - The board of directors, or other officers of the district, shall have no power to incur any debt or liability whatever, either by issuing bonds or otherwise, in excess of the express provisions of this title; and any debt or liability incurred in excess of such express provisions shall be and remain absolutely void...