...grew up among the miners. To correct that sitxiation Congress adopted the Act of 1866 " which provides that : "* * * whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for minim.'. agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued, and the same recognized...

...location law".3" Its Section 9 provides the classic miner's rights "grandfather clause". It prescribes : "That whenever, by priority of possession, rights...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...

...location law".*1 Its Section 9 provides the classic miner's rights "grandfather clause". It prescribes : "That whenever, by priority of possession, rights...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...

...interest; rights-of-way for canals and ditches; liability for injury or damage to settlers' possession. Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the...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...

...ditches; liability for injury or damage to settlers' possession. Whenever, by priority of j>osses.sion, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and ace-rued, and the xium> are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions...

...to the use of water on public lands, including those in the territory of Montana. The Act declared "[t]hat whenever, by priority of possession, rights...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...

...location law". Its Section 9 provides the classic miner's rights "grandfather clause". It prescribes: That whenever, by priority of possession, rights to...accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged - 11 by the local customs, lavs, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested...

...Intentions of becoming citizens. The ninth section reads: 1 Kinney, Law of Irritation, Vol. I. Sect. 600. Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the...agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have tested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and decisions...

...the right tc mine, but the water rights were seen to be a local problem. The U« provided, "Whenver, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water...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...

...part with mining claims. One section of this Act of 1866 dealt with water rights. It simply provided: whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agriculture, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and...