Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of UtahPowell, John Wesley
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Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah
Powell, John Wesley
Irrigation -- Utah; Irrigation -- West (U.S.); Public lands -- United States; Rain and rainfall -- West (U.S.)
SEC. 6. That if within three years after the organization of the
irrigation district the claimants therein, in their organized capacity,
shall apply for a survey of said district to the Surveyor-General of
the United States, he shall cause a proper survey to be made, together
with a plat of the same; and on this plat each tract or parcel of
land into which the district is divided, such tract or parcel being
the entire claim of one person, shall be numbered, and the measure of
every angle, the length of every line in the boundaries thereof, and
the number of acres in each tract or parcel shall be inscribed thereon,
and the name of the district shall appear on the plat in full; and
this plat and the field-notes of such survey shall be submitted to the
Surveyor-General of the United States; and it shall be the duty of that
officer to examine the plat and notes therewith and prove the accuracy
of the survey in such manner as the Commissioner of the General Land
Office may prescribe; and if it shall appear after such examination
and proving that correct surveys have been made, and that the several
tracts claimed are within the provisions of this act, he shall certify
the same to the register of the land district, and shall thereupon
furnish to the said register of the land district, and to the recorder
of the irrigation district, and to the recorder or clerk of the county
in which the irrigation district is situate, and to the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, a copy thereof to each, and the original
shall be retained in the office of the Surveyor-General of the United
States for preservation.
SEC. 7. That each person applying for the benefits of this act shall,
in addition to compliance therewith, conform to the methods provided
for the acquirement of a homestead in sections twenty-two hundred and
eighty-nine to twenty-three hundred and seventeen, inclusive, of the
Revised Statutes of the United States, so far as they are applicable
and consistent with this act, and shall also furnish such evidence as
the Commissioner of the General Land Office may require that such land
has actually been redeemed by irrigation, and may thereupon obtain a
patent: _Provided_, That no person shall obtain a patent under this act
to any coal lands, town sites, or tracts of public lands on which towns
may have been built, or to any mine of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper,
or other mineral for the sale or disposal of which provision has been
made by law.
SEC. 8. That the lands patented under the provisions of this act shall
be described as irrigation farms, and designated by the number of the
tract or parcel and the name of the irrigation district.
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