Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah — John Shaqi
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. 9. That the right to the water necessary to the redemption
of an irrigation farm shall inhere in the land from the time of
the organization of the irrigation district, and in all subsequent
conveyances the right to the water shall pass with the title to the
land. But if after the lapse of five years from the date of the
organization of the district the owner of any irrigation farm shall
have failed to irrigate the whole or any part of the same, the right to
the use of the necessary water to irrigate the unreclaimed lands shall
thereupon lapse, and any subsequent right to water necessary for the
cultivation of said unreclaimed land shall be acquired only by priority
of utilization.
SEC. 10. That it shall be lawful for any person entitled to acquire
a homestead from the public lands as designated in section one of
this act to settle on an irrigation farm contiguous to any irrigation
district after such district has been organized by making the
notifications and declaration provided for in section five of this act,
and by notifying the recorder of such irrigation district, and also by
complying with the rules and regulations of such district; and such
person may thereupon become a member of the district and entitled to
the same privileges as the other members thereof; and it shall be the
duty of the recorder of the irrigation district to notify the register
and receiver of the land district, and also the Surveyor-General of
the United States, that such claim has been made; and such person may
obtain a patent to the same under the conditions and by conforming
to the methods prescribed in this act: _Provided_, That the water
necessary for the irrigation of such farm can be taken without injury
to the rights of any person who shall have entered an irrigation farm
in such district: _And provided further_, That the right to the water
necessary to the redemption of such irrigation farm shall inhere in the
land from the time when said person becomes a member of said district,
and in all subsequent conveyances the right to the water shall pass
with the title to the land; but if, after the lapse of five years from
the date of said notifications and declaration, the owner of said
irrigation farm shall have failed to irrigate the whole or any part of
the same, the right to the use of the necessary water to irrigate the
unreclaimed lands shall thereupon lapse, and any subsequent right to
the water necessary for the cultivation of the said unreclaimed land
shall be acquired only by priority of utilization.
A BILL to authorize the organization of pasturage districts by
homestead settlements on the public lands which are of value for
pasturage purposes only.
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