Study of the Development, Management, and Use of Water Resources on the Public Lands, Volumes 1-2The Commission, 1969 - Public lands |
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... Jr. Chief Executive Officer True Oil Company Casper , Wyoming Michael F. Widman , Jr. Director Research & Marketing Dept. United Mine Workers of America Washington , D. C. OHIO Fred E. Morr Department of Natural Resources Columbus ,
... Jr. Chief Executive Officer True Oil Company Casper , Wyoming Michael F. Widman , Jr. Director Research & Marketing Dept. United Mine Workers of America Washington , D. C. OHIO Fred E. Morr Department of Natural Resources Columbus ,
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... WYOMING Frank C. Mockler Lander , Wyoming The public lands of America date back to the time of the Union's formation . Then , and soon thereafter , seven of the original States ceded to the Central Gov- ernment some 233.4 million acres ...
... WYOMING Frank C. Mockler Lander , Wyoming The public lands of America date back to the time of the Union's formation . Then , and soon thereafter , seven of the original States ceded to the Central Gov- ernment some 233.4 million acres ...
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... Wyoming , fiscal years 1946 through 1966 ...... 62. Expenditures by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service and nonfederal landowners for watershed rehabili- tation on private lands in the State of Kentucky , fiscal years 1946 through 1966 ...
... Wyoming , fiscal years 1946 through 1966 ...... 62. Expenditures by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service and nonfederal landowners for watershed rehabili- tation on private lands in the State of Kentucky , fiscal years 1946 through 1966 ...
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... Wyoming , decided by the Supreme Court in 1945 , for the benefit of federal reclamation projects . The Court found it unnecessary to reach the question of ownership because of the terms of Section 8 of the Reclamation Act of 1902 , and ...
... Wyoming , decided by the Supreme Court in 1945 , for the benefit of federal reclamation projects . The Court found it unnecessary to reach the question of ownership because of the terms of Section 8 of the Reclamation Act of 1902 , and ...
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... Wyoming and Ickes v . Fox . It does not appear that the Bureau seeks to rely upon the reservation doctrines to claim federal water rights for its project lands and waters . In the past the Bureau has generally sought to accomodate ...
... Wyoming and Ickes v . Fox . It does not appear that the Bureau seeks to rely upon the reservation doctrines to claim federal water rights for its project lands and waters . In the past the Bureau has generally sought to accomodate ...
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Page 183 - It is one of the happy incidents of the Federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory, and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.
Page 260 - That 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...
Page 343 - Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this act. shall proceed in conformity with such laws...
Page 266 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 343 - That nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting or intending to affect, or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder...
Page 262 - Provided, that no such right of way shall be so located as to interfere with the proper occupation by the government of any such reservation, and all maps of location shall be subject to the approval of the department of the government having jurisdiction of such reservation, and the privilege herein granted shall not be construed to interfere with the control of water for irrigation and other purposes under authority of the respective states or territories.
Page 276 - What we hold is that following the act of 1877, if not before, all nonnavigable waters then a part of the public domain became public! juris, subject to the plenary control of the designated states...
Page 259 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 565 - States as a defendant in any suit (1) for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source, or (2) for the administration of such rights, where it appears that the United States is the owner of or is in the process of acquiring water rights by appropriation under State law, by purchase, by exchange, or otherwise, and the United States is a necessary party to such suit.
Page 268 - All waters on such reservations may be used for domestic, mining, milling, or irrigation purposes, under the laws of the State wherein such forest reservations are situated, or under the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations established thereunder.