Extension of the Time of Payment for Settlers on Government Reclamation Projects. Hearings ... on H.R. 8836 and H.R. 9611 |
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... contract with the Government , it could not abrogate that contract ; it would be left entirely to their option . But with the exception of three , or at the most , four , all of them will elect to take the change . Mr. RAKER . I know ...
... contract with the Government , it could not abrogate that contract ; it would be left entirely to their option . But with the exception of three , or at the most , four , all of them will elect to take the change . Mr. RAKER . I know ...
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... contract as to payment of con- struction charge , as well as to maintenance and operation ; could we , by this legislation , or the agreement of the rest of the project , deprive those 10 or 15 water users of their present contract as ...
... contract as to payment of con- struction charge , as well as to maintenance and operation ; could we , by this legislation , or the agreement of the rest of the project , deprive those 10 or 15 water users of their present contract as ...
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... contract , it would be equally to the advantage of all the others to stick to the existing contract , because in each case they pay on the same basis . Mr. RAKER . Well , there is no way of forcing him to give up that existing contract ...
... contract , it would be equally to the advantage of all the others to stick to the existing contract , because in each case they pay on the same basis . Mr. RAKER . Well , there is no way of forcing him to give up that existing contract ...
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... contract , in form approved by the Secretary , shall have been properly executed by a district or districts organized under State law , embracing the lands irrigable thereunder , and the execution thereof shall have been confirmed by ...
... contract , in form approved by the Secretary , shall have been properly executed by a district or districts organized under State law , embracing the lands irrigable thereunder , and the execution thereof shall have been confirmed by ...
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... contract- shall have been confirmed by decree of a court of competent jurisdiction . The question arises in my mind as to how , for example , under the laws of my State , you could get a contract between an irrigation dis- trict and the ...
... contract- shall have been confirmed by decree of a court of competent jurisdiction . The question arises in my mind as to how , for example , under the laws of my State , you could get a contract between an irrigation dis- trict and the ...
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Page 127 - It is also further agreed that no Member of or Delegate to Congress or Resident Commissioner, after his election or appointment, or either before or after he has qualified, and during his continuance in office...
Page 53 - Within thirty days thereafter the board shall direct an officer or officers in its employ, or one or more persons who may at its request be designated by the dean of the college of agriculture of the University of California, to inspect and report on all tracts of land suitable for closer settlement which are so submitted.
Page 127 - No laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by this contract, in the employ of the Contractor or any subcontractor contracting for any part of said work contemplated, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day...
Page 114 - That when the payments required by this Act are made for the major portion of the lands irrigated from the waters of any of the works herein provided for, then the management and operation of such irrigation works shall pass to /he owners of the lands irrigated thereby, to be maintained at their expense under such form of organization and under such rules and regulations as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided.
Page 54 - Every male citizen of the United States, or male person who has declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the...
Page 1 - ... an appraisal approved by the Secretary of the Interior, showing the present actual bona fide value of all such irrigable lands fixed without reference to the proposed construction...
Page 57 - ... approved by the state board of control, and the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay such warrants.
Page 56 - The power of eminent domain shall be exercised by the state at the request of the board for the condemnation of water rights and rights of way for roads, canals, ditches, dams, and reservoirs necessary or desirable for carrying out the provisions of this act, and...
Page 57 - ... with interest at the rate of four per cent per annum on the purchase price.