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... acres in Idaho , 34 million acres are held by the Fed- eral Government . In neighboring Nevada , the Federal Government owns nearly 60 million of the approximately 70 million acres of land in that State . As you all know , the land area ...
... acres in Idaho , 34 million acres are held by the Fed- eral Government . In neighboring Nevada , the Federal Government owns nearly 60 million of the approximately 70 million acres of land in that State . As you all know , the land area ...
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... acres in New Mexico are presently actively in use by the United States in its various programs within the State . This amounts to about 16 percent of the total acreage of the State and does not include over 6,486,000 acres within Indian ...
... acres in New Mexico are presently actively in use by the United States in its various programs within the State . This amounts to about 16 percent of the total acreage of the State and does not include over 6,486,000 acres within Indian ...
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... acres of the Herminghaus ranch lands , then owned by the Edi- son Securities Company , were adjacent to the San Joaquin River and Fresno Slough , of which 16,230 acres were claimed to be riparian to the San Joaquin River , to sloughs ...
... acres of the Herminghaus ranch lands , then owned by the Edi- son Securities Company , were adjacent to the San Joaquin River and Fresno Slough , of which 16,230 acres were claimed to be riparian to the San Joaquin River , to sloughs ...
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... acres . Now , in Colorado alone , there are reserved , or were at that time , when I got the figures , over 23 million acres of reserved public land in the State of Colorado alone . And a large part of that reserved area is in our ...
... acres . Now , in Colorado alone , there are reserved , or were at that time , when I got the figures , over 23 million acres of reserved public land in the State of Colorado alone . And a large part of that reserved area is in our ...
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... acres each , any public lands which he may classify as chiefly valuable for urban or business purposes . ( b ) ... acres may be con- veyed under this section to any one grantee in any one - year period for any one project or program , and ...
... acres each , any public lands which he may classify as chiefly valuable for urban or business purposes . ( b ) ... acres may be con- veyed under this section to any one grantee in any one - year period for any one project or program , and ...
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Page 170 - 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 63 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended 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 162 - No Act of Congress shall be construed to invalidate, impair. or supersede any law enacted by any State for the purpose of regulating the business of insurance...
Page 180 - Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent by the Secretary of the Senate to the President of the United States...
Page 65 - ... 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 109 - Provided: That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.
Page 65 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 44 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution of the United States of America and the constitution of the state of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge, according to the best of my ability, the duties of the position of (title of position and name or designation of school, college, university or institution to be here inserted), to which I am now assigned.
Page 71 - 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 6 - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.