Water Rights Settlement Act of 1956: Hearings Before..., 84-2, Feb. 22 and 23, March 21, 1956 |
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ABBOTT acquisition amended apply arid and semiarid Arizona ASPINALL Attorney authorized beneficial purposes bills Boulder Canyon Project BUDGE Bureau California Canyon Project Act CHAIRMAN claims CLAIR ENGLE Colorado River Colorado River compact compact comply Congress Constitution construction construed Department of Justice Desert Land Act distribution of water effect enacted engineer ENGLE Federal agencies Federal Government Federal law Federal Power Act Federal Power Commission Federal project gentleman ground water HALEY Indian interests interfere interstate stream involved irrigation jurisdiction legislation license litigation LORNE KENNEDY March 20 ment Navy Nevada ninety-eighth meridian Oregon Pelton Dam pending permit prior rights problem property right proposed public lands question RANKIN Reclamation recognized relating require right acquired Secretary South Dakota Stat statement suit Supreme Court tion unappropriated waters United vested right water for beneficial water laws water plan water rights water supply Western
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Page 44 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page 73 - 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 41 - 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 41 - ... 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, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall proceed in conformity with such laws, and nothing herein shall in any way affect any right of any State or of the Federal Government or of any landowner, appropriator, or user of water in, to, or from any interstate stream or the waters thereof.
Page 40 - An act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States...
Page 39 - 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 73 - California Oregon Power Co. v. Beaver Portland Cement Co. 295 US 142, 79 L.
Page 84 - One of the settled maxims in constitutional law is, that the power conferred upon the legislature to make laws cannot be delegated by that department to any other body or authority.
Page 125 - Investigation and establishment of water rights in accordance with local custom, laws, and decisions of courts, including the acquisition of water rights or of lands or interests in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in the administration and public use of the national parks and monuments.
Page 41 - Satisfactory evidence that the applicant has complied with the requirements of the laws of the State or States within which the proposed project is to be located with respect to bed and banks and to the appropriation, diversion, and use of water for power purposes and with respect to the right to engage in the business of developing, transmitting, and distributing power, and in any other business necessary to effect the purposes of a license under this Act.