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1877, March 3 - 19 Stat. 377, Act For Sale Of Desert Lands
1877, March 3 - 19 Stat. 377, Act For Sale Of Desert Lands
US Government Legislation and Statutes
The Act provided that desert land could be purchased for $.25 per acre upon the filing of a declaration indicating that the purchaser intended to reclaim a tract of desert land not exceeding one section by conducting water upon the same within a period of three years. The right to the use of water on or to any tract of desert land of six hundred and forty acres depended on a bona fide prior appropriation. Such right could not exceed the amount of water actually appropriated and necessarily used for the purpose of irrigation and reclamation. All surplus water over …
1866, July 26 - 14 Stat. 251, Act Granting Right Of Way To Ditch And Canal Owners Over Public Land
1866, July 26 - 14 Stat. 251, Act Granting Right Of Way To Ditch And Canal Owners Over Public Land
US Government Legislation and Statutes
The Act declared that mineral lands were open to occupation by all United States citizens or those declaring intention to become citizens, subject to U.S. regulations and local customs or rules of miners in mining districts. Set forth procedures and process for obtaining patent. Sec. 10 provided that owners had vested and accrued rights to use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing or other purposes and that those rights would be maintained and protected and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for those purposes was acknowledged and confirmed.