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" For gaging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and lor the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources. "
Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the ... - Page 37
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1912 - 37 pages
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The U.S. Reclamation Service: Its History, Activities and Organization

Brookings Institution. Institute for Government Research - Administrative agencies - 1919 - 200 pages
...to this subject. In addition, in 1894, a specific appropriation of $12,500 was secured by the Survey "for gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, including the investigations of underground currents and artesian wells in arid and semiarid sections."...
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Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the ..., Volume 25

Geological Survey (U.S.) - Forest reserves - 1904 - 510 pages
...legislation providing for the making of "topographic surveys in various portions of the United States," for "gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States," for "the survey of the public lands that have been or may hereafter be designated as forest reserves,"...
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The Statutes at Large, the United States from ..., Volume 30

United States - Session laws - 1899 - 1052 pages
...two thousand dollars; For engraving and printing the geological maps of the United States, ^ч»sixty thousand dollars; For gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the 1<;*"sinKw»tPr "ui>United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian...
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The Statutes at Large, the United States from ..., Volume 29

United States - Law - 1897 - 1088 pages
...index. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: To enable the Director of the United States Geological Survey to continue gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells in arid and semiarid sections...
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Water resources law

United States. Water Resources Policy Commission - Water - 1950 - 1164 pages
...the prevention of floods and overflows." "4 In an 1894 statute, Congress made funds available to it for "gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells in arid and semiarid sections."...
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Report of the President's Water Resources Policy Commission: Water resources law

United States. Water Resources Policy Commission - Water - 1950 - 808 pages
...the prevention of floods and overflows." "* In an 1894 statute, Congress made funds available to it for "gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells in arid and semiarid sections."...
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Geological Survey Water-supply Paper

Irrigation - 1957 - 470 pages
...is contained in the appropriation bills of 1902 and subsequent years. These have provided for gaging streams and determining the water supply of the United States, and for investigating underground currents and artesian wells, and methods of utilizing the water resources....
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Resources for Freedom: A Report to the President, Volume 5

United States. President's Materials Policy Commission - Natural resources - 1952 - 192 pages
...the total cost. Basic Data. In an 1894 statute Congress made funds available to the Geological Survey for "gauging the streams and de•termining the water supply of the United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells in arid and semiarid sections."...
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Materials Survey, Copper, Volume 1

United States. Bureau of Mines - Copper industry and trade - 1952 - 770 pages
...Following the early work on lands available for irrigation, the Geological Survey obtained, in 189^, funds "for gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States." Upon the passage of the Reclamation Act in 1902, what later became the Reclamation Service was organized...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Appropriations

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - Finance, Public - 1968 - 1422 pages
...use, control, and administration. When the Geological Survey in 1895 received its first appropriation "for gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells," water development and use...
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