 No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract, exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or...  The International Year Book - Page 4081908Full view - About this book
 | Herbert Michael Wilson - Irrigation - 1909 - 670 pages
...shall pay to the Government the charges apportioned against such tract, as provided in section four. No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred 'and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner... | |
 | Charles Ryan Price - Irrigation - 1909 - 226 pages
...of land can water be had? A. Section 5 of the law states that no right to the use of water for lands in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding 160 acres to any one land owner. 40. Q. Can I obtain water for a full tract of 160 acres? A. This matter is left to the Secretary of... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - Public lands - 1909 - 858 pages
...fund the estimated cost of construction of the project and shall be apportioned equitably. Sec. 5. ... No right to the use of water for land in private ownership sluill be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one land owner, and no such... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - Presidents - 1908 - 878 pages
...private holdings before they can get water from Government irrigation works. The law requires that no right to the use of water for land in private ownership...a tract exceeding 160 acres to any one land owner. This provision has excited active and powerful hostility, but the success of the law itself depends... | |
 | Dana Webster Bartlett - Irrigation - 1911 - 630 pages
...shall pay to the government the charges apportioned against such tract, as provided in section four. No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands - Irrigation - 1912 - 266 pages
...1911 1,843.71 Total 35,843.71 i1,636,502.81 i549,009.11 26,871.31 6,151,088.47 The law requires that no right to the use of water for land in private ownership...be sold for a tract exceeding 160 acres to any one landowner, and the attempt has been made again and again to reduce the amount below 160, but the pressure... | |
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