Report of a Special Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Sacramento, Calif: Oct. 29, 30, and 31, 1951 |
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acre-feet acre-feet annually acres agencies amount of water answer applications appropriation assigned Attorney Basin Bureau of Reclamation Calif Central Valley project Chairman ENGLE CLAIR ENGLE committee Congress cooperation counties of origin court cubic feet Delta-Mendota canal department of finance director of finance division of water Edmonston engineer estimated Feather River Federal Government feet per second filed Friant Dam hearings Holsinger irrigation district Ivanhoe brief July legislation legislature letter litigation Madera ment natural flow needs point of diversion present project water provisions purposes question reclamation law Sacra Sacramento and San Sacramento River Sacramento River water Sacramento Valley water Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta salinity repulsion San Joaquin River San Joaquin Valley second-feet Secretary Senator Shasta Dam statement storage stream surplus water tion tributaries valid Water Code water problems water project authority water requirements water resources water rights water supply water users watershed or area
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Page 94 - 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 94 - ... 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 99 - That in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project, he shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin and shall require an identical provision to be included in all subcontracts.
Page 99 - The Contractor warrants that it has not employed any person to solicit or secure this contract upon any agreement for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee.
Page 94 - In the construction and operation by the authority of any project under the provisions of this part, no exchange of the water of any watershed or area for the water of any other watershed or area may be made by the authority unless the water requirements of the watershed or area in which the exchange is made are first and at all times met and satisfied to the extent that the requirements would have been met were the exchange not made, and no right to the use of water shall be gained or lost by reason...
Page 79 - State which fails to notify the Secretary of the Interior as herein provided is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of the fish-research program of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Page 99 - ... brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business. For...
Page 59 - Section 10505. No priority under this part shall be released nor assignment made of any application that will, in the judgment of the commission, deprive the county in which the water covered by the application originates of any such water necessary for the development of the county.
Page 60 - An Act To permit the United States to be made a party defendant in certain cases...
Page 99 - No Member of or Delegate to Congress or Resident Commissioner shall be admitted to any share or part of this contract or to any benefit that may arise herefrom, but this restriction shall not be construed to extend to this contract if made with a corporation or company for Its general benefit.