 | United States - 1877 - 832 pages
...Provided however Right to use wathat the right to the use of water by the person so conducting the er' same, on or to any tract of desert land of six hundred...bona fide prior appropriation : and such right shall Water on public not exceed the amount of \vator actually appropriated, aud necessarily Ian(l3 to uo... | |
 | United States - 1877 - 846 pages
...water upon thesame, within the period of three years thereafter, Provided however Bight to use wathat the right to the use of water by the person so conducting the came, on or to any tract of desert land of six hundred and forty acres shall depend upon bona fide... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors - 1937 - 914 pages
...this act contained the following proviso : "Provided, hoicever, That the right to the use of waters by the person so conducting the same on or to any tract of desert land of 640 acres shall depend upo7i bona fide prior appropriation: and such right shall not exceed the amount... | |
 | United States - 1971 - 1632 pages
...exceeding one-half section, by conducting water upon the same, within the period of three years thereafter: Provided, however, That the right to the use of water...conducting the same, on or to any tract of desert land of three hundred and twenty acres shall depend upon bona fide prior appropriation; and such right shall... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation - 1945 - 722 pages
...specified is acknowledged and confirmed. The so-called Desert land law of 1877 (43 USEA 321) reads: Provided, however, That the right to the use of water...conducting the same, on or to any tract of desert land of three hundred and twenty acres shall depend upon bona fide prior appropriation; and such right shall... | |
 | United States. Water Resources Policy Commission - 1950 - 1164 pages
...1870, Congress enacted the Desert-Land Act of 1877, which allowed desert land entries with a proviso that:"* the right to the use of water by the person...conducting the same, on or to any tract of desert land of three hundred and twenty acres shall depend upon bona fide prior appropriation ; and such right shall... | |
 | United States. Water Resources Policy Commission - 1950 - 808 pages
...by those individuals intending to reclaim such lands by conducting water thereon, stipulating: 748 That the right to the use of water by the person so...conducting the same, on or to any tract of desert land of three hundred and twenty acres shall depend upon bona fide prior appropriation; and such right shall... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1951 - 104 pages
...1877, as amended, 43 USC 321), which, after providing for desert land entries, reads as follows: "* * * Provided, however, that the right to the use of water...conducting the same, on or to any tract of desert land of three hundred and twenty acres shall depend upon bona fide prior appropriation; and such right shall... | |
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... and such right shall not exceed the amount of water actually appropriated, and necessarily used for the purpose of irrigation and reclamation... 
