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Show -3- such lands or rights of way, become effective as of the date of the filing of said earlier map or maps with the register of the United States local land office. Sec. 3. If any of the lands to which the said district seeks to acquire title under sections 1 and 2 of this act are in a national forest, the said map or maps shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture so far as national-forest lands are affected; and upon such approval and the subsequent approval by the Secretary of the Interior, title to said lands shall vest in the grantee upon the date of such subsequent approval. Sec. 4. Said grants are to be made subject to the rights of all claimants or persons who shall have filed or made valid claims, locations, or entries on or to said lands, or any part thereof prior to the effective date of any conflicting grant hereunder, unless prior to such effective date proper relinquishments or quitclaims have been procured and caused to be filed in the proper land office. Sec. 5. On the cessation of use of the land granted for the purposes of the grant the estate of the grantee or of its assigns shall terminate and revest in the United States. Mr. Stafford. Mr. Speaker, I demand a second. Mr. Swing. I ask unanimous consent that a second be considered as ordered. The Speaker pro tempore. Is there objection? There was no objection. The Speaker pro tempore. The gentleman from California is entitled to 20 minutes and the gentleman from Wisconsin to 20 minutes. Mr. Swing. Mr. Speaker, this bill gives to the Metropolitan Aqueduct, consisting of 13 cities on the Pacific coast, a right of way over public lands to enable them to take domestic water from the Colorado River to those cities to meet the needs of 1,700,000 people living in those cities. Under the general right of way law, it is usual to simply file a map, whereupon the right of way is acquired, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. But this was found not to be applicable for a project of this magnitude, where these cities are to spend their own |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |