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Show 326 and providing opportunities for permanent settlement of farm families." ** Miscellaneous.-One of the purposes for the establishment of national forests is declared to be the "securing of favorable conditions of water flows."49 Further, all waters within the boundaries of national forests may be used for "domestic, min- ing, milling, or irrigation purposes," under the laws of the state wherein such national forests are situated, or under the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations established thereunder.60 Of interest is a 1934 statute providing that in case a permittee or lessee strikes water while drilling for oil or gas on public lands and such water is of a quality and quantity to be valuable and usable at reasonable cost for agricultural, domestic, or other purposes, the Secretary of the Interior may purchase the casing in the well.51 Also noteworthy is an authorization whereby the Secretary of the Interior may grant certain rights-of-way over public lands for ditches, canals, or reservoirs to be used for purposes of "water transportation" for domestic uses.52 No survey concerning water supply would be complete with- out mention of the potentialities of desalination of sea and other saline water, and also of artificial rainmaking. Obviously, if a feasible method of converting salt water into fresh water were developed, many water shortages and resultant controversies would be solved. Several bills were introduced in the Eighty-first Congress to provide for research to determine 48 Act of August 11,1939, § 1, 53 Stat. 1418, as amended, 16 U. S. O. 590y. See also supra, pp. 243-245. 49 Act of June 4,1897, § 1,30 Stat. 11,35,16 U. S. 0.475. 110 § i, 30 Stat. 36, 16 U. S. O. 481; 36 O. F. R. 251.9. See also Act of February 1, 1905, § 4, 33 Stat. 628, 16 U. S. O. 524; Act of May 28, 1940, 54 Stat. 224, 16 U. S. C. 552a-552d, providing for protection for purposes of municipal water supply of watersheds within national forests. 51 Act of February 25, 1920, § 40, 41 Stat. 437, as added by Act of June 16, 1934, 48 Stat. 977,30 U. S. O. 229a. M Act of May 11,1898, § 2, 30 Stat. 404, as amended, 43 U. S. O. 951. |