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Show ITEM II-E EXTRACT PROM PARAGRAPHS 12 AND 13 OF DESERT LAND CIRCULAR AMENDED, CIRCULAR, 43 L.D. 203-05 (March 23, 91 12. Whoever makes a desert land entry must acquire a clear right to the use of sufficient water to irrigate and reclaim the whole of the land entered, or as much of it as is susceptible of irrigation. Therefore, whoever tenders a desert land declaration, without definite arrangements for obtaining water, in anticipation of the construction of extensive irrigation works not determined upon, and where it is not demonstrated that water can be conserved in sufficient quantity and conveyed to the land, does not meet the requirements of the law, and the declaration shall be rejected by the register and receiver, subject to the usual right of appeal. If applicant proposes to appropriate water for the Irrigation of the land claimed by him, he must file with his declaration record evidence of his notice of appropriation under applicable State laws. In case he proposes to procure water through an irrigation district, a corporation, or an association, record evidence of a contract for water must accompany his declaration, or if no contract can be obtained prior to entry, some written assurance from responsible officials of such district, corporation, or association, having either a proposed irrigation scheme, one under construction, or one completed, that, if entry be allowed, applicant •rill oe able ;;-o procure from that source, the necessary water 11-11 |
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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] : |