AZ vs. CA:19 California Exhibits, Vol. XIX; Nos. 4000-4044

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proposed works to convey water to the lands to be Irrigated. If the irrigation is proposed by means of artesian wells, or by pumping from nonartesian underground sources of water supply, evidence must be submitted as to the existence of such water supply upon or near the land involvedj including a statement as to other wells theretofore sunk and affording a water supply to adjoining or near-by lands. With respect to the land itself, a specific showing must be submitted as to its approximate altitude, character of the soil, and to what points upon the tract the ditches or laterals are to be extended; and that the land is of such contour that it can be irrigated from the proposed system. The map required to be filed by section 4 of the act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat., 1095), must be sufficiently definite and accurate (preferably, but not necessarily, prepared by a licensed engineer) to show the plan for conducting water to the land to be irrigated. The register and receiver will carefully examine the evidence submitted in such declarations, and either reject defective declarations or require additional evidence to be filed. At the time of filing his declaration, plans, and the statements submitted therewith, the applicant must pay the receiver the sum of 25 cents per acre for the lands therein described, the declaration to be given its proper serial number, at that time, in accordance with paragraph 4, Circular No. 105. The receiver will issue a receipt for the money, and after proper notations have been made on your records, the application will be transmitted to the proper Chief of Field Division for report 11-16