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

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ITEM II-G EXTRACT FROM STATUTES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING ENTRIES UNDER THE DESERT-LAND LAWS, CIRCULAR NO. 474, 45 L.D. 345, 351, 352-53, 357-58, 360, 361-63 (May 18, 1916) EVIDENCE AS TO WATER RIGHT MUST ACCOMPANY APPLICATION. 12. No desert-land application will be allowed unless accompanied by evidence satisfactorily showing either that the intending entryman has already acquired by appropriation, purchase, or contract a right to the permanent use of sufficient water to irrigate and reclaim all of the irrigable portion of the land sought, or that he has initiated and prosecuted, as far as then possible, appropriate steps looking to the acquisition of such a right. If applicant intends to procure water from an irrigation district, corporation, or association, but is unable to obtain a contract for the water in advance of the allowance of his entry, then he must furnish, in lieu of the contract, some written assurance from the responsible officials of such district, corporation, or association that, if his entry be allowed, applicant will be able to obtain from that source the necessary water. All applications not accompanied by the evidence above indicated will be rejected. [p. 351] PROPOSED IRRIGATION SYSTEM MUST BE PRACTICABLE. 13. At the time of filing the declaration with the register and receiver the applicant must also file plans describing in detail the following: Source of water supply; character of the irrigation works constructed, in course of construction, 11-19