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Show their relief will prevent the loss of the investments they have made in perfecting their entries. While the terms of S. 1177 are generally applicable through all States where the Desert Land Act is operative, there are at the present time no known entries which will be affected except those in Arizona. A letter from the departmental Solicitor, printed elsewhere in this report, discusses legislation pertinent to the subject of the legislation in several of the Western States. Public hearings were held on the bill on May 27, 1955. All witnesses heard favored enactment of the legislation and a letter from United States Senator Carl Hayden, of Arizona, sponsor of the bill with Senator Barry Goldwater, of Arizona, urged a favorable report by the committee. LETTERS PROM EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS The Bureau of the Budget offered no objection to the bill and the Department of the Interior recommended enactment of the legislation in the following communications: April 12, 1955. HON. JAMES E. MURRAY, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Washington .25, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Reference is made to your request for the views of the Bureau of the Budget with respect to S. 1177* for the relief of desert land entry-men whose entries are dependent upon percolating waters for reclamation. The Desert Land Act of March 3, 1877 (^3 U.S.C. 321), requires that the right of desert land entrymen to the IV-4 |
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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] : |