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Show PUBLIC NOTICE. YUMA PROJECT, CALIFORNIA. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WaShINGton. f>. C, January it, 1910. PUBLIC NOTICE. Pursuant to the provision* of Section 4 of the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. jW). notice is hereby given as follow*: 1. Water will be furnished from the Yuma project, California, under the provisions of the Reclamation Act, in the irrigation season of 1910, for the irrigible lands shown on farm unit plats of Ts. 15 and 16 S , R. 23 E., S. B. M., approved December 13, 1909, by the Secretary of the Interior, and on lite in the local land office at Los Angeles, California, and the lands will be opened to entry and settlement in accordance herewith. a. Warning is hereby given that no person will be permitted to §tin or exercise any rights whaur.r under any settlement or occupation begun prior to March 1. 1910, on any land covered by this notice, and all such settlement or occupation is hereby forbidden. 3. # Homestead entries accompanied by applications for water rights and the first instalment of the charges may be made at the local land office in Los Angeles, California, on and after March 1, 1910, beginning at 9 o'clock a. m., under the provisions of said act, and the act of April 21, 1904 (jj Stat., 204), far the farm units shown on said plats. Water-right applications may also be made for lands in private ownership, and the time when payments will be due therefor is hereinafter stated. ' 4. The limit of area per entry, representing the acreage which in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior may be reasonably required for the support of a family on the lands entered subject to the provisions of the Reclamation Act, is fixed at the amount, shown on the plats for the several farm touts. 5. The limit of area for which water-right application may he made for lands in private ownership1 shall be 160 acres of irrigable land for each landowner. 6. The charges which shall be made per acre of irrigable land in the said entries are in three parts, as follows: (a) The value of the lands before reclamation, 410 per acre for the total area in each entry. a* required by Section 25 of said act of April 21, 1904, payable in not more than 10 aaaaal installments, the first of which shall be $1 per acre, and the remaining instalments at the rate of $1 par acre aer annum until fully paid. *" (*) The building of the irrigation system $55 per acre of irrigable land, payable in not more than 10 annual instalments, the first of which shall be S5.50 per acre and the remaining instalments at the rate of $5.50 or some multiple thereof per acre. Full payment may be made at any time of aavr balance of the building charge remaining due after certification by the Commissioner of the General Land Office that full and satisfactory compliance has been shown with all the requirements of the law as to residence, cultivation and reclamation. (c) For operation and maintenance for the irrigation season of 1910, and annually thereafter until further notice $1 per acre of irrigable land, whether water is used thereon or not As soon aa the data are available, the operation and maintenance charge will be fixed in proportion to the amount of water used with a minimum charge per acre of irrigable land whether water is used thereon or ant. 7. The charges which shall be made per acre of irrigable land in private ownership are those above stated for homestead entries, except that the portion of the charge for the value of the lands before reclamation ia inapplicable. K. All entries made for any of the lands shown on said plats shall be accompanied by applications for water rights in due form, and by the first instalment o f the charges for the Indian lands aad for building, operation and maintenance, not less than $7.50 per acre of irrigable land plus $1 per acre for the mm irrig I Vta. A. Steenbergen, Project Manager, Yuma Projects Office, bureau of Hacliaation, D»p«r*-nont of Interior, hereby certify that as suoh Project 2*iw»fe* I have custody of the books and records of the Yuma Frejects Office, and that the annexed is a true copy of f v t> i ¦ «- ^»'Ct ¦ t^^--^ ^V^)f^tr V^l;****,* .^,,f|>y it i^/e_________________________________ as it appeara in the records and files of the Tuna Frojects Office, Tuaa, Arisona. IiTwitnes* *h«reof, I have hereunto set raj' hand this ^L. day of hllt>-----, 1957. |
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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] : California exhibits. |