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Show 353 program; two national soil-conservation programs; a program for retirement of submarginal lands; the flood-control activi- ties of the Department of Agriculture; and the 1939 program for small water-conservation and utilization projects. Fi- nally, we shall summarize briefly the indirectly relevant but important provisions made for credit facilities, and the extensive and much earlier provisions made for research and education. California Debris Commission Created by Congress in 1893, this Commission has regulatory jurisdiction over hydraulic mining to the extent that it affects navigable waters in the territory drained by the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems.5 The legislative outline of the duties and responsibilities of the Commission, discussed earlier, shows an awareness of the direct tie between land-use practices and their influence upon water resources.6 As a prerequisite to certain mining operations, proprietors of min- ing land within the Commission's jurisdiction must file with it a petition setting forth facts required by the statute and the rules of the Commission.7 Moreover, the duties of the Com- mission contemplate protective measures against encroach- ment of and damage from debris resulting not only from min- ing operations, but also from "natural erosion or other causes."8 Intentional violations of Commission orders directing the methods of mining operations are subject to prescribed penalties.9 The regulatory land-use aspects of this legislation distin- guish it sharply from all other federal land-use legislation, as we shall see.10 8 Act of March 1, 1898, 27 Stat. 507, 33 U. S. C. 661-685. • See supra, pp. 119-120. 7 § 9, 27 Stat. 508, 33 U. S. 0. 669. 8 § 4, 27 Stat. 507, 33 U. S. C. 664. 8 § 19, 27 Stat. 510, 33 U. S. C. 679. 10 It may be noted, however, that Congress has prescribed certain penalties for setting fire to timber or other inflammable material upon the public domain, and also for building and failing to extinguish totally a fire in or near forest lands owned or under the jurisdiction of the United States. Act of March 4,1909, §§ 52, 53, 35 Stat. 1088,1098,18 U. S. C. 106-107. |