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Show 33. Cary Act, passed in 1894, provides a system of reclamation by cooperation between nation, state, corporation, dividual. must be In reclaiming secured the arid land by the adoption of water due to reckless use, from 1/10 to 1/3 high efficiency of new methods. to the law of priation, imperfect application, in and loss 'Jhe prior appro and seepage, of the total, and much of it amounts to is avoid able. In commenting on some pertinent phases tion law, President Van Hise pOints out the of the He also present laws. practical principle that first and of that humid e eeeted to apply here. on irrigation aourt the the This of the adoption The common law country, could not be principles of the filing high tribunal has Supreme always upheld prior appropriation right between states. The the applica.tion waters have been the cause of much argument. irriga first official filer has to the water. lasting right England, adapted to the justifies of irrigation upstream d abuses man by waters should be prorated cannot abuse his privilege. water so that Frauds companies should be prevented. It state to is, therefore, altogether advisable that the which the water belongs should control it completely. FORESTS. Perhaps the first resource (and mayhap the only |
