388 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1093. 1902. J¤¤¤17.1902· 1093.-An Act Appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of
p)i;lp;]<glla:;d; gg;1t:.gpaS§alti;la51;l Territories to the construction of irrigation works
Be it enacted the Senate and House 0 f R esentatfres of the Un tted }rgs:gi;>r;·mati D States of Amerbda in Congress assembled, Tliat all moneys received fund" ggtqbljghgd from the sale and d1sposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Col- §°;’gr;§;f;};f P“b“° orado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington,
- “”"»P~m’- and Wyopiing, biegindning withlthle tiscali year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen un re an one, inc u in the su lus of fees and commis- F¤¤¢r¤<>¤· sions in excess of allowances to regigters andigeceivers, and excepting the five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands in the above States set aside by law for educational and odher purposes, shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved, set aside, and appropriated as 2. special flund the Treasury toge known as thel ireclamation fund," 0 e use in the examination an surve for an the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for thelstorage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands in the said States and Territories, and for the a ment of all other expendim 0, agri m1_ tures provided for_ in this Act: That in case the receipts m¤i:em.,c¤11eges, from the sale and disposal of public lands other than those realized from the sale and disposal of lands referred to in this section are insufficient to meet the r uirements for the support of agricultural colv¤1.zs,p.417. leges in the severalxgtates and Territories, under the Act of An ust thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to apggy a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete ` endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture v01. 12, p. me. and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," D¤¤¤i¤¤¢>‘- the euciency, if any, in the sum necessary for the su port of the said collleges shall be proviéled for from any moneys in the Treasury not ot erwise appropriate . ml&*g3:>gf;;_;?n•§>(; Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and mm. directed tm;] make examéngtions and surveys for, and to locate and construct, as erein provide , irrigation works for the stora e diversion and development of waters, inldluding artesian wells, andtb report td Congress at the beginning of each regular session as to the results of Estimates cms:. such examinations and surveys, giving estimates of cost of all contemplaztep work? the qugntipyfand location of the lands which can be irri- ‘ e ere rom, an a acts relative to the racticabilit of each ildigation project; also the cost of works in piidcess of coiistruction as well as of those which have been completed. mrxgngisblilyggggstvn Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior shall, before giving the ·· public notice provided for in section four of this Act, withdraw from public entry the lands required for any irrigation works contemplated Restoration. updlelr phedprovisigpsl of this }Act, andhshalldrestore to public entry any o e an s so wi 1 rawn w en, in is °u ment. such lands are not hgpgry of imgams ;pquiredhfor}the ppaposesi of tthis Act; aindsthe Secretary olf the Inteor is ere ly au orize . a or imme 18 e r rior to the time of beginning the surveys for any contemplatdd Iirrigation works. to withdraw from entry, except under the homestead laws, any public igmpzm. _ lands believed to be susceptible of irrigation from said works: Pro- "“’°"°*’·*‘ °¤*¤°*· ceded, That all lands entered and entries made under the homestead laws within areas so withdrawn during such withdrawal shall be sub- ]ect to all the provisions, limitations, charges, terms, and conditions Suneysyem of this Act; that said surveys_ shall be prosecuted diligently to completion, and upon the completion thereof, and of the necessary maps, plans, and estimates of cost, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine whether or not said pro]ect is practicable and advisable, and if determined to be impracmcable or unadvisable he shall thereupon
