Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, with a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah. With Maps. Page: 36
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36 LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED 'STATES.
be described as pasturage farms, and designated by the number of the
tract or parcel and the name of the pasturage district.
SEC. 9. That the right to the water necessary to the redemption of an
irrigation tract of a pasturage farm shall inhere in the land from the time
of the organization of the pasturage district, and in all subsequent conveyances
the right to the water shall pass with the title to the tract; but if
after a lapse of five years from the date of the organization of the pasturage
district the owner of any pasturage farm shall have failed to irrigate the
whole or any part of the irrigable tract the right to the use of the necessary
water to irrigate the unreclaimed land shall thereupon lapse, and any
subsequent right to water necessary for the cultivation of such unreclaimed
aind shall be acquired only by priority of utilization.
SEC. 10. That it shall be lawful for any person entitled to acquire a
homestead from the public lands designated in section one of this act to
settle on a pasturage farm contiguous to any pasturage district after such
district has been organized, by making the notifications and declaration
provided for in section five of this act, and by notifying the recorder of
such pasturage district, and also by complying with the rules and regulations
of such district; and such person may thereupon become a member
of the district and entitled to the same privileges as the other members
thereof; and it shall be the duty of the recorder of the pasturage district
to notify the register and receiver of the land district, and also the Surveyor-General
of the United States, that such claim has been made; and
such person may obtain a patent to the same under the conditions and by
conforming to the methods prescribed in this act: Provided, That the water
necessary for such farm can be taken without injury to the rights of any
person who shall have entered a pasturage farm in such district: And
provided furter, That the right to the water necessary to the redemption of
the irrigable tract of such pasturage farm shall inhere in the land from the
time when said person becomes a member of said district, and in all subsequent
conveyances the right to the water shall pass with the title to the
land; but if, after the lapse of five years from the date of such notifications and
declaration, the owner of said irrigable tract shall have failed to irrigate the
whole or any part of the same, the right to the use of the necessary water
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Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902. Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, with a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah. With Maps., book, 1879; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc125/m1/52/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.