The Columbia Basin Project Act: Hearings, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session on H.R. 6522, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942 - Irrigation |
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... lands in the Columbia Basin prospectively irrigable by reason of the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam project and to aid actual settlers in securing such lands at the fair appraised value thereof as arid land , and for other ...
... lands in the Columbia Basin prospectively irrigable by reason of the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam project and to aid actual settlers in securing such lands at the fair appraised value thereof as arid land , and for other ...
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... lands , whichever is less . Lands within the Co- lumbia Basin project in excess of one farm unit held by any one landowner shall , except otherwise provided in this Act , be deemed excess land : And pro- vided further , That if excess land ...
... lands , whichever is less . Lands within the Co- lumbia Basin project in excess of one farm unit held by any one landowner shall , except otherwise provided in this Act , be deemed excess land : And pro- vided further , That if excess land ...
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... lands , a farm unit or units , the irrigable acreage of which shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres comprised of said same lands . " ( iv ) The Secretary shall require each owner of land within the Columbia Basin project , as a ...
... lands , a farm unit or units , the irrigable acreage of which shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres comprised of said same lands . " ( iv ) The Secretary shall require each owner of land within the Columbia Basin project , as a ...
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... land involved . " Said recordable contract shall also provide that , should any freehold estate in land covered thereby be conveyed , or contracted to be conveyed , after the date of execution of said recordable contract and within ten ...
... land involved . " Said recordable contract shall also provide that , should any freehold estate in land covered thereby be conveyed , or contracted to be conveyed , after the date of execution of said recordable contract and within ten ...
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... land covered by a recordable contract entered into pursuant to subsection 2 ( b ) ( iv ) of this Act , in the ... land , protecting the project lands , facilitating the development of the project , preventing speculation in project lands ...
... land covered by a recordable contract entered into pursuant to subsection 2 ( b ) ( iv ) of this Act , in the ... land , protecting the project lands , facilitating the development of the project , preventing speculation in project lands ...
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acres agencies amendment ANDERSON antispeculation features appraised value appropriate authority believe BILLINGSLEY Boise project Bonneville Power Administration Bureau of Reclamation CHAIRMAN Columbia Basin project Columbia River Congress connection consideration construction charges cost Coulee Dam project crops Department of Agriculture dry-farming DWORSHAK Ephrata excess land Farm Credit Administration Farm Security Administration farm unit farmers Federal Government Grand Coulee Dam included Interior irrigable lands IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION irrigation block irrigation farming irrigation project landowner legislation loans MCINTYRE ment MURDOCK operation owner payment pending bill percent period plat problems Project Act project area project lands proposed public lands purchase purposes pursuant receive water reclamation laws reclamation projects recordable contract repayment contract ROBERTSON ROBINSON Secretary sell settle settlement settlers SMART soil Stat STINSON subsection successful thereof tion tract University of Washington WARNE Wash Washington WIECKING WINTER
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Page 225 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 227 - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums of money as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Page 7 - States of a contract of sale of any lands within the project, the lands under contract may be taxed by the State or political subdivision thereof in the same manner and to the same extent as privately owned lands of a like character. All taxes legally so assessed may be enforced...
Page 230 - (b) Contracts, exchanges, and leases made under this section, shall be on terms that, in the Secretary's judgment, are in keeping with sound project development. In addition, land sale contracts shall be on a basis that, in the Secretary's judgment, provides for the return in a reasonable period of years of not less than the appraised value of the land and improvements thereon.
Page 97 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 : 30 am, Hon. Compton I. White (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The meeting...
Page 65 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tlie United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Selective Service Act of 1948 (6!?
Page 230 - State or local laws of the inhabitants on such property ; (3) enter into agreements to pay annual sums in lieu of taxes to any State or...
Page 68 - Provided, That no distribution of construction charges over the lands included in the organization shall in any manner be deemed to relieve the organization or any party or any land therein of the organization's general obligation to the United States.
Page 5 - ... conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Page 72 - ... supply and allocated to irrigation; and shall require payment of said rates each year in advance of delivery of water for said year. In the event such contracts are made for furnishing water for irrigation purposes, the costs of any irrigation water distribution works constructed by the United States in connection with the new project, new division of a project, or supplemental works on a project, shall be covered by a repayment contract entered into pursuant to said subsection (d) The provisions...