Colorado River Basin: Hearings, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 6251 and H.R. 9826U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - Water resources development |
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... taken , with reasonable severance damages to property of the lessee not taken . Such net investment or fair value and damages , if not agreed upon , shall be fixed by a proceeding in equity in the district court of the United States in ...
... taken , with reasonable severance damages to property of the lessee not taken . Such net investment or fair value and damages , if not agreed upon , shall be fixed by a proceeding in equity in the district court of the United States in ...
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... taken from the Colorado River in territory of the United States by the California Development Co. , and which waters this company has ceded to the Sociedad de Riego y Terrenos de la Baja California S. A. It is also authorized to carry ...
... taken from the Colorado River in territory of the United States by the California Development Co. , and which waters this company has ceded to the Sociedad de Riego y Terrenos de la Baja California S. A. It is also authorized to carry ...
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... taken , resulting from the termination of the supply . ( c ) Contracts for the sale and delivery of electrical energy shall be made with responsible applicants therefor who will pay the price fixed by the said Secretary with a view to ...
... taken , resulting from the termination of the supply . ( c ) Contracts for the sale and delivery of electrical energy shall be made with responsible applicants therefor who will pay the price fixed by the said Secretary with a view to ...
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... taken over from the States ? Mr. WINTERS . Has not the Supreme Court spoken on the question of the right of the States to regulate appropriations of water and the necessity of obtaining the State's consent ? Mr. HAYDEN . That issue has ...
... taken over from the States ? Mr. WINTERS . Has not the Supreme Court spoken on the question of the right of the States to regulate appropriations of water and the necessity of obtaining the State's consent ? Mr. HAYDEN . That issue has ...
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... They are from 100 to more than 200 feet below a turbulent river that runs around the rim of the basin in which these farms and cities are located . The danger from flood has been increased by steps taken 20 COLORADO RIVER BASIN.
... They are from 100 to more than 200 feet below a turbulent river that runs around the rim of the basin in which these farms and cities are located . The danger from flood has been increased by steps taken 20 COLORADO RIVER BASIN.
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acre-feet acres agreement all-American canal amendments amount appropriation of water ARENTZ authorized BANNISTER benefit bill Black Canyon Dam bonds Boulder Canyon Dam Boulder Canyon project Boulder Dam Bridge Canyon build Canyon project CARPENTER CHAIRMAN city of Denver Coachella Valley Colorado River Basin Colorado River compact Committee on Irrigation Congress construction contract cost district diversion Doctor MEAD electrical energy Federal Government Federal Power Commission flood control flow Glen Canyon Glen Canyon Dam HAYDEN HEARD hereby HOPKINS horsepower HUDSPETH Imperial Valley interest Interior Irrigation and Reclamation Laguna Dam lands LEATHERWOOD legislation legislatures licenses lower basin lower Colorado River matter ment MERRILL Mexican Mexico Muscle Shoals navigation Nevada paragraph power development power plant proposed purpose question ratified reclamation law reservoir revenue Salton Sea Secretary Senate SINNOTT six-State statement storage stream subdivision SWING thereof tion Undersecretary WINSTON United upper basin Utah water rights WHITTINGTON Wyoming
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Page 220 - Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this act. shall proceed in conformity with such laws...
Page 92 - That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of the United States from time to time, as the proceeds may be required to defray expenditures authorized by this Act...
Page 191 - System may be impounded and used for the generation of electrical power, but such impounding and use shall be subservient to the use and consumption of such water for agricultural and domestic purposes and shall not interfere with or prevent use for such dominant purposes.
Page 97 - An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain states and territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands...
Page 117 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such general regulations as he may prescribe, to contract for the storage of water in said reservoir and for the delivery thereof at such points on the river and on said canal as may be agreed upon, for irrigation and domestic uses...
Page 5 - Act shall include water uses defined as "domestic" in said Colorado River compact. SEC. 13. (a) The Colorado River compact signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922, pursuant to Act of Congress approved August 19, 1921, entitled "An Act to permit a compact or agreement between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Colorado River, and for other purposes...
Page 144 - The shores of navigable waters and the soils under them were not granted by the Constitution to the United States, but were reserved to the States respectively.
Page 144 - ... underlying navigable waters within the several States belong to the respective States in virtue of their sovereignty, and may be used and disposed of as they may direct, subject always to the rights of the public in such waters and to the paramount power of Congress to control their navigation so far as may be necessary for the regulation of commerce among the States and with foreign nations, and that each new State, upon its admission to the Union, becomes endowed with the same rights and powers...
Page 224 - ... or so much thereof as may be necessary, and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or registered bonds of the United States...
Page 16 - October 23, 1918, between the United States and the Imperial Irrigation District, providing for a connection with Laguna Dam ; but the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into contract or contracts with the said district or other districts, persons, or agencies for the construction, in accordance with this Act, of said canal and appurtenant structures, and also for the operation and maintenance thereof, with the consent of the other users.