Volume 32 · 716
Public Law 57–1374
To grant certain lands to the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company.
Approved July 1, 1902
Statutory text
An Act
To grant certain lands to the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company.
Preamble.
Whereas the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company is the owner of a reservoir from which the inhabitants of the city of Denver, Colorado, are supplied with water for domestic purposes; and
Whereas it is necessary for the health of the people of said city that the waters of said reservoir should not be contaminated and that the principal drainage basins leading into said reservoir should he under the control of the owners of said reservoir: Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following-described tracts of land, situated in the counties of Jefferson and Douglas, in the State of Colorado, described as follows: Sections one, two, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-three, and twenty-four, in township ten south, range seventy-one west, of sixth principal meridian; and sections six, seven, eighteen, and nineteen, in township ten south, range seventy west, of sixth principal meridian, all within the South Platte Forest Reserve, containing seven thousand six hundred and eighty acres, be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the South Platte Canal and Reservoir Company, a corporation of the State of
Price per acre.
Colorado, upon the payment of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre by said company to the United States, to have and to hold said lands to its use and behoof forever for purposes of water storage and supply of its waterworks: and for said purposes said company shall forever have the right, in its discretion, to control and use any and all parts of the premises herein conveyed, and in the construction of reservoirs, laying such pipes and mains, and in making such improvements as may be necessary to utilize the water contained in any natural or constructed reservoirs upon said premises.
Approved, July 1, 1902.