§ 419. Contract for irrigation project; notice as to lands irrigable, unit of entry, and construction charges

Legislative history

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1. 1902

   Pub. L. 57–1093 § 4 · 32 Stat. 388

   Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 419

   June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 4, 32 Stat. 389

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 4, 32 Stat. 389

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. That upon the determination by the Secretary of the Interior Contracts. that any irrigation project is practicable, he may cause to be let contracts for the construction of the same, in such portions or sections as it may be practicable to construct and complete as parts of the whole project, providing the necessary funds for such portions or sections are available in the reclamation fund, and thereupon he shall give Public notice of irrigable lands, charges, etc. public notice of the lands irrigable under such project, and limit of area per entry, which limit shall represent the acreage which, in the opinion of the Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question; also of the charges which shall be made per acre upon the said entries, and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of the said irrigation project, and the number of annual installments, not exceeding ten, in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such payments shall commence. The said charges shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project, and shall be apportioned equitably: Provided, That in Proviso. Limit of work hours. Mongolian labor. all construction work eight hours shall constitute a day’s work, and no Mongolian labor shall be employed thereon.

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