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Interior recommends legislation to provide compensation for canal

“Legislation to correct inequities in payments for lands taken for canal rights-of-way under the Federal Reclamation Law has been requested of Congress by the Department of the Interior.”

Main Author: United States. Department of the Interior
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Language: English
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Published: 1963
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spelling oai:archives.mountainscholar.org:p17393coll32-54232023-03-17 Interior recommends legislation to provide compensation for canal U.S.D.I. News Release, 1963-10-22 United States. Department of the Interior 1963 September 27 1963-09-27 “Legislation to correct inequities in payments for lands taken for canal rights-of-way under the Federal Reclamation Law has been requested of Congress by the Department of the Interior.” United States. Department of the Interior English eng Text William H. Nelson papers on Colorado Water William H. Nelson papers on Colorado Water Colorado Mesa University. Tomlinson Library U.S. Government http://hdl.handle.net/11166/166898 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR * * * * * * * * * * * * * ********news release OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Forsyth - Interior 4662 For Release to PM's, SEPTJi'...MBER 27, 1963 INTERIOR RECOMMENDS LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR CANAL RIGHTS- OF··WAY WEST OF l OOTH MERIDIAN Legislation to correct inequities in payments for lands taken for canal rights-of-way under the Federal Reclamation Law has been requested of Congress by the Department of the Interior. The proposed legislation would nullify the effect of a 73-year-old law under which the Federal Government can take property for canal rights-of-way without compensation. It will permit payment for rights-of-way west of the lOOth meridian acquired by the United States in connection with the construction of Reclamation projects started after enactment of the bill. Bisecting a tier of six States in the Central United States, the lOOth meridian passes through North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. At present, the Government can pay for lands lying east of this line _and=recrn..tfeg_!or canal right~-of-~ay, but n~eds special authorization to pay for --- --~ ~--~ land lying west of this line. Adoption of the proposed legislation would have the effect of revoking an act of 1890, insofar as it per tains to r eserva t ion of r ight s-of-way for federally authorized construction of canals and ditches west of the lOOth meridian initiated after the date the bill takes effect. The 1890 act reserves rights-of-way for such construction in all homestead patents issued after that date for public lands west of the lOOth meridian. Provisions of the Act have resulted in land acquisi-tion actions for Bureau of Reclamation purposes--especially in areas where large landholdings were bisected by the meridian and where canal projects crossed the meridian--with property-owners on one side of the imaginary line receiving compensation and those on the other side receiving nothing. http://archives.mountainscholar.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17393coll32/id/5423
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Interior recommends legislation to provide compensation for canal
description “Legislation to correct inequities in payments for lands taken for canal rights-of-way under the Federal Reclamation Law has been requested of Congress by the Department of the Interior.”
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title Interior recommends legislation to provide compensation for canal
title_short Interior recommends legislation to provide compensation for canal
title_full Interior recommends legislation to provide compensation for canal
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title_sort interior recommends legislation to provide compensation for canal
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