United States Land Commissioner
Stone has not 1- that
these new nil -= and requirements must
be followed:
-All iLw.-rt land entries mad? subse
quent t-> the a. t of congress, approved
M r«-h 3. Is: 6. shall be accompanied by j
a, uip <>f th ■ land entered, which shall '
exhibit a pl.in showing the mode of con
;< .plated irrigation. This office con- (
si-1 rs it necessary for claimants, alter
si. wing the source of the water to be
i’.« I and the amount contemplated to
l r m ed. by miner’s inches, to indicate
b> intelligible means the ditches, both
main and lateral, and other channels '
I i> i :h which, or by means of which,
e\. .> port* >n of the land is to be ini
l. •<•<!, giving the width <.f said ditches
i. d th ■ depth ami capacity of the same.
. .so. that tl.e party shall indicate, by
• hn,_ or otherwise, that portion of the
1...id which he expects to be bonetitted
I the use of each ditch. If there should ;
b hi ds or high ground within the.
