...fiscal year, ending June 30, 1891, the House of Representatives agreed to the following section : " For the purpose of investigating the extent to which...of the United States can be redeemed by irrigation and for the investigation of the sources of water to be used in irrigation, and the segregation of...

...Congress approved October 2. 1888, US Statutes at Large, volume 25, page 526, as follows: « " For tbe purpose of investigating the extent to which the arid...of the United States can be redeemed by irrigation, and the segregation of the irrigable lands in such arid region, and for the selection of sites for...

...bill enacted by Congress at it* la>t session, approved March 2, 1889, included an item of $250,000 " for the purpose of investigating the extent to which the arid region of the United States cau be redeemed by irrigation and the segregation of irrigable lands in such arid region, and for the...

...United States, and would respectfully submit the following: Said act after making an appropriation for the purpose of investigating the extent to which the arid region is susceptible of irrigation, and the segregation of the irrigable lauds in such arid region and for...

...the result of such investigation. October '2 of the same year an appropriation of $1o0,0o0 was made for the purpose of investigating the extent to which the arid region could he redeemed by irrigation. (Stat. L., vol. 25, p. 52ti.) This act provided also for the segregation...

...United States, and would respectfully submit the following: Said act, after making an appropriation for the purpose of investigating the extent to which the arid region is susceptible of irrigation, and the segregation of the irrigable lands in such arid region and for...