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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 17 STAT. · March 3, 1873 · Chapter CCCXVI

Chapter CCCXVI. to provide for a Board of Commissioners to report a System of Irrigation for the San Joaquin, Sacramento and Tulare in California

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CHAP. CCCXVI.— An Act to provide for a Board of Commissioners to report a System of Irrigation for the San Joaquin, Sacramento and Tulare in California.March 3, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatBoard of commissioners to report a system of irrigation for the San Joaquin, &c, valleys in California. the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to assign two engineers of the army and one officer of the coast-survey, now stationed on the Pacific coast, for the purpose of examining and reporting on a system of irrigation in the San Joaquin, Tulare, and Sacramento Valleys of the State of California; and for thatFORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 317–319. 1873.623 purpose the officers so assigned may associate with themselves the chief of the geological survey of California, and also one other civilian distinguished for his knowledge of the subject. Sec. 2. ThatBoard to consist of whom; their powers and duties.Report these five persons shall constitute a board, with power to Fill vacancies, whose duty it shall be to make a full report to the President on the best system of irrigation for said valleys, with all necessary plans, details, engineering, statistical, and otherwise, which report the President shall transmit to Congress at its next session, with such recommendations as he shall thiuk proper.
Sec. 3. ThatSubsistence, transportation, and compensation. the Secretary of War shall furnish subsistence and transportation for the board while in the field, and the compensation of the members of the board who are not in the service of the United States shall not exceed two thousand dollars each, but the other members of the board shall receive no additional compensation for their services. Approved, March 3, 1873.
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