Chapter 798. Relating to the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Rio Grande, in New Mexico, for the impounding of the flood waters of said river for purposes of irrigation
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CHAP. 798.— An Act Relating to the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Rio Grande, in New Mexico, for the impounding of the flood waters of said river for purposes of irrigation. February 25, 1905. [[H. R. 17939](/us/bill/58/hr/17939).] [[Public, No. 104](/us/pl/58/104).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Rio Grande, N. Mex.Dam, etc., authorized under reclamation act.Vol. 32, p. 388. That the provisions of the reclamation Act approved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two shall be extended for the purposes of this Act to the portion of Location.the State of Texas bordering upon the Rio Grande which can be irrigated from a dam to be constructed near Engle, in the Territory of New Mexico, on the Rio Grande, to store the flood waters of that river, and if there shall be ascertained to be sufficient land in New Mexico and in Texas which can be supplied with the stored water at a cost which shall render the project feasible and return to the reclamation fund the cost of the enterprise, then the Secretary of the Interior may proceed with the work of constructing a dam on the Rio Grande as part of the general system of irrigation, should all other conditions as regards feasibility be found satisfactory.
Approved, February 25, 1905.