Chapter 165. To withdraw from settlement and entry certain lands in the State of California
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CHAP. 165.— An Act To withdraw from settlement and entry certain lands in the State of California. February 20, 1909.[[S. 8048](/us/bill/70/s/8048).][[Pubic, No. 248.](/us/pl/70/248)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all of the public landsCalifornia.Publc lands reserved to conserve waters of San Bernardino Valley. in section eight, township one south, range two west, and in sections two, four, eight, ten, and twelve, in township one south, range three west, San Bernardino base and meridian, in the State of California, are hereby withdrawn from settlement and entry and reserved for the purpose of aiding in the conservation of the waters of the San Bernardino Valley: *Provided*, That this Act shall not defeat any vested*Proviso.*Prio rights not affected. right which has attached under any pending entry or location.
Sec. 2. That any individual or association of individuals or anyUse of waste waters, etc. company or corporation may have the right, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to conduct to said lands and to distribute over them any flood or waste waters not otherwise appropriated, and to build the necessary engineering works for this purpose, to the end that said flood or waste waters may sink into the sands and gravels of said lands, thereby increasing and replenishing the supply of underground waters in the San Bernardino Valley.
Approved, February 20, 1909.