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<br /> <br />\.ttentio'n is fnrther directed to the fact that many of these irrigation <br />p,rojeets, of a magnitnde to be developed only <br />"by the :B'edcral Government, .can be properly <br />carried on without interfering with smaller <br />developments which should be undertaken by <br />individual and corporate initiative, and we <br />therefore urge upon the Interior and AgriculR <br />ural Depa"'tments the adoption of a liberal and sympathetic policy in <br />he granting of rights of way for reservoirs and ditches upon the public <br />lomain where the same are essential to the development of .such private <br />)rojects. <br /> <br />ROMPT ACTION ON <br />IGHTS OF WAY <br />HROUGH GOVERN- <br />ENT LANDS <br /> <br />NCOURAGE <br />RIVATE <br />OMES <br /> <br />e further urge the liberal administration of all land laws of <br />the United States, looking to the end of placing the lands <br />of the United States in the actual possession and occu- <br />pation of its citizens in order that the citizens may have <br />a home and that the lands may go 'upon the tax ,rolls of <br />the various states in which they may be located in order <br />may bear their just proportion of the expense of state ad.. <br /> <br />Along the lines set forth in these resolutions, we pledge ourselves to <br />hearty co-operation with the representatives of the Federal Government <br />n order that the desired end may be attained at the earliest possible <br />omcnt consistent with a wise administration or the affairs of. the <br />ation and of the States. <br /> <br />While the States here represented a,re but, slightly eoncerned in the <br />eclamation of swamp- lands Or' cutover timbe,r lands, we express our <br />carty approval .of legislation looking to the redemption and prope,r uti!- <br />ation or such lands, lor it is to. the home~owning class that our country <br />ust look for the preservation of our traditions and our institutions.~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />n the carrying out of all reclamation p,rojeets in which the Federal <br />Government may become interested, its activities <br />should ev.er be in conformity with the laws of the <br />State in whieh the project under development is <br />located. In the arid States of the West, the irriga- <br />tion projects undertaken by or witli the aid of the <br />Federal Government should in every insta~ce' be <br />ased upon a full compliance with the laws of the State wherein the <br />rojects alee located so far as the appropriation of water and other mat- <br />rs of purely state control are concerned. <br /> <br />OVERNMENT <br />HOULD COM- <br />LY WITH <br />TATE LAWS <br /> <br />-<1- <br />