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<br />. <br /> <br />00258R <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />APPENDIX B. <br />_1. In the aot of July 26, 1866 (14 Stat.253) , Congress <br />said that water rights for mining, agrioultural, manufaoturing <br />and other purposes whioh had vested and accrued under the laws <br />of the States on the public domain should be maintained and <br />protected. <br />2. The act of July 9, 1870 (16 Stat. 218), further <br />expanded and confirmed the act of 1866. <br />). The Desert Land Act of March 8, 1877 (19 Stat. 377). <br />4. Section 8 of the Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. <br /> <br />390) . <br /> <br />5. The act of June 4, 1897 (30 stat. 36), establishing <br />the national forests apparently confirmed the right to appropri- <br />ate waters from the natural forest lands. <br />6. Sections 9 (b) ann 27 of the Federal Power Act of 1920 <br />(41 Stat. 1077) make clear that nothing in that act "shall be <br />construed as affecting or intending to affect or in any way <br />interfere with the laws of the respective States relating to <br />the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water." <br />7. Section 18 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act of <br />December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057) clearly prOVides that nothing <br />shall be construed as interfering with water rights which the <br />states now have to the waters within their boundaries. <br />8. Section 3 of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 (48 Stat. <br />1269) says that nothing shall be construed as diminishing or <br />impairing any State water rights. <br /> <br />-1_ <br />