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<br />o C~: \) III <br /> <br />fron the orbc~lizatio~ of land, water, l~ld development and labor t~e~eto in <br /> <br />operr.ti..."'l6 farm unit, would inure to the benefit of tho water user "":105e s!:ill <br /> <br />a~d energy ~de possible such development. 7here was also the desire to pro- <br /> <br />teot the invest~ent of the United states a~ainst the r~zards which would <br /> <br />result iron sharp rises in l~~d costs and the atte~ant incre~ses in the land <br /> <br />owner's basic overhead expense. D:l recent :rears the land Imitation pr-:lvi- <br /> <br />dons have been adva.:1Ced as 8:1 esso=.ltial part of a sooial program de.dg~ed to <br /> <br />assure family unit far~ and to ~reve~t oorporate farming. Whiohever of <br /> <br />these theories is deemed accurato it is believed that the applioation of the <br /> <br />land limitatio~ provisions to the Canejas area e~~ be justified under none of <br /> <br />them... <br /> <br />Co~ideration should be given to the so-called land limitation provi- <br /> <br />s ions of the reclanation laws.. There are five pertinent statutes. Stn"ted <br /> <br />chronologic~lly these are. <br /> <br />(1) Section 5 of the ::tee1ar.mtion Aot (aot of June 17, <br />1902 (32 Stat. 36~)), whioh provides, inter alia: <br /> <br />". . . Ho ri;;ht to the use of WQ ter for land in pri- <br />vate ownership shall be sold for a traot eAceeding 160 <br />acres to any one lando~er, and ~o such sale shall be <br />made to any landowner unles s he be an aotual bona fide <br />resident on suoh land, or occupant thereof residing in <br />the neighborhood of said land, ...11 <br /> <br />(2) Sectian 2 ot the aot of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. <br />926), which provid6s, inter 9.~: <br /> <br />!I...Provided further, That water shall not be <br />furnished from any suoh reservoir or delivered through <br />a~ such canul or ditch to any one landowner in exoess <br />of an amount sufficient to irrigat~ one hundred and <br />sixty acres:...lI <br /> <br />(3) SeetiO:l 3 of the aet of A,ug,ust 9, 1912 (37 stat. <br />2(6), which provides, ~_!...l~: <br /> <br />ll.. ..Provided, The.t no person shllll at any one <br />time or in any m~ler, e~oept as hereinafter other- <br />wise providod, acquire, ~, or hold, irrigable land <br /> <br />- 12 - <br />