...Grande Dam & Irr. Co., 174 US 690, 703 (1899). by the Desert Land Act of 1877, which provided that "the water of all lakes, rivers and other sources...manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights" under state law. However, as in Martin, supra, it held that the jurisdiction conferred on the western...

...Grande Dam & Irr. Co., 174 US 690, 703 (1899). by the Desert Land Act of 1877, which provided that "the water of all lakes, rivers and other sources...manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights" under state law. However, as in Martin, supra, it held that the jurisdiction conferred on the western...

...the 1866 law,13 but not until 1877 did it require that "all surplus water over and above such actual and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers and other sources of water supply on the public lands and not navigable shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of...

...Grande Dam & 1rr. Co., l74 US 690, 703 (l899l. hy the Desert Land Act of I877, which provided that "the water of all lakes, rivers and other sources of water supply upon the puhlic lands and not navigahle, shall remain and he held free for the appropriation and use of the...

...projects and echoed guidelines in the earlier acts by emphasizing the need to preserve water supplies "free for the appropriation and use of the public...manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights." Taken together, these three statutes underscored the western conviction that congressional support...