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GEORGIA.

Since the organization of the water resources branch the State geologist of Georgia has paid the gauge readers in that State from his appropriation for geologic investigations.

OHIO.

During 1904 cooperation was arranged with the State board of health of Ohio for the investigation of the effects of sewage and industrial wastes upon the water resources of the State, their persistence, and the damage caused by them. For this investigation $800 was allotted by the State during the fiscal year 1904-5 and $1,000 during the fiscal year 1905–6. →

ILLINOIS.

Arrangements were perfected in July, 1906, between the United States Geological Survey, the State water survey of Illinois, the engineering experiment station of Illinois, and the State geological survey of Illinois, for cooperation in the determination of the character and applicability of the natural water resources of the State. The work is limited to the determination of mineral and organic constituents in the surface and ground waters of the State, their applicability for use for industrial and domestic purposes, and their pollution by sewage. For this cooperative work the United States Geological Survey allots $3,000, the State water survey of Illinois allots $3,200, the engineering experiment station of Illinois allots $1,000, and the State geological survey of Illinois allots $1,000.

WISCONSIN.

Cooperation was provided for in Wisconsin in 1905 by the passage of the following act, approved June 20, 1905:

"AN ACT To provide for ascertaining the amount of available water power in this State and making an appropriation therefor.

"The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

"SECTION 1. The geological and natural history survey of the State of Wisconsin is directed to cause a survey to be made of the water powers of the State for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of available water power in this State, developed and undeveloped, and the location of the same. Such work may be done in conjunction with the United States Geological Survey. Upon the completion of such survey a full report thereof shall be made to the governor for the use of the legislature. The sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of such survey.

"SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication."

MINNESOTA.

In July, 1903, cooperation was arranged with the State board of health of Minnesota providing for the expenditure of $500 by the State and the same amount by the United States Geological Survey in the investigation of the quality of waters in the State. This cooperation was continued during the fiscal year 1904–5, with an allotment of $1,000 by each of the cooperating parties. At the end of the fiscal year cooperation was discontinued on completion of the work in hand.

NEBRASKA.

Cooperation in the maintenance of river stations in Nebraska has been had with the State engineer since and including 1904. Under this cooperation the State engineer maintains the river stations in accordance with the instructions of the Director of the Geological Survey, and reports results to him. Each party contributes from $400 to $1,000. For the present year the amount allotted by each party is $400.

KANSAS.

Definite arrangements for cooperation between the State board of health of Kansas and the United States Geological Survey were completed in October, 1906. The work, which is being done under the cooperation, consists of the determination of water resources, including investigations of the effects of special industrial wastes upon streams, tracing out their persistence and relation to health, and the damage to natural water resources, and also an investigation of the efficiency of sewage disposal plants now erected at various points in connection with the various municipalities and towns in the State of Kansas. Each party allots $1,500 for the work.

COLORADO.

For several years prior to 1904 cooperation was had with the State engineer of Colorado in the maintenance of river stations in that State. This cooperation was discontinued during 1904 on account of lack of State funds for the work, but was renewed in the latter part of 1906, under arrangements whereby the State engineer pays the gauge readers at 11 stations on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

MONTANA.

In accordance with the provisions of the following law of Montana, cooperation between the State engineer and the United States Geological Survey was definitely arranged in September, 1906. The work done under the cooperation consists of the maintenance of river stations in Montana, especially at the Flathead Indian Reservation and adjacent territory. The expenses, to be divided equally between the two cooperating parties and during the remainder of the calendar year 1906, were about $500 each.

[Laws of Montana, eighth session, ch. 114.]

"SEC. 3. The State engineer shall become conversant with the waterways of the State and the needs of the State as to irrigation matters; shall make, or cause to be made, measurements and calculations of the ordinary and flood discharges of streams, cooperating in this work as much as possible with the United States Geological Survey and the Montana Experiment Station, such measurements to be made on streams in order of their importance: Provided, That measurements already made, if deemed reliable, may be adopted."

UTAH.

Arrangements were made in July, 1906, for cooperation between the United States Geological Survey, the State engineer of Utah, the State board of land commissioners of Utah, and the county commissioners of Beaver County, Utah, for an investigation of the ground-water resources of Beaver County. For this cooperation the United States Geological Survey allots $1,800, the State engineer allots $300, and the State board of land commissioners of Beaver County allot $200.

NEVADA.

Cooperation has been had with the State engineer of Nevada for several years, and at least since 1901, in the maintenance of the river stations of the State. This cooperation is at present arranged under an act of the legislature of Nevada providing for cooperation in reclamation work, and is possible on account of the fact that the gaging of streams and the determination of water supply is a necessary preliminary to the adoption of any plans for the construction of irrigation works under the reclamation act. Under the present agreements the State pays certain expenses, especially the salaries of the hydrographers, while the United States pays the salaries of the gage readers and the traveling and subsistence expenses of the hydographers. The amount allotted by each party varies somewhat from year to year, and is at present about $1,500 per annum.

OREGON.

Cooperation was arranged in Oregon in 1905 in accordance with the following act. The cooperative work consists of the investigation of the rivers of the State available for irrigation or power. The amount allotted by each party is $2,500 per annum.

[House bill 51, recorded in chapter 228 of the general laws of Oregon for 1905.] "SEC. 10. Hydrographic and topographic surveys and cooperation with the United States Government. The State engineer shall make hydrographic and topographic surveys and investigations of each stream system and source of water supply in the State, beginning with those most used, obtaining and recording all available data pertaining to the water supply of this State. He is hereby authorized to cooperate with the agencies of the United States Government engaged in similar surveys and investigations, and in the construction of works for the development and use of the water supply of this State, expending for such purposes any money available for the work of his office.

"For the purpose of making hydrographic and topographic surveys, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars annually for such hydrographic and two thousand five hundred dollars for such topographic surveys, such appropriations, however, being contingent upon the United States Government making a like apportionment for such purposes to be expended within the State."

CALIFORNIA.

Cooperation has been had with the State of California since and including 1901 in the maintenance of river stations and the study of the availability and quality of ground and surface waters. During 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1904 each party allotted $7,500 for water-resources investigations. During 1905 and 1906 the amount allotted by each party was $10,500. The present act is as follows:

AN ACT To provide for the joint investigation with the Federal Government of the water resources of the State, and the best methods of preserving the forests thereof; and to make an appropriation for the expenses of such investigations. (Approved March 18, 1905.)

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The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

"SECTION 1. The State board of examiners are hereby empowered to enter into contracts with the Director of the United States Geological Survey for the purpose of making topographic maps to the extent of thirty thousand dollars; also for the purpose of gauging the streams, determining underground water supplies, surveying reservoir sites and canal locations, for the conservation and utilization of waters of the State, to the extent of twenty thousand dollars; also for the purpose of investigating the economic quality and purity of the water of the State, to the extent of one thousand dollars: Provided, No work of the nature heretofore stated shall be done where the same will interfere with the water already appropriated or in reservoirs or now in use for irrigation purposes, or domestic purposes, under the laws of this State; also with the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of studying the forest resources of the State and their proper conservation, and especially with a view of formulating a proper State forestry policy, to the extent of ten thousand dollars; also with the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations of the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of ascertaining the best methods of distributing and using the water, to the extent of fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, however, That these expenditures for such purposes shall not be in excess of the amounts to be expended by the various departments of the Federal Government in collaboration with the specific work named above. And provided further, That in case any of the Departments of the Federal Government above mentioned do not contribute these funds for said cooperation, that the State board of examiners shall have power to enter into such contracts as may seem best to them with the lawfully authorized representatives of any of the Departments of the Federal Government for the expenditure of said remaining balance. And provided further, That said last-mentioned expenditure for such purpose shall not be in excess of the amount to be expended by that Department of the Federal Government in collaboration with the State.

"SEC. 2. In order to carry out the purposes of this act, any person or persons employed hereunder are authorized to enter and cross all lands within this State: Provided, In so doing no damage is done to private property; it shall be a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in such cases, for any person or persons to willfully and maliciously remove or destroy any permanent marks or monuments made or erected by any such persons.

"SEC. 3. The sum of seventy-six thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purposes specified in this act, and the controller of the State is hereby authorized

and directed to draw warrants upon such fund from time to time, upon the requisition of the State board of examiners, and the State treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay such warrants: Provided, One-half of the appropriation herein shall be available in the fifty-seventh fiscal year, and the remaining one-half of said appropriation shall be available in the fifty-eighth fiscal year, except that one-half the funds for making topographic maps shall be available during the twelve months immediately following the passage of this act, and the remaining one-half of this fund shall be available during the second twelve months following the passage of this act.

"SEC. 4. It is hereby made the duty of the surveyor-general and the engineer of the board of public works to render any assistance desired by the State board of examiners in furtherance of the aims of this act.

"This act shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage."

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CONGRESS,

,

OBSOLETE CANNON FOR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO.

JANUARY 16, 1907.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed.

Mr. KAHN, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the

following

REPORT.

[To accompany S. 4423.]

The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 4423) providing for the donation of obsolete cannon with their carriages and equipments to the University of Idaho, report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it be amended as follows:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the University of Idaho, at Moscow, Idaho, two obsolete cannon, with their carriages and equipments, now in possession of said University of Idaho, to become the property of the said university for ornamentation of the grounds of the said university: Provided, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States in the delivery of

said cannon.

As so amended your committee recommend that the bill do pass.

A bill (H. R. 15437) has been reported by your committee so amended as to be identical with the bill as here reported, and it is desired that this measure be substituted on the Calendar for said H. R. 15437, the report on said House bill being House Report No. 6401 of the second session Fifty-ninth Congress.

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