Excerpt from United States Irrigation Survey: Abstract of First Annual Report, 1888-1889 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be requested to inform the Senate if, in his Opinion, it is desirable to authorize the organization in his Department known as the Geological Survey to segregate lands of the public domain capable of irriga tion in the sections of the United States where irrigation is required from other lands, and to lay out suitable places to be reserved for reservoirs, and rights of way for ditches and canals for the purposes of irrigation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.