The Columbia Basin Project Act : Hearings before the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation House of Representatives Seventy-Eighth Congress first session on H. R. 839 a bill to amend an act entitled "An act to prevent speculation in lands in the Columbia Basin prospectively irrigable by reason of the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam project and to aid actual settlers in securing such lands at the fair appraised value thereof as arid land, and for other purposes, llman& act of May 27, 1937 (50 Stat. 208), and for other purposes, January 27, 1943
THE COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT ACT
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
ON
H. R. 839
A BILL TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PREVENT
SPECULATION IN LANDS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN PROS-
PECTIVELY IRRIGABLE BY REASON OF THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE GRAND COULEE DAM PROJECT AND TO AID ACTUAL
SETTLERS IN SECURING SUCH LANDS AT THE FAIR
APPRAISED VALUE THEREOF AS ARID LAND,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," ACT OF
MAY 27, 1937 (50 STAT. 208), AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
JANUARY 27, 1943
Printed for the use of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 82814 WASHINGTON : 1943
THE COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT ACT
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
ON
H. R. 839
A BILL TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PREVENT
SPECULATION IN LANDS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN PROS-
PECTIVELY IRRIGABLE BY REASON OF THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE GRAND COULEE DAM PROJECT AND TO AID ACTUAL
SETTLERS IN SECURING SUCH LANDS AT THE FAIR
APPRAISED VALUE THEREOF AS ARID LAND,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," ACT OF
MAY 27, 1937 (50 STAT. 208), AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
JANUARY 27, 1943
Printed for the use of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 82814 WASHINGTON : 1943