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After several years of effort, the resulting act passed on June 17, 1902. [12] The 1902 act was later amended by the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–293, Title II) to limit the corporate use of water and speculation on land that would benefit from reclamation projects. [7]
June 17, 1902: Newlands Reclamation Act, Sess. 1, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388 June 28, 1902: Isthmian Canal Act (Panama Canal), Sess. 1, ch. 1302, 32 Stat. 481 July 1 ...
The Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 received Royal Assent, granting universal suffrage for federal elections in Australia for British subjects over 21 years of age who have lived in Australia for six months. This made Australia the second country to grant women's suffrage at a national level and the first to allow women to stand for parliament.
23 June 1902. An Act to enable County Councils in Ireland to exclude Congested Districts from the Area of Charge for certain purposes. ... 17. 31 July 1902. An Act to ...
June 17 – The Newlands Reclamation Act funds irrigation projects for the arid lands of 17 states in the American West. June 23 – Nurse Jane Toppan is convicted on 12 counts of murder (she admits to 31) in Massachusetts but is found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed for life. [7] June 24 – Target Corporation, the department ...
A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902, ... In a June 17, 1912, article in the New York Times, ...
An Act to repeal the Act [k] "for repealing Two Acts [l] [m] for repairing the Road from Little Sheffield in the County of York to Sparrow Pit Gate in the County of Derby, and also an Act [n] for making a Road from Banner Cross in the West Riding of the County of York to Fox House in the County of Derby, and for consolidating the Trusts of ...
Public Laws [2]; Date Subject Matter Title Chapter Legal Citation (link to full text)1: February 8, 1790: Laws of the United States, giving effect to, in North Carolina. An Act for giving effect to the several acts therein mentioned, in respect to the state of North Carolina, and for other purposes.