34 LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
and for the pasturage of the lands severally or conjointly ; but the same 
must accord with the provisions of this act. 
Sec. 3. That all lands in those portions of the United States where 
irrigation is necessary to agriculture shall be, for the purposes set forth in 
this act, classed as pasturage lands, excepting all tracts of land of not less 
than three hundred and twenty acres which can be redeemed by irrigation, 
and where there is sufficient accessible water for such purpose not other- 
wise utilized or lawfully claimed, and all lands bearing timber of commer- 
cial value. 
Sec. 4. That it shall be lawful for the requisite number of persons, 
as designated in section one of this act, to select from the public lands 
designated as pasturage lands in section three of this act, for the purpose 
of settling thereon, an amount of land not exceeding two thousand five 
hundred and sixty acres to each person; but the lands thus selected by 
the persons desiring to organize a pasturage district shall be in one con- 
tinuous tract, and the same shall be subdivided as the regulations and 
by-laws of the pasturage district shall prescribe: Provided, That no one 
person shall be entitled to more than two thousand five hundred and sixty 
acres, and this may be in one continuous body, or it may be in two 
parcels, one for irrigation, the other for pasturage purposes; but the parcel 
for irrigation shall not exceed twenty acres: And provided further, That 
no tract or tracts of land selected for any one person shall be entitled to 
a greater amount of water for irrigating purposes than that sufficient for 
the reclamation and cultivation of twenty acres of land; nor shall the 
tract be selected in such a manner along a stream as to monopolize a 
greater amount. 
Sec. 6. That whenever such pasturage district shall be organized, the 
recorder of such district shall notify the register and receiver of the land 
district in which such pasturage district is situate, and also the Surveyor- 
General of the United States, that such pasturage district has been organ- 
ized; and each member of the organization of said district shall file a 
declaration with the register and receiver of said land district that he has 
settled upon a tract of land within such pasturage district, not exceeding 
