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2 through the instrumentality of state laws senior in time to the date when the Government reserved such of the then unappropriated waters as it required for its use, either for military, Indian, reclamation mental nurposes. This for the reason th ato r Coontghreers sg,o vbeyrnits enactment of the Public Land Laws (Acts of 1866-1370 and 1377) authorized appropriations to be made under State Law in the manner and to the sane extent that the rights to take valuable metals from public lands were permitted, Mr. Hawkins should, I think, have stated that the Government's claim is to unappropriated waters only and when required for Governments uses. Yours very truly, ROY W. STODDARD Roy W, Stoddard, Special Assistant to the Attorney General. RWS: ,TP
