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43 U.S.C. § 431 — Limitation as to amount of water; qualifications of applicant
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No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
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No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
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No water shall be delivered upon the completion of any new project or new division of a project until a contract or contracts in form approved by the Secretary of the Interior shall have been made with an irrigation district or irrigation districts organized under State law providing for payment by the district or districts of the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining the works during the time they are in control of the United States, such cost of constructing to be repaid within such terms of years as the Secretary may find to be necessary, in any event not more than forty years from the date of public notice hereinafter referred to, and the execution of said contract or contracts shall have been confirmed by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction. Prior to or in connection with the settlement and development of each of these projects, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to enter into agreement with the proper authorities of the State or States wherein said projects or divisions are located whereby such State or States shall cooperate with the United States in promoting the settlement of the projects or divisions after completion and in the securing and selecting of settlers. Such contract or contracts with irrigation districts hereinbefore referred to shall further provide that all irrigable land held in private ownership by any one owner in excess of one hundred and sixty irrigable acres shall be appraised in a manner to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior and the sale prices thereof fixed by the Secretary on the basis of its actual bona fide value at the date of appraisal without reference to the proposed construction of the irrigation works; and that no such excess lands so held shall receive water from any pro
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Nothing in this subchapter or subchapter II shall be deemed to amend, modify, or repeal the Acts of July 26, 1866 (14 Stat. 251), July 9, 1870 (16 Stat. 217), March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. 377), June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 432
§ 425. Exemption of lands owned by States, etc.,
from acreage limitation on receipt of irriga-
tion benefits; determination of exempt status
The provisions of Federal reclamation laws
(Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts
amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto)
which limit the acreage of irrigable land which
may receive irrigation benefits from, through,
or by means of Federal reclamation works, shall
not be applicable to lands owned by States, po-
litical subdivisions, and agencies thereof, so
long as such lands are farmed, primarily in the
direct furtherance of a non-revenue-producing
public function, as determined by the Secretary
of the Interior; and to the extent that such lands
continue to qualify for the exempted status af-
forded by this section they shall not be deemed
to be excess lands for any purposes whatsoever
under said reclamation laws.
(Pub. L. 91–310, § 1, July 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 411.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is popularly
known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified gen-
erally to this chapter. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under
section 371 of this title and Tables.
§ 425a. Eligibility of transferred lands owned by
States, etc., for receipt of water from a Fed-
eral reclamation project, division, or unit;
conditions of eligibility; purchase price
Irrigable lands owned by States, political sub-
divisions, and agencies thereof which do not fall
within the provisions of section 425 of this title
may receive water from a Federal reclamation
project, division, or unit if a valid recordable
contract for the sale of such lands within ten
years of the date of said contract
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