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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 11 — Irrigation of Allotted Lands

§ 389a. Declaring lands to be temporarily nonirrigable

Statutory text

Where the Secretary finds that any such lands cannot be cultivated profitably due to a present lack of water supply, proper drainage facilities, or need of additional construction work, he shall declare such lands temporarily nonirrigable for periods not to exceed five years and no charges shall be assessed against such lands during such periods.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 74–692 § 2 · 49 Stat. 866

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 389a

    (June 22, 1936, ch. 692, § 2, 49 Stat. 1804.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 22, 1936, ch. 692, § 2, 49 Stat. 1804.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

(June 22, 1936, ch. 692, § 2, 49 Stat. 1804.)

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