Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 421. Acquisition of lands for irrigation project; eminent domain
Statutory text
Where, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, it becomes necessary to acquire any rights or property, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire the same for the United States by purchase or by condemnation under judicial process, and to pay from the reclamation fund the sums which may be needed for that purpose, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States upon every application of the Secretary of the Interior, under this Act, to cause proceedings to be commenced for condemnation within thirty days from the receipt of the application at the Department of Justice.
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.
Pub. L. 57–1093 § 7 · 32 Stat. 388
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 421
(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 7, 32 Stat. 389.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 7, 32 Stat. 389.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 7. That where in carrying out the provisions of this Act it Condemnation for rights, etc. becomes necessary to acquire any rights or property, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire the same for the United States by purchase or by condemnation under judicial process, and to pay from the reclamation fund the sums which may be needed for that purpose, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the United States upon every application of the Secretary of the Interior, under this Act, to cause proceedings to be commenced for condemnation within thirty days from the receipt of the application at the Department of Justice.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act , popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally 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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified, or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.
Credits
(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 7, 32 Stat. 389.)