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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government

§ 422. Construction of dams across Yellowstone River

Statutory text

Where, in carrying out projects under the provisions of the national reclamation Act it shall be necessary to construct dams in or across the Yellowstone River in the State of Montana, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to construct and use and operate the same in the manner and for the purposes contemplated by said reclamation Act.

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. 58–1476 · 33 Stat. 1045

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 422

    (Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1476, 33 Stat. 1045.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1476, 33 Stat. 1045.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The national reclamation Act, referred to in text, probably means act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, 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.

Credits

(Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1476, 33 Stat. 1045.)

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