Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 597c. Reservation of Indians’ right to use lands
Statutory text
The easements granted in section 597a of this title shall not interfere with the use by the Indians of the Wind River or Shoshone Indian Reservation of the lands dealt with in sections 597a to 597d of this title and the waters of Bull Lake Creek and the reservoir insofar as the use by the Indians shall not be inconsistent with the use of said lands for reservoir purposes.
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. 76–51 § 3 · 54 Stat. 49
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 597c
(Mar. 14, 1940, ch. 51, § 3, 54 Stat. 49.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 14, 1940, ch. 51, § 3, 54 Stat. 49.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. The easements herein granted shall not interfere with the Use of lands, etc., by Indians. use by the Indians of the Wind River or Shoshone Indian Reservation of the lands herein dealt with and the waters of Bull Lake Creek and the reservoir insofar as the use by the Indians shall not be inconsistent with the use of said lands for reservoir purposes.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Mar. 14, 1940, ch. 51, § 3, 54 Stat. 49.)