Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 22 — Rights-of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands
§ 949. Use for canal or ditch only
Statutory text
Nothing in sections 946 to 949 of this title shall authorize such canal or ditch company to occupy such right of way except for the purpose of said canal or ditch, and then only so far as may be necessary for the construction, maintenance, and care of said canal or ditch.
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. 51–561 § 21 · 26 Stat. 1095
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 949
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 21, 26 Stat. 1102.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 21, 26 Stat. 1102.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 21. That nothing in this act shall authorize such canal or Use only for canal. ditch company to occupy such right of way except for the purpose of said canal or ditch, and then only so far as may be necessary for the construction, maintenance, and care of said canal or ditch.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Repeal; Savings Provision
Section repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a), , 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after , insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System. Such repeal not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on , see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Credits
(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 21, 26 Stat. 1102.)