Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 22 — Rights-of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands
§ 951. Right of way for water transportation, domestic purposes, or development of power
Statutory text
Rights of way for ditches, canals, or reservoirs heretofore or hereafter approved under the provisions of sections 946 to 949 of this title may be used for purposes of a public nature; and said rights of way may be used for purposes of water transportation, for domestic purposes, or for the development of power, as subsidiary to the main purpose of irrigation or drainage.
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. 55–292 § 2 · 30 Stat. 404
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 951
May 11, 1898, ch. 292, § 2, 30 Stat. 404
Source evidence
Code source credit
May 11, 1898, ch. 292, § 2, 30 Stat. 404
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
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Section repealed by Pub.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
1898–1917 · 2 acts
- 1898May 11, 1898, ch. 292, § 2, 30 Stat. 404
- 1917Mar. 4, 1917, ch. 184, § 2, 39 Stat. 1197.
Show as published
(May 11, 1898, ch. 292, § 2, 30 Stat. 404; Mar. 4, 1917, ch. 184, § 2, 39 Stat. 1197.)