§ 421. — Acquisition of lands for irrigation project; eminent domain.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 43USC421]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER III--INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS
Sec. 421. Acquisition of lands for irrigation project; eminent
domain
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.
(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, Sec. 7, 32 Stat. 389.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, 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.
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Provisions of this section as not amended, modified, or repealed by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.
