§ 642. — Liens for expenses of reclamation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC642]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 14--GRANTS OF DESERT LANDS TO STATES FOR RECLAMATION
Sec. 642. Liens for expenses of reclamation
Under any law heretofore or hereafter enacted by any State,
providing for the reclamation of arid lands, in pursuance and acceptance
of the terms of the grant made in section 641 of this title, a lien or
liens is authorized to be created by the State to which such lands are
granted and by no other authority whatever, and when created shall be
valid on and against the separate legal subdivisions of land reclaimed,
for the actual cost and necessary expenses of reclamation and reasonable
interest thereon from the date of reclamation until disposed of to
actual settlers; and when an ample supply of water is actually furnished
in a substantial ditch or canal, or by artesian wells or reservoirs, to
reclaim a particular tract or tracts of such lands, then patents shall
issue for the same to such State without regard to settlement or
cultivation: Provided, That in no event, in no contingency, and under no
circumstances shall the United States be in any manner directly or
indirectly liable for any amount of any such lien or liability, in whole
or in part.
(June 11, 1896, ch. 420, 29 Stat. 434.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 644, 646, 647 of this title.
