§ 327. — Filing irrigation plan; association of entrymen.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC327]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 9--DESERT-LAND ENTRIES
Sec. 327. Filing irrigation plan; association of entrymen
At the time of filing the declaration required in section 321 of
this title the party shall also file a map of said land, which shall
exhibit a plan showing the mode of contemplated irrigation, and which
plan shall be sufficient to thoroughly irrigate and reclaim said land,
and prepare it to raise ordinary agricultural corps, and shall also show
the source of the water to be used for irrigation and reclamation.
Persons entering or proposing to enter separate sections, or fractional
parts of sections, of desert lands, may associate together in the
construction of canals and ditches for irrigating and reclaiming all of
said tracts, and may file a joint map or maps showing their plan of
internal improvements.
(Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 107, Sec. 4, as added Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, Sec. 2,
26 Stat. 1096.)
Existing Claims; Repeals
Section 6 of act Mar. 3, 1877, as added by act Mar. 3, 1891, Sec. 2,
provided that existing claims should not be affected by act Mar. 3,
1891, but might be perfected under sections 321 to 323 of this title, or
under sections 325 and 327 to 329 of this title, at the option of the
claimant, and also repealed all acts and parts of acts in conflict with
act Mar. 3, 1891.
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Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 321, 322, 323, 324, 326,
328, 329, 333, 641, 1303 of this title; title 16 section 460iii-2.
