2013 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 2 - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL (§§ 21 - 54)
Section 52 - Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 2 - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL Sec. 52 - Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights |
| Contains | section 52 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §2340; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, §4, 26 Stat. 1097. |
| Statutes at Large References | 16 Stat. 218 26 Stat. 1097 90 Stat. 2793 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 94-579 |
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All patents granted, or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by section 51 of this title.
(R.S. §2340; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, §4, 26 Stat. 1097.)
RepealsProvision of this section, ", or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights," was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §706(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, 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.
CODIFICATIONR.S. §2340 derived from act July 9, 1870, ch. 235, §17, 16 Stat. 218.
Section is also set out as the second par. of section 661 of Title 43, Public Lands.
SAVINGS PROVISIONRepeal by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §706(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see note set out under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.
SUBMERGED LANDS ACTProvisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public Lands.
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