2021 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 12 - Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
Subchapter XI - Maintenance and Operation of Works Generally
Sec. 496 - Cancellation of entry or water right for nonpayment of operation charge

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 496 (2021)
Section Name §496. Cancellation of entry or water right for nonpayment of operation charge
Section Text

If any water-right applicant or entryman shall be one year in arrears in the payment of any charge for operation and maintenance and penalties, or any part thereof, his water-right application, and if he be a homestead entryman his entry also, shall be subject to cancellation, and all payments made by him forfeited to the reclamation fund, but no homestead entry shall be subject to contest because of such arrears.

Source Credit

(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, §6, 38 Stat. 688.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

Section is comprised of second sentence of section 6 of act Aug. 13, 1914. First and third sentences of such section 6 are classified to sections 479, 493, 494, 495, 497 of this title, respectively.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12 - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER XI - MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY
Sec. 496 - Cancellation of entry or water right for nonpayment of operation charge
Contains section 496
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 38 Stat. 688
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