Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§386 Reimbursement of construction charges
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - IRRIGATION OF ALLOTTED LANDS › § 386
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must require owners of irrigable land served by irrigation systems built for Indians, when the law says they must repay costs, to start making partial payments he sets. Payments are applied per acre to the land and subtracted from the land’s total per‑acre charge.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §386
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to require the owners of irrigable land under any irrigation system constructed for the benefit of Indians and to which water for irrigation purposes can be delivered to begin partial reimbursement of the construction charges, where reimbursement is required by law, at such times and in such amounts as he may deem best; all payments hereunder to be credited on a per acre basis in favor of the land in behalf of which such payments shall have been made and to be deducted from the total per acre charge assessable against said land.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 386
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73