Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§327 Filing irrigation plan; association of entrymen

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - DESERT-LAND ENTRIES › § 327

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When filing the required declaration, the person must also file a map showing how they will irrigate and reclaim the land, the water source, and a plan good enough to grow ordinary crops. People taking separate or fractional sections may join to build canals or ditches and may file one joint map showing their shared plan.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §327

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Existing Claims;

Repeals

Act Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 107, § 6, as added by act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 2, 26 Stat. 1097, 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321 to 323 of this title, or under section 325 and 327 to 329 of this title, at the option of the claimant, and also repealed all acts and parts of acts in conflict with act Mar. 3, 1891. Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands ActProvisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 327

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73