Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§593 Flathead irrigation project, Montana

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVII— - LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS GENERALLY › § 593

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The rules in sections 441 and 442 and in subchapter XIV are made to apply to lands in the Flathead irrigation project in the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana. Those lands are otherwise governed by the Act of Congress approved April 23, 1904 (Thirty-third Statutes at Large, page 302), as amended May 29, 1908 (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 448). The United States keeps a lien (a legal claim) on any land patented under section 542 that covers all sums due or to become due because of the Indian price of the land.

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Title 43, §593

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The provisions of section 441 and 442 of this title, authorizing the assignment under certain conditions of homesteads within reclamation projects, and of subchapter XIV of this chapter, authorizing under certain conditions the issuance of patents on reclamation entries, and for other purposes, are hereby extended and made applicable to lands within the Flathead irrigation project, in the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, but such lands shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 23, 1904 (Thirty-third Statutes at Large, page 302), as amended by the Act of Congress approved May 29, 1908 (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 448): Provided, That the lien reserved to the United States on the land patented, as provided for in section 542 of this title, shall include all sums due or to become due to the United States on account of the Indian price of such land.

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Subchapter XIV (§ 541 et seq.) of this chapter, referred to in text, was in the original a reference to act Aug. 9, 1912, 37 Stat. 265. Act April 23, 1904, referred to in text, is not classified to the Code.

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43 U.S.C. § 593

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73