§382 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may make agreements to include lands allotted to Indians under section 334 in any irrigation project done under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388). He must act in what he thinks is best for the Indians. No lien or charge for construction, operation, or maintenance can be put on those lands.

Title 25, §382

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In carrying out any irrigation project which may be undertaken under the provisions of the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two (Thirty-second Statutes, page three hundred and eighty-eight), known as “The Reclamation Act,” and which may make possible, and provide for in connection with the reclamation of other lands, the irrigation of all or any part of the irrigable lands heretofore included in allotments made to Indians under section 334 of this title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make such arrangement and agreement in reference thereto as said Secretary deems for the best interest of the Indians: Provided, That no lien or charge for construction, operation, or maintenance shall thereby be created against any such lands.

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 371 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 371 of Title 43 and Tables. Codification A further proviso authorized the expenditure of a limited amount from the appropriation in the act for irrigation, to meet the cost of carrying out this section, and was omitted as temporary.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar ProvisionsSimilar provisions were contained in act Apr. 30, 1908, ch. 153, 35 Stat. 85.

§382 Irrigation Projects Under Reclamation Act