Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§327 Filing Irrigation Plan; Association of Entrymen
Title 43 › Chapter 9— DESERT-LAND ENTRIES › § 327
Summary
Filing the required declaration must include a map showing a workable plan to irrigate and reclaim the land so it can grow ordinary farm crops and identifying where the water will come from; people taking separate sections may join to build canals and file one joint map.
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321 to 323 of this title, or under section 325 and 327 to 329 of this title, at the option of the claimant, and also repealed all acts and parts of acts in conflict with act Mar. 3, 1891. Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands ActProvisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.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 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60