§567 — Title 43 Public Lands | U.S. Code

Summary

Under the Reclamation Act, the Secretary of the Interior must set aside whatever water rights he thinks are needed for the towns created under sections 561, 562, and 566. He may make contracts with local town or city officials near irrigation projects that use the same water source to deliver the water to a convenient place. The towns must pay charges into the reclamation fund, and those charges cannot be lower or on better terms than the fees the Secretary sets for the irrigation project that provides the water.

Title 43, §567

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The Secretary of the Interior shall, in accordance with the provisions of the reclamation Act, provide for water rights in amount he may deem necessary for the towns established as provided, in section 561, 562 and 566 of this title, and may enter into contract with the proper authorities of such towns, and other towns or cities on or in the immediate vicinity of irrigation projects, which shall have a water right from the same source as that of said project for the delivery of such water supply to some convenient point, and for the payment into the reclamation fund of charges for the same to be paid by such towns or cities, which charges shall not be less nor upon terms more favorable than those fixed by the Secretary of the Interior for the irrigation project from which the water is taken.

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References in Text

The reclamation Act, referred to in text, is identified in section 561 of this title as act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.

§567 Water Rights for Towns and Cities; Charges