43 U.S.C. § 421 — Acquisition of lands for irrigation project; eminent domain
submitted 124 years ago by ch. 1093 to r/title-43-PUBLIC-LANDS · 105 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Interior can buy or condemn land needed for irrigation projects. Money for this comes from the reclamation fund. The Attorney General must start condemnation proceedings within thirty days of the request.
Where, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, it becomes necessary to acquire any rights or property, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire the same for the United States by purchase or by condemnation under judicial process, and to pay from the reclamation fund the sums which may be needed for that purpose, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States upon every application of the Secretary of the Interior, under this Act, to cause proceedings to be commenced for condemnation within thirty days from the receipt of the application at the Department of Justice.
Source credit: (June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 7, 32 Stat. 389.)
- 1902Enacted · Act of June 17, 1902, ch. 1093 · 32 Stat. 389
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1093 on 1902-06-17.
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