43 U.S.C. § 496 — Cancellation of entry or water right for nonpayment of operation charge

submitted 112 years ago by ch. 247 to r/title-43-PUBLIC-LANDS · 70 words · no verdicts yet

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If a water-right applicant or entryman is one year behind on operation and maintenance charges and penalties, the water-right application may be canceled and payments forfeited. A homestead entry may also be canceled, but it may not be challenged solely because of the arrears.

If a water-right applicant or entryman is one year behind in paying any operation and maintenance charge or penalty, or any part of one, the person’s water-right application may be canceled. If the person is a homestead entryman, the homestead entry may also be canceled. All payments made by the person are forfeited to the reclamation fund. However, a homestead entry may not be challenged because of these arrears.

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If any water-right applicant or entryman shall be one year in arrears in the payment of any charge for operation and maintenance and penalties, or any part thereof, his water-right application, and if he be a homestead entryman his entry also, shall be subject to cancellation, and all payments made by him forfeited to the reclamation fund, but no homestead entry shall be subject to contest because of such arrears.

Source credit: (Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 6, 38 Stat. 688.)

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1914Enacted · Act of Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247 · 38 Stat. 688

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