STATE LAND LAWS 249 



IRRIGATION BY U. S. SECS. 383-386 



(Laws '05, p. 119, sec. 13; sec. 6741 Rem.-Bal. ; 271 sec. 399 



Pierce.) 



Biennial Report: sec. 20, ante. 



SEC. 383. SUITS IN NAME OF STATE. 



All suits or actions brought by the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands under the provisions of this chapter, shall be instituted by 

 him in the name of the State of Washington. (Laws '05, p. 119, 

 sec. 14 ; sec. 6742 Rem.-Bal. ; 271 sec. 401 Pierce.) 



SEC. 384. NOT TO AFFECT CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE. 



Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a repeal, amend- 

 ment or modification in any respect of chapter thirty-one of this 

 code. (Laws '05, p. 119, sec. 15; sec. 6743 Rem.-Bal.; 271 

 sec. 403 Pierce.) 



Chapter 31 is applicable to state lands: sec. 413, post. 



CHAPTER 30. 



RECLAMATION OF LANDS BY UNITED STATES. 

 SEC. 386. Use of Waters by United States. 



387. Notice of Project; Preliminary Rights. 



388. Appropriation of Waters; Title to Beds and Shores. 



389. Rights of Way for Canals, etc. 



390. Restrictions on Sale of Lands. 



391. Exemption of Water Users' Association. 



392. Records of Associations. 



Cross-References: RECLAMATION OF STATE LANDS: sec. 370 

 et seq., ante; RECLAMATION UNDER CAREY ACT: sec. 393 et seq,., 

 post; UNITED STATES RECLAMATION ACT: sec. 611 et seq., post. 



SEC. 386. RIGHT TO DIVERT AND STORE WATERS. 



The United States shall have the right to turn into any nat- 

 ural or artificial' water course, any water that it may have ac- 

 quired the right to store, divert, or store and divert, and may 

 again divert and reclaim said waters from said water course for 

 irrigation purposes subject to existing rights. (Laws '05, p. 



180, sec. 2; sec. 6409 Rem.-Bal. ; 271 sec. 361 Pierce.) 

 Eminent Domain to United States: sec. 248, ante. 

 Public uses of waters defined: Const., Art. XXI, sec. 1, ante. 



