352 ACTS OF CONGRESS 



SECS. 619-621 U. S. RECLAMATION. 



may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That 

 the title to and the management and operation of the reservoirs and 

 the works necessary for the protection and operation shall remain in the 

 government until otherwise provided by Congress. (Act June 17, '02; 

 32 Stat L., p. 389, sec. 6; 7 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 1100; Comp. Stat, '03 

 Supp. p. 221.) 



Water Users' Associations exempt from certain taxes : sees. 391, 392, ante. 

 Cited: 229 U. S. 187 (33 S. C. R. 645); 176 Fed. 949; 196 Fed. 569; 

 199 Fed. 865. 



SEC. 619. ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS AND PROPERTY. 



Where, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, it becomes 

 necessary to acquire any rights or property, the Secretary of the In- 

 terior is hereby 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 chapter, to cause proceedings to be commenced for condemnation 

 within thirty days from the receipt of the application at the depart- 

 ment of justice. (Act June 17, '02; 32 Stat. L., p. 389, sec. 7; 7 Fed. 

 Stat. Ann., p. 1100; Comp. Stat., '03 Supp., p. 221.) 



Right of eminent domain extended to United States : sec. 248, ante. 

 Cited : 179 Fed. 1 ; 193 Fed. 905 ; 198 Fed. 677. 



SEC. 620. CONSTRUCTION OF ACT STATE LAWS GOVERN. 



Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting or intended 

 to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any state or terri- 

 tory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water 

 used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the 

 Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, 

 shall proceed in conformity with such laws, and nothing herein shall 

 in any way affect any right of any state or of the federal government 

 or of any land owner, appropriator, or user of water in, to, or from any 

 interstate stream or the waters thereof: Provided, That the right 

 to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall 

 be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the 

 basis, the measure and the limit of the right. (Act June 17, '02; 32 Stat. 

 L., p. 390, sec. 8; 7 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 1100; Comp. Stat., '03 Supp., 

 p. 221.) 



Cited: 188 U. S. 545 (47 L. Ed. 588); 213 U. S. 339 (53 L. Ed. 822); 

 191 Fed. 896 ; 192 Fed. 583 ; 197 Fed. 4. 



SEC. 621. RULES TO EFFECTUATE ACT. 



The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any 

 and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary 

 and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this chapter 

 into full force and effect. (Act June 17, '02; 32 Stat. L., p. 390, sec. 

 10; 7 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 1101; Comp. Stat., '03 Supp., p. 222.) 



