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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1899 (30 STAT., 1214). 



[1233] In the form provided by existing law, the Secretary 



of the Interior may file and approve surveys 



Right of way over an( j plats of any right of way for a wagon 



JaiVroads and high- road ' railroad, or other highway over and 



ways. across any forest reservation or reservoir site 



when in his judgment the public interests will 



not be injuriously affected thereby. 



IRRIGATION. 



ACT OF MARCH 3, 1891 (26 STAT., 1095). 



[1101] SEC. 18. That the right of way through the public 

 In nds and reservations of the United States 

 is hereby granted to any canal or ditch com- 

 pany formed for the purpose of irrigation 

 and duly organized under the laws of any State or Territory, 

 which shall have filed, or may hereafter file, with the Secretary 

 of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due 

 proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of the 

 ground occupied by the water of the reservoir and of the canal 

 and its laterals, and fifty feet on each side of the marginal 

 limits thereof; also the right to take, from the public lands 

 adjacent to the line of the canal or ditch, material, earth, and 

 stone necessary for the construction of such canal or ditch: 

 rror!<l<'<1. That [11021 no such right of way 

 Proviso. shall be so located as to interfere with the 



parJmonTcontron!;^ P^per occupation by the Government of any 

 reservation. such reservation, and all maps of location 



shall be subject to the approval of the depart- 

 ment of the Government having jurisdiction of such reserva- 

 tion, and the privilege herein granted shall not be construed to 

 interfere with the control of water for irrigation and other pur- 

 poses under authority of the respective States or Territories. 

 SEC. 19. That any canal or ditch company desiring to secure the 

 benefits of this act shall, within twelve months 

 Maps to be filed, after the location of ten miles of its canal, 

 if the same be upon surveyed lands, and if 

 upon unsnrveyed lands, within twelve months after the survey 

 thereof by the United States, file with the register of the land 



"This act was amended by act of May 11, 1898 (30 Stat., 404), sec. 

 12, quoted at p. 184. 



