234 THE USE BOOK. 



office for the district where such land is located a map of its 



canal or ditch and reservoir ; and upon the ap- 

 Approvai. proval thereof by the Secretary of the Interior 



the same shall be noted upon the plats in said 

 office, and thereafter all such lands over which such rights of 

 way shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such right of way. 

 Whenever any person or corporation, in the construction of any 



canal, ditch, or reservoir, injures or damages 

 Damages. the possession of any settler on the public do- 



main, the party committing such injury or 

 damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or 

 damage. 



SEC. 20. That the provisions of this act shall apply to all 



canals, ditches, or reservoirs heretofore or 

 corporate 1 works! 1011 " hereafter constructed, whether constructed by 



corporations, individuals, or association of in- 

 dividuals, on the filing of the certificates and maps herein pro- 

 vided for. If such ditch, canal, or reservoir has been or shall be 

 constructed by an individual or association of individuals, it 

 shall be sufficient for such individual or association of individ- 

 uals to file with the Secretary of the Interior, and with the reg- 

 ister of the land office where said land is located, a map of the 

 line of such canal, ditch, or reservoir, as in case of a corpora- 

 tion, with the name of the individual owner or owners thereof, 

 together with the articles of association, if any there be. Plats 

 heretofore filed shall have the benefits of this act from the 



date of their filing, as though filed under it: 

 Proviso. Provided, That if any section of said canal or 



ditch shall not be completed within five years 

 after the location of said section, the rights herein granted 



shall be forfeited as to any uncompleted sec- 

 compieUo U n. e f ' tion of said canal, ditch, or reservoir, to the 



extent that the same is not completed at the 

 date of the forfeiture. 



SEC. 21. That nothing in this act shall authorize such canal or 



ditch company to occupy such right of way ex- 

 Use only for canal, cept for the purpose of said canal or ditch. 



and then only so far as may be necessary for 

 the construction, maintenance, and care of said canal or ditch. 



ACT OF MAY 11, 1898 (30 STAT., 40-1). 



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SEC. 2. That the rights of way for ditches, canals, or reser- 

 voirs heretofore or hereafter approved under 



purpose* . 1 * the Provisions of sections eighteen, nineteen, 



twenty, and twenty-one of the act entitled "An 



act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," ap- 



