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company 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 hity 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 : Provided, 

 That no such right of way shall be so located as to interfere with the 

 proper occupation by the Government of any such reservation, and 

 all maps of location shall be subject to the approval of the Depart- 

 ment of the Government having jurisdiction of such reservation, and 

 the privilege herein granted shall not be construed to interfere with 

 the control of water for irrigation and other purposes under authority 

 of the respective States or Territories. 



Act March 3, 1891, c. 561, s. 18, 26 Stat. 1101. 



Haps to be filed; approval thereof; damages for injuries to possessions of 

 settlers. 



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

 benefits of this act shall, within twelve months after the location of 

 t€n miles of its canal, if the same be upon surveyed lands, and if 

 upon unsurveyed lands, within twelve months after the survey thereof 

 by the United States, file with the register of the land office for the 

 district where such land is located a map of its canal or ditch and 

 reservoir; and upon the approval 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 the possession of any settler on the 

 public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be 

 liable to the party injured for such injury or damage. 



Act March 3, 1891, c. 561, s. 20, 26 Stat. 1102. 



Act to apply to existing or future canals, ditches, or reservoirs; forfeiture of 

 rights granted upon non-completion of any section of canal or ditch within 

 five years after location. 



Sec. 20. That the provisions of this act shall apply to all canals, 

 ditches, or reservoirs, heretofore or hereafter constructed, Avhether 

 constructed by corporations, individuals, or association of individ- 

 uals, on the filing of the certificates and maps herein provided 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 individuals to file Avith the Secretary 

 of the Interior, and with the register 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 corporation, with tlie nauie of the individual owner or 

 owners thereof, together with tlie 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: Provided, That if any 

 section of .said canal or ditch .shall not be completed within five years 



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