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after the location of said section, the rights herein granted shall be 

 forfeited as to any uncompleted section of said canal, ditch, or 

 reservoir, to the extent that the same is not completed at the date of 

 the forfeiture. 



Act March 3, 1801, c. 5G1» s. 20, 26 Stat. 1102. 



Use of right of way for canal or ditch only. 



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

 ditch company to occupy such right of way except 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 March 3, 1891, c. 561, s. 21, 26 Stat. 1102. 



The above sections are amended by act May 11, 1898, c. 292, s. 2, set 

 forth below. 



ACT MAY 11, 1898, c. 292. (30 Stat. 404.) 



Rights of way for ditches, canals, or reservoirs for public purposes, and for 

 water transportation, for domestic purposes, or for the development of 

 power. 



Sec. 2. That the rights of way for ditches, canals, or reservoirs 

 heretofore or hereafter approved under the provisions of sections 

 eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one of the xVct entitled "An 

 Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," approved 

 March third, eighteen himdred and ninety-one, may be used for pur- 

 poses of a public nature; and said rights of way may be used for pur- 

 poses of water transportation, for domestic purposes, or for the 

 development of power, as subsidiary to the mam purpose of irriga- 

 tion. 



Act May 11, 1898, c. 292, s. 2, 30 Stat. 404; 



This is a part of an act entitled "An act to amend an act to permit 

 the use of the right of way through public lands for tramroads, canals, 

 and reservoirs, and for other purposes," cited above. 



Act March 3, 1891, c. 561, ss. 18-21, mentioned in this section, is set 

 forth above. 



ACT JUNE 27, 1898, c. 501. An act granting right of way through the Pikei 

 Peak Timber I>;iud Reserve and the public lands to the Cripple Creek Dis- 

 trict Railway Compauy. (30 Stat. 493.) 



Right of way through Pikes Peak Timber Land Reserve granted to Cripple 

 Creek District Railway Co. for a railway. 



That the Cripple Creek District Eailway Company, a corporation 

 created and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado, be, and 

 it hereby is, authorized to construct and maintain a railway over and 

 through the Pikes Peak Timber Land Reserve (heretofore reserved 

 from entry or settlement and set apart as a public reservation by 

 Executive order), said railway to enter said Pikes Peak Timber Land 

 Reserve at such a point on the eastern or northern boundary thereof 

 in El Paso County, Colorado, as may be found to be the most feasi- 

 ble for the route of said railway, running in a westerly direction 

 from Colorado Springs, Colorado, thence proceeding by the most 

 practicable route through the reserve to the western boundary thereof; 

 also, to proceed by such side tracks, extensions, switches, and spurs 

 as may be necessary to reach any gi-oups of mines in said forest re- 



