168 THE USE BOOK APPENDIX. 



the plats in said office^ and thereafter all such lands over which 

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

 right of way: Prorided, That if any section of said road shall not 



be completed within five years after the loca- 

 Forfelture. tion of said section, the rights herein granted 



shall be forfeited as to any such uncompleted 

 section of said road. 



SEC. 5. That this act shall not apply to any lands within the 



limits of any military, park, or Indian reserva- 

 eirJuwifc " tion ' or other lan( ^ s specially reserved from 



sale, unless such right of way shall be pro- 

 vided for by treaty stipulation or by act of Congress heretofore 



SEC. 6. That Congress hereby reserves the right at any time to 

 alter, amend, or repeal this act, or any part thereof. 



ACT OF MARCH 3, 1899 (30 STAT., 1233). 



In the form provided by existing law, the Secretary of the In- 

 terior may file and approve surveys and plats 

 Rights of way for o f an y right of way for a wagon road, railroad, 

 or otherMgimay. ' or other highway over and across any forest 

 reservation or reservoir site when in his judg- 

 ment the public interests will not be injuriously affected thereby. 



IRRIGATION 



ACT OF MARCH 3, 1891 (26 STAT., 1101). 

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SEC. 18. That the right of way through the public lands and 



reservations of the United States is hereby 

 ditch companies*/ granted to any canal or ditch 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 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: Provided, That no such right of 



Proviso. way shall be so located as to interfere with the 



wltl ? Goyernment oc! Pper occupation by the Government of any 



cupation. such reservation, and all maps of location shall 



be subject to the approval of the department 

 of the Government having jurisdiction of such reservation, and 



This act was amended by act of May 11, 1898, sec. 2 (30 Stat., 

 404), quoted at p. 170. 



