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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. . 



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



"benefits of this act, shall, within twelve months 

 Slaps to bt- filed. after the location of ten miles of its canal, if the 



same be upon surveyed lands, and if upon un- 

 surveyed 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 

 Approval. the Secretary of the Interior the same shall be 



noted upon the plats in said office, and there- 

 after all such lands over which such rights of way shall pass shall 

 be disposed of subject to such right of way. Whenever any per- 

 son or corporation, in the construction of any canal, ditch, or 



reservoir, injures or damages the possession of 

 Damages. 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. 

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



ditches, or reservoirs, heretofore or hereafter 

 etc. constructed, whether constructed by corpora- 



tions, individuals, or association of individuals, 

 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 with 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 the name of the in- 

 dividual 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 

 Proviso. filing, as though filed under it: 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 

 (ompietioii? " to an y uncompleted section 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. 



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