43 USC § 422 - Construction of dams across Yellowstone River

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title: "43 USC § 422 - Construction of dams across Yellowstone River"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "422"
section_name: "Construction of dams across Yellowstone River"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1476, 33 Stat. 1045.)"
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# § 422. Construction of dams across Yellowstone River

Where, in carrying out projects under the provisions of the national reclamation Act it shall be necessary to construct dams in or across the Yellowstone River in the State of Montana, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to construct and use and operate the same in the manner and for the purposes contemplated by said reclamation Act.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1476, 33 Stat. 1045.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The national reclamation Act, referred to in text, probably means , , popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.