43 USC § 462 - Classification of irrigable lands and equitable apportionment of charges

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s462"
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title: "43 USC § 462 - Classification of irrigable lands and equitable apportionment of charges"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "462"
section_name: "Classification of irrigable lands and equitable apportionment of charges"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "CONSTRUCTION CHARGES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4, subsec. D, 43 Stat. 702.)"
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# § 462. Classification of irrigable lands and equitable apportionment of charges

December 5, 1924

The irrigable lands of each new project and new division of a project approved, after , shall be classified by the Secretary with respect to their power, under a proper agricultural program, to support a family and pay water charges, and the Secretary is authorized to fix different construction charges against different classes of land under the same project for the purpose of equitably apportioning the total construction cost so that all lands may as far as practicable bear the burden of such cost according to their productive value.

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**Source Credit**: (Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4, subsec. D, 43 Stat. 702.)

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