43 USC § 949 - Use for canal or ditch only

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s949"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 949 - Use for canal or ditch only"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "949"
section_name: "Use for canal or ditch only"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 21, 26 Stat. 1102.)"
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# § 949. Use for canal or ditch only

Nothing in sections 946 to 949 of this title 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 21, 26 Stat. 1102.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Repeal; Savings Provision

Section repealed by , , , effective on and after , insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System. Such repeal not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on , see , set out as a note under .