43 USC § 952 - Reservoir sites for water for livestock

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s952"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 952 - Reservoir sites for water for livestock"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "952"
section_name: "Reservoir sites for water for livestock"
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: "(Jan. 13, 1897, ch. 11, § 1, 29 Stat. 484; Mar. 3, 1923, ch. 219, 42 Stat. 1437.)"
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# § 952. Reservoir sites for water for livestock

*Provided*

Any person, livestock company, or transportation corporation engaged in breeding, grazing, driving, or transporting livestock may construct reservoirs upon unoccupied public lands of the United States, not mineral or otherwise reserved, for the purpose of furnishing water to such livestock, and shall have control of such reservoir, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and the lands upon which the same is constructed, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, so long as such reservoir is maintained and water kept therein for such purposes: , That such reservoir shall not be fenced and shall be open to the free use of any person desiring to water animals of any kind.*Provided*

The Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, under such rules, regulations, and conditions as he may prescribe, upon application by such person, company, or corporation, may grant permission to fence such reservoirs in order to protect livestock, to conserve water, and to preserve its quality and conditions: , That such reservoir shall be open to the free use of any person desiring to water animals of any kind; but any fence, erected under the authority hereof, shall be immediately removed on the order of the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Jan. 13, 1897, ch. 11, § 1, 29 Stat. 484; Mar. 3, 1923, ch. 219, 42 Stat. 1437.)

## 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Section repealed by , , , effective on and after , insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the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 .