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[CITE: 43USC949]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
      CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
 
Sec. 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.

(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, Sec. 21, 26 Stat. 1102.)

                            Repeal of Section

        Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Oct. 
    21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, 
    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.


                            Savings Provision

    Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 insofar as applicable to the issuance of 
rights-of-way not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, 
permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. 
L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.


                            Cross References

    Right-of-way of canal company may be used for purposes of a public 
nature, such as water transportation, domestic purposes, or for 
development of power, see section 951 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 421c, 664, 947, 948, 950, 
951 of this title.
