43 U.S.C. § 642 : US Code - Section 642: Liens for expenses of reclamation

Search 43 U.S.C. § 642 : US Code - Section 642: Liens for expenses of reclamation

Under any law heretofore or hereafter enacted by any State,
providing for the reclamation of arid lands, in pursuance and
acceptance of the terms of the grant made in section 641 of this
title, a lien or liens is authorized to be created by the State to
which such lands are granted and by no other authority whatever,
and when created shall be valid on and against the separate legal
subdivisions of land reclaimed, for the actual cost and necessary
expenses of reclamation and reasonable interest thereon from the
date of reclamation until disposed of to actual settlers; and when
an ample supply of water is actually furnished in a substantial
ditch or canal, or by artesian wells or reservoirs, to reclaim a
particular tract or tracts of such lands, then patents shall issue
for the same to such State without regard to settlement or
cultivation: Provided, That in no event, in no contingency, and
under no circumstances shall the United States be in any manner
directly or indirectly liable for any amount of any such lien or
liability, in whole or in part.