43 U.S.C. § 947 : US Code - Section 947: Map; damages to settlers

Search 43 U.S.C. § 947 : US Code - Section 947: Map; damages to settlers

Any canal or ditch company desiring to secure the benefits of
sections 946 to 949 of this title shall, within twelve months after
the location of ten miles of its canal, if the same be upon
surveyed lands, and if upon unsurveyed lands, within twelve months
after the survey thereof by the United States, file with the
officer, as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, of the
land office for the district where such land is located a map of
its canal or ditch and reservoir; and upon the approval thereof by
the Secretary of the Interior the same shall be noted upon the
plats in said office, and thereafter all such lands over which such
rights of way shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such right
of way. Whenever any person or corporation, in the construction of
any canal, ditch, or reservoir, injures or damages the possession
of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such
injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such
injury or damage.