43 U.S.C. § 948 : US Code - Section 948: Application to existing and future canals

Search 43 U.S.C. § 948 : US Code - Section 948: Application to existing and future canals

The provisions of sections 946 to 949 of this title shall apply
to all canals, ditches, or reservoirs, heretofore or hereafter
constructed, whether constructed by corporations, individuals, or
association of individuals, on the filing of the certificates and
maps therein provided for. If such ditch, canal, or reservoir has
been or shall be constructed by an individual or association of
individuals, it shall be sufficient for such individual or
association of individuals to file with the Secretary of the
Interior, and with the officer, as the Secretary of the Interior
may designate, of the land office where said land is located, a map
of the line of such canal, ditch, or reservoir, as in case of a
corporation, with the name of the individual owner or owners
thereof, together with the articles of association, if any there
be. Plats filed before March 3, 1891, shall have the benefits of
sections 946 to 949 of this title from the date of their filing, as
though filed thereunder: Provided, That if any section of said
canal or ditch shall not be completed within five years after the
location of said section, the rights therein granted shall be
forfeited as to any uncompleted section of said canal, ditch, or
reservoir, to the extent that the same is not completed at the date
of the forfeiture.