Where, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, it becomes necessary to acquire any rights or property, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire the same for the United States by purchase or by condemnation under judicial process, and to pay from the reclamation fund the sums which may be needed for that purpose, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States upon every application of the Secretary of the Interior, under this Act, to cause proceedings to be commenced for condemnation within thirty days from the receipt of the application at the Department of Justice.
June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 732 Stat. 389(, .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 371 of this TitleThis Act, referred to in text, is act , popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act
section 1303 of this titleProvisions of this section as not amended, modified, or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see .