Whenever any legally organized water-users’ association or irrigation district shall so request, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to transfer to such water-users’ association or irrigation district the care, operation, and maintenance of all or any part of the project works, subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 538 Stat. 687(, .)
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Codification
section 492 of this titleSection is comprised of part of first sentence of section 5 of act . Remainder of first sentence and second sentence of such section 5 are classified to .