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title: "43 U.S.C. § 479"
description: "Shutting off water for nonpayment of construction charge"
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title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 479 - Shutting off water for nonpayment of construction charge

## Text

No water shall be delivered to the lands of any water-right applicant or entryman who shall be in arrears for more than one calendar year for the payment of any annual construction charge and penalties.

(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 6, 38 Stat. 688.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of part of first sentence of section 6 of act Aug. 13, 1914. Remainder of first sentence of such section 6 is classified to sections 493, 494, and 495 of this title; second and third sentences of such section 6 are classified to sections 496 and 497 of this title, respectively.