That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts,... The American Law Times Reports - Page 1451875Full view - About this book
| United States - Irrigation laws - 1972 - 902 pages
...2339, RS [Vested rights to use of water — Right of way for canals — Liability for injury.] — Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the...recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Coal - 1989 - 390 pages
...simply said that whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agriculture, manufacturing or other purposes have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and confirmed by local customs, laws and decisions of the courts, the 'owner of such rights shall be protected... | |
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