{"identifier":"/us/usc/t43/s423h","title":43,"num":"\u00a7\u202f423h.","heading":"Delivery of water to excess lands upon death of spouse","text":"\u00a7\u202f423h.\nDelivery of water to excess lands upon death of spouse\nWhere the death of a husband or wife causes lands in private ownership to become excess lands, as that term is used in\nsection 423e of this title\nJune 17, 1902\n32 Stat. 388\nsection 423e of this title\nProvided","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t43/s423h.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s423h","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f423h."},{"t":"heading","text":"Delivery of water to excess lands upon death of spouse"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Where the death of a husband or wife causes lands in private ownership to become excess lands, as that term is used in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 423e of this title","href":"/us/usc/t43/s423e","tail":", and those lands had theretofore been eligible to receive water from a project under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of "},{"t":"text","text":"June 17, 1902","tail":" ("},{"t":"ref","text":"32 Stat. 388","href":"/us/stat/32/388","tail":"), and Acts amendatory thereto) without execution of a recordable contract under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 423e of this title","href":"/us/usc/t43/s423e","tail":", the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to furnish water to them, without requiring execution of such a contract, so long as they remain in the ownership of the surviving spouse: "},{"t":"text","text":"Provided","tail":", That in the event of the remarriage of the surviving spouse, such lands shall be governed by applicable law without regard to the provisions of this section."}],"tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}