All water, the right to the use of which is acquired by a district under a reclamation contract, shall be distributed and apportioned by the district in accordance with the acts of congress and rules and regulations promulgated or approved by the secretary of the interior, and the provisions of said contract in relation thereto. A contracting district may rent or lease water for use for any purpose within or without the district in pursuance of and in accordance with the provisions of said contract. The board of a contracting district may adopt rules and regulations for the distribution, apportionment and use of the district water supply, not inconsistent with those of the secretary of the interior, acts of congress or said contract and the same shall become effective when approved by the secretary of the interior.
History: Laws 1939, ch. 148, § 15; 1941 Comp., § 77-3115; 1953 Comp., § 75-32-15.
ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Right of owner of land within reclamation project in respect of which a water right was allowed upon application pursuant to Reclamation Act to a perpetual right beyond the control of the federal government for a sufficient amount beneficially to irrigate the land, 115 A.L.R. 1320.