85-9-410. Condemnation authorized. The district may exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner provided by the law to take private property for public use, with just compensation, where the taking is necessary for the purposes of the district. Water rights as such shall not be subject to such taking but may be taken as an incident to the condemnation of land to which such rights are appurtenant, where the taking of the land is the principal purpose of the condemnation.

     History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 100, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 89-3420.