85-2-418. Purchaser cannot sell surplus water. Nothing in 85-2-415 through 85-2-417 shall be so construed as to give the person acquiring the right to the use of water, as therein provided, the right to sell or dispose of the same after being so used by him or prevent the original owner or proprietor from retaking, selling, and disposing of the same in the usual and customary manner after it is so used as aforesaid.

     History: En. Sec. 4, p. 407, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 745, 5th Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 1266, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1900, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4863, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7116, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7116, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-826.