85-2-304. Appropriation by state board of land commissioners. The state board of land commissioners may, through the department, at its discretion, appropriate any available waters for use upon state lands and authorize the construction of irrigation works for these lands. The appropriation must be made in the same way and under the same laws as those governing the appropriation of water by individuals.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 85, L. 1905; re-en. Sec. 2254, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 1965, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 280, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 113, Ch. 253, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 81-2018; amd. Sec. 446, Ch. 418, L. 1995.