85-5-404. Authority of commissioner, MCA
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Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 85. WATER USE

CHAPTER 5. WATER COMMISSIONERS AND WATER MEDIATORS

Part 4. Water Ditches Under Joint or Corporate Control

Authority Of Commissioner

85-5-404. Authority of commissioner. Such commissioner shall have authority to enter upon said ditch; open, close, and set headgates; and do whatever else is necessary to apportion and distribute the waters of said ditch to the respective parties according to their respective rights.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 181, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 7155, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7155, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-1020.