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All actions by the Secretary concerned
under
Federal Lands Policy Management Act
SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO VALID EXISTING RIGHTS
Oct. 21, 1976
(90 Stat 2786)
43 usc 1701 (h))
Dating back
1866-All Water users' vested and accrued rights, 30 USC 51, Ditch Act,14 stat 253.
1897-Laws of Conservation, all waters within national forests may be used under the laws of the State wherein, 16 US Code 481, Organic Act, 30 stat 36.
1978-Public Land Laws, Valid Existing Rights of water, 43 USC 4120.3-2 (b).
Bill S 1214, 2021, Mike Lee, State Grazing Management Authority Act
Subject to Valid Existing Rights.
Dating back
1866-All Water users' vested and accrued rights, 30 USC 51, Ditch Act,14 stat 253.
1897-Laws of Conservation, all waters within national forests may be used under the laws of the State wherein, 16 US Code 481, Organic Act, 30 stat 36.
1978-Public Land Laws, Valid Existing Rights of water, 43 USC 4120.3-2 (b).
Minerals,
Food,
Timber,
Fiber.
43 USC 1701 (a) (12)
January 30, 1865
Federal Government reserved exclusively to the United States all lands that
are construed
as to
embrace mineral lands.
(13 Stat 567)
July 26,1866
On Mineral lands
THE RIGHT TO USE WATER
for agricultural purposes have vested and accrued they
ARE TO BE PROTECTED
in the same.
(14 Stat 251)
March 5, 1875
On Mineral Lands
GRAZING WAS NOT PROHIBITED
(18 Stat 481)
The Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 36), provides that “any mineral lands in any forest reservation which have been or which may be shown to be such, and subject to entry under the existing mining laws of the United States and the rules and regulations applying thereto, shall continue to be subject to such location and entry,” notwithstanding the reservation.
All excavations and other mining work and improvements made in prospecting and mining operations shall be fenced or otherwise protected to prevent the same from being a menace to stock on the land.
No watering places shall be inclosed, nor proper and lawful access of stock thereto prevented, nor the watering of stock thereat interfered with.
Prospecting for minerals and the location of mining claims on lands in such withdrawals shall be subject to the provisions and conditions of the mining laws and the regulations thereunder.
All actions by the Secretary concerned
under
Federal Lands Policy Management Act
SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO VALID EXISTING RIGHTS
Oct. 21, 1976
(90 Stat 2786)
43 usc 1701 (h))
NM Law of Occupancy
NM 19-3-14.
One may stock and appropriate a range provided they own the waters.
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