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Code · U.S. Code · Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS · CHAPTER 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT · SUBCHAPTER IX— CONSTRUCTION CHARGES · § 478

§ 478. Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of installments of construction charges

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If any water-right applicant or entryman shall have, prior to December 5, 1924, failed to pay any installment of his construction charges when due, there shall be added to the amount unpaid a penalty of 1 per centum thereof, and there shall be added a like penalty of 1 per centum of the amount unpaid on the first day of each month thereafter so long as such default shall have continued: Provided, That the penalty of 1 per centum per month against delinquent accounts, is reduced to one-half of 1 per centum per month, as to all installments which may become due after December 5, 1924.
(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 3, 38 Stat. 687; Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4, subsec. H, 43 Stat. 703.)
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§ 478
Pecuniary penalty for nonpayment of installments of construction charges
ActAug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 3
Stat.38 Stat. 687
ActDec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4
Stat.43 Stat. 703
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