Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 690


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 690. Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; establishment; acquisition of lands

      The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, at Bear
    River Bay and vicinity, Utah, such dikes, ditches, spillways,
    buildings, and improvements as may be necessary, in his judgment,
    for the establishment of a suitable refuge and feeding and breeding
    grounds for migratory wild fowl; also to acquire, by purchase,
    gift, or lease, water rights and privately owned lands, including
    the improvements thereon, deemed necessary by him for the purpose,
    or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage
    sustained by reason of the submergence of his lands.



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