[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR402.23]

[Page 549-550]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 402--SALE OF LANDS IN FEDERAL RECLAMATION PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B--Small Tracts; Public and Acquired Lands; Gila Project, 
                                 Arizona
 
Sec. 402.23  Special provisions.

    (a) After disposition of any lands under this subpart by contract of 
sale and during the time such contract shall remain in effect, said 
lands shall be (1) subject to the provisions of the laws of the State of 
Arizona relating to the organization, government, and regulation of 
irrigation, electrical power, and other similar districts, and (2) 
subject to legal assessment or taxation by any such district and by said 
State or political subdivisions thereof, and to liens for such 
assessments and taxes and to all proceedings for the enforcement 
thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as privately-owned 
lands; Provided, however, That the United States shall not assume any 
obligation for amounts so assessed or taxed: And provided further, That 
any proceedings to enforce said assessments or taxes shall be subject to 
any title then remaining in the United States, to any prior lien 
reserved to the United States for unpaid installments under contracts of 
sale made under this subpart, and to any obligation for any other 
charges, accrued or unaccrued, for special improvements, construction, 
or operation and maintenance costs of the Gila Project. Any such lands 
situate within the Wellton-Mohawk Division of said project shall also be 
subject to the provisions of the Contract Between the United States and 
Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and

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Drainage District for Construction of Works and for Delivery of Water, 
dated March 4, 1952, including but not limited to the provisions of 
subdivisions (b) and (c) of Article 22.
    (b) When a purchaser has complied fully with the provisions of his 
contract and with the applicable provisions of law, including the 
regulations in this subpart, the Commissioner shall issue a deed to the 
purchaser. The deed shall recite the reservations described in the 
contract of sale.

[19 FR 431, Jan. 26, 1954]