7-29-18. Donation of land and rights of way to United States for waterworks. Whenever the board of county commissioners determines that it is in the public interest, and, in particular, to the interest of the county, said board is hereby authorized to donate by quitclaim deed to the United States of America the vested and after-acquired title to any lands now, or hereafter, belonging to such county, whether such lands be acquired by grant, donation, tax-title proceedings, or otherwise, for sites for dams, reservoirs, and power plants; and said board is further authorized to donate to the United States, over and upon any such acquired lands, easements and rights of way for canals, laterals, tunnels, roads, campsites, and telephone and transmission lines necessary to the construction and operation of any irrigation works or power plants constructed by or under the authority of the United States, and all conveyances by the county of such lands shall be made subject to the grant of such easements and rights of way. All conveyances shall be executed in the name of the county by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and attested by the county auditor.
Source: SL 1941, ch 39, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 12.0617-1.
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