Table of Contents TITLE 85. WATER USE CHAPTER 5. WATER COMMISSIONERS AND WATER MEDIATORS Part 1. Appointment and Duties

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Mont. Code Ann. § 85-5-108

(2001)

Authority and arrest power

For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter, each commissioner appointed by the court shall have authority to enter upon any ditch, canal, aqueduct, or other source for conveying the waters affected by the decree and to visit, inspect, and adjust all headgates or other means of distributing the waters and shall have the same powers as a sheriff or constable to arrest any and all persons interfering with the distribution made by him, to be dealt with according to law.

Official Annotations archive.org, 2001 edition

History:

EnactedEn. SectionSec. 8, ChapterCh. 43, Laws ofL. 1911

ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 7143, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1921

ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 7143, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1935

Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 89-1008.

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