§ 52.
All patents granted, or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights,
1
See Repeal; Savings Provision note below.
as may have been acquired under or recognized by
section 51 of this title.
(R.S. § 2340; [Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 4], [26 Stat. 1097].)