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Section 46-5-7 - Priority of appropriation--Date of filing application.

46-5-7. Priority of appropriation--Date of filing application. As between appropriators, the first in time is the first in right. The priority of the appropriation shall date from the time of filing of the application therefor in the office of the Water Management Board.

Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0102; SL 1955, ch 430, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.0109.