Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

BIG PAYETTE LAKE -- LANDS DEVOTED TO HEALTH AND RECREATIONAL
USES. The lands belonging to the state of Idaho between the ordinary high and
low water mark at said Big Payette Lake, as well as all other lands of the
state adjacent to said lake which are not held in trust for the beneficiaries
of the endowed institutions, are hereby declared to be devoted to a public use
in connection with the preservation of said lake in its present condition as a
health resort and recreation place for the inhabitants of the state and said
public use is hereby declared to be a more necessary use than the use of said
lands as a storage reservoir for irrigation or power purposes.

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