Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 2 — National Forests
§ 524. Rights-of-way for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes
Statutory text
Rights-of-way for the construction and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, water plants, ditches, flumes, pipes, tunnels, and canals, within and across the national forests of the United States, are granted to citizens and corporations of the United States for municipal or mining purposes, and for the purposes of the milling and reduction of ores, during the period of their beneficial use, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and subject to the laws of the State or Territory in which said forests are respectively situated.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 58–288 § 4 · 33 Stat. 628
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 524
(Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 4, 33 Stat. 628.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 4, 33 Stat. 628.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. That rights of way for the construction and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, water plants, ditches, flumes, pipes, tunnels, and canals, within and across the forest reserves of the United States, are hereby granted to citizens and corporations of the United States for municipal or mining purposes, and for the purposes of the milling and Regulations. reduction of ores, during the period of their beneficial use, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and subject to the laws of the State or Territory in which said reserves are respectively situated.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Notes
Repeals
Section repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a), , 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after , insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System.
Editorial Notes
Codification
“National forests” and “forests” substituted in text for “forest reserves” and “reserves”, respectively, on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Savings Provision
Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a), , 90 Stat. 2793, insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way, not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on , see note set out under section 1701 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Credits
(Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 4, 33 Stat. 628.)