Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 3 — Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management
§ 560. Use of timber for telephone lines for fire protection
Statutory text
The Secretary of Agriculture, whenever he may deem it necessary for the protection of the national forests from fire, may permit the use of timber free of charge for the construction of telephone lines.
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. 62–145 § 1 · 37 Stat. 120
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 560
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 843.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 843.)
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Credits
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), 37 Stat. 843.)