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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 4 — Protection of Timber, and Depredations

§ 609. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Modoc County, California

Statutory text

It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of section 607 of this title, to citizens of Modoc County, California, to cut timber in the State of Nevada for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to Modoc County, State of California.

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.

  1. (Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 115, 40 Stat. 1322.) · 40 Stat. 1322

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 609

    (Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 115, 40 Stat. 1322.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 115, 40 Stat. 1322.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section is derived from act , which recites that it amends section 8 of act , which is the source of section 607 of this title, by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act , is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.

Credits

(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 115, 40 Stat. 1322.)

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