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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 8A — Grazing Lands

§ 315d. Grazing stock for domestic purposes; use of natural resources

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior shall permit, under regulations to be prescribed by him, the free grazing within such districts of livestock kept for domestic purposes; and provided that so far as authorized by existing law or laws hereinafter enacted, nothing contained in this subchapter shall prevent the use of timber, stone, gravel, clay, coal, and other deposits by miners, prospectors for mineral, bona fide settlers and residents, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospecting, and domestic purposes within areas subject to the provisions of this subchapter.

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. Pub. L. 73–865 § 5 · 48 Stat. 1269

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 315d

    (June 28, 1934, ch. 865, § 5, 48 Stat. 1271.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 28, 1934, ch. 865, § 5, 48 Stat. 1271.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior shall permit, under Limited free grazing permitted in districts kept for domestic purposes. regulations to be prescribed by him, the free grazing within such districts of livestock kept for domestic purposes; and provided that so far as authorized by existing law or laws hereinafter enacted, nothing herein contained shall prevent the use of timber, stone, Use of material deposits by settlers, miners, etc. gravel, clay, coal, and other deposits by miners, prospectors for mineral, bona fide settlers and residents, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospecting, and domestic purposes within areas subject to the provisions of this Act.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(June 28, 1934, ch. 865, § 5, 48 Stat. 1271.)

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