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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 8A — Grazing Lands

§ 316l. Stock driveways and free grazing

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment, maintenance and regulation

The Secretary may establish and maintain, and regulate the use of, stock driveways in districts and may charge a fee for or permit the free use of such driveways.

(b)

Grazing of livestock free of charge

The Secretary may permit any person, including prospectors and miners, to graze free of charge a small number of livestock upon any land included within any grazing district.

(c)

Grazing allotments to Eskimos or other native or half-breed

The Secretary may in his discretion grant a permit or lease for a grazing allotment without charge on unallotted public lands to any Eskimo or other native or half-breed. Whenever such native or half-breed grazes his livestock through cooperative agreement on allotment held by other lessee or permittee, any grazing fees charged for said allotment shall be reduced in proportion to the relative number of such native owned livestock to the total number on said allotment.

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. 69–513 § 13 · 44 Stat. 711

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 316l

    (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 13, 44 Stat. 1454.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 13, 44 Stat. 1454.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 471l of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Credits

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 13, 44 Stat. 1454.)

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