Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 420. Use of earth, timber, etc., from other public lands
Statutory text
In carrying out the provisions of the national irrigation law approved , and in constructing works thereunder, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to use and to permit the use by those engaged in the construction of works under said law, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, such earth, stone, and timber from the public lands of the United States as may be required in the construction of such works, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit the use of earth, stone, and timber from the national forests of the United States for the same purpose, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him.
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. 58–552 · 33 Stat. 706
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 420
Feb. 8, 1905, ch. 552, 33 Stat. 706
Source evidence
Code source credit
Feb. 8, 1905, ch. 552, 33 Stat. 706
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The national irrigation law approved , referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Act redesignated “forest reserves” as “national forests”.
Credits
1905–1907 · 2 acts
- 1905Feb. 8, 1905, ch. 552, 33 Stat. 706
- 1907Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269.
Show as published
(Feb. 8, 1905, ch. 552, 33 Stat. 706; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269.)