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Code · U.S. Code · Title 16 - CONSERVATION · CHAPTER 2— NATIONAL FORESTS · SUBCHAPTER I— ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION · § 524

§ 524. Rights-of-way for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes

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Rights-of-way for the construction and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, water plants, ditches, flumes, pipes, tunnels, and canals, within and across the national forests of the United States, are granted to citizens and corporations of the United States for municipal or mining purposes, and for the purposes of the milling and reduction of ores, during the period of their beneficial use, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and subject to the laws of the State or Territory in which said forests are respectively situated.
(Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 4, 33 Stat. 628.)
Repeals
Section repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System.
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  • Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 4
  • 33 Stat. 628
  • Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a)
  • 90 Stat. 2793
  • act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907
  • 34 Stat. 1269
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§ 524
Rights-of-way for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes
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ActFeb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 4
Stat.33 Stat. 628
Pub. L.Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 706(a)
Stat.90 Stat. 2793
Actact Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907
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