16 U.S.C. § 605 — Unlawful cutting on mineral lands; notice to Secretary

submitted 148 years ago by ch. 150 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 99 words · no verdicts yet

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A designated Interior Department officer must check whether timber is being cut or used unlawfully on mineral lands, notify the Secretary if it is, and receive necessary examination expenses through the officer’s next quarterly account.

An officer whom the Secretary of the Interior may designate, and whose district contains mineral land, must periodically determine whether timber is being cut or used on that land, except for purposes authorized by section 604 of this title. If timber is being cut or used, the officer must immediately notify the Secretary of the Interior. The officer’s necessary expenses for these examinations must be paid and allowed in the officer’s next quarterly account.

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It shall be the duty of such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate in whose district any mineral land may be situated to ascertain from time to time whether any timber is being cut or used upon any such lands, except for the purposes authorized by section 604 of this title, within such land district; and, if so, he shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Interior of that fact; and all necessary expenses incurred in making such proper examinations shall be paid for and allowed such officer in making up his next quarterly account.

Source credit: (June 3, 1878, ch. 150, § 2, 20 Stat. 88; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

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1878Enacted · Act of June 3, 1878, ch. 150 · 20 Stat. 88

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