16 U.S.C. § 524 — Rights-of-way for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes
submitted 121 years ago by ch. 288 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 92 words · no verdicts yet
United States citizens and corporations receive rights-of-way through national forests for specified dams, reservoirs, water systems, and ore-processing works. The rights last while beneficially used and remain subject to federal rules and the law of the relevant State or Territory.
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.
Source credit: (Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 4, 33 Stat. 628.)
- 1905Enacted · Act of Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288 · 33 Stat. 628
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 288 on 1905-02-01.
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