43 U.S.C. § 957 — Right of way to electric power companies
submitted 131 years ago by ch. 37 to r/title-43-PUBLIC-LANDS · 74 words · no verdicts yet
Under general regulations, the Secretary of the Interior may allow a United States citizen or citizen association to use a right-of-way on public lands and national forests for electric power purposes. The right-of-way may be 25 feet wide and may include no more than 40 acres of necessary ground.
Under general regulations the Secretary of the Interior sets, the Secretary may allow a United States citizen or association of United States citizens to use a right-of-way 25 feet wide, together with necessary ground of no more than 40 acres, on United States public lands and national forests. The purpose must be generating, manufacturing, or distributing electric power. This section does not define “necessary ground.”
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of right of way to the extent of twenty-five feet, together with the use of necessary ground, not exceeding forty acres, upon the public lands and national forests of the United States by any citizen or association of citizens of the United States for the purposes of generating, manufacturing, or distributing electric power.
Source credit: (Jan. 21, 1895, ch. 37, § 2, as added May 14, 1896, ch. 179, 29 Stat. 120; amended Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269.)
- 1895Enacted · Act of Jan. 21, 1895, ch. 37 · 29 Stat. 120
- 1907Amended · Act of Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907 · 34 Stat. 1269
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 37 on 1895-01-21.
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