Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 43 : Section 956


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 956. Right of way for tramroads, canals, or reservoirs

      The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered, under
    general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of the
    right of way through the public lands of the United States, not
    within the limits of any national forest, park, military or Indian
    reservation, for tramroads, canals, or reservoirs to the extent of
    the ground occupied by the water of the canals and reservoirs and
    fifty feet on each side of the marginal limits thereof, or fifty
    feet on each side of the center line of the tramroad, by any
    citizen or any association of citizens of the United States engaged
    in the business of mining or quarrying or of cutting timber and
    manufacturing lumber or for the purposes of furnishing water for
    domestic, public, and other beneficial uses.



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