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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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