§ 956. — Right of way for tramroads, canals, or reservoirs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC956]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 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.
(Jan. 21, 1895, ch. 37, Sec. 1, 28 Stat. 635; May 11, 1898, ch. 292,
Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 404; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269.)
Repeal of Section
Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Oct.
21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976,
insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon,
under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest
System.
Savings Provision
Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 insofar as applicable to the issuance of
rights-of-way not to be construed as terminating any valid lease,
permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub.
L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 421c of this title.
