§ 957. — Right of way to electric power companies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC957]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 957. Right of way to electric power companies
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.
(Jan. 21, 1895, ch. 37, Sec. 2, as added May 14, 1896, ch. 179, 29 Stat.
120; amended 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Section repealed by Pub.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.
Codification
The words ``national forests'' substituted in text for ``forest
reservations'' pursuant to act Mar. 4, 1907, which changed the
designation of forest reserves to national forests.
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.
