§ 971. — Bathhouses, hotels, etc., adjacent to mineral, medicinal, etc., springs on public lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC971]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
Sec. 971. Bathhouses, hotels, etc., adjacent to mineral,
medicinal, etc., springs on public lands
The Secretary of the Interior, upon such terms and under such
regulations as he may deem proper, may permit responsible persons or
associations to use and occupy, for the erection of bathhouses, hotels,
or other improvements for the accommodation of the public, suitable
spaces or tracts of land near or adjacent to mineral, medicinal, or
other springs which are located upon unreserved public lands or public
lands which have been withdrawn for the protection of such springs:
Provided, That permits or leases hereunder shall be for periods not
exceeding twenty years.
(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 458, 43 Stat. 1133.)
