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§7777 Permits: military reservations; landing ferries, erecting bridges, driving livestock
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 779— - REAL PROPERTY › § 7777
Summary
The Secretary of the Army can allow ferries to land, bridges to be built, or livestock to be driven across military land if it won’t damage the land or bother the troops.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7777
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Whenever the Secretary of the Army considers that it can be done without injury to the reservation or inconvenience to the military forces stationed there, he may permit—
(1)the landing of ferries at a military reservation;
(2)the erection of bridges on a military reservation; and
(3)the driving of livestock across a military reservation.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 477710:1348.July 5, 1884, ch. 214, § 6, 23 Stat. 104. The words “may permit” are substituted for the words “shall have authority, in his discretion, to permit”. The words “to permit the extension of State, county, and Territorial roads across military reservations” are omitted as superseded by section 2668 of this title. In clause (3), the word “livestock” is substituted for the words “cattle, sheep or other stock animals”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4777 of this title as this section. 1980—Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “reservations” for “reservation” in section catchline.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7777
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73