Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9777 Permits: military reservations; landing ferries, erecting bridges, driving livestock
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 979— - REAL PROPERTY › § 9777
Summary
The Secretary of the Air Force may allow ferries to land, bridges to be built, or livestock to be driven across military land as long as it causes no harm or inconvenience to the property or the military there.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9777
Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Whenever the Secretary of the Air Force 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) 977710:1348.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The words “to permit the extension of State, county, and Territorial roads across military reservations” are omitted as superseded by section 2668 of this title.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”.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9777
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73