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§487 Cutting timber on land added to Siskiyou National Forest

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 487

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture may sell marketable timber on the land added to the Siskiyou National Forest by section 1, following the rules for public timber sales in national forests. All proceeds must be deposited in the U.S. Treasury to "The Oregon and California land-grant fund" (Act of June 9, 1916, ch.137, sec.10, 39 Stat. 222).

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Title 16, §487

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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to sell the merchantable timber on the land added to the Siskiyou National Forest by section 1 hereof, in accordance with the regulations governing the sale of public timber in the national forests, and the entire proceeds of any sale of the timber on such land shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in a special fund designated as “The Oregon and California land-grant fund”, referred to in the Act of Congress approved June 9, 1916, chapter 137, section 10, Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 222, and be disposed of in the manner therein designated, the land added forming part of the area which revested in the United States under the provisions of the said Act.

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section 1 hereof, referred to in text, means section 1 of act Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 407, 42 Stat. 1019, which related to exchanges of lands in or adjacent to Siskiyou National Forest and was not classified to the Code. See Codification note set out under sections 486a to 486w of this title. Act of Congress approved June 9, 1916, referred to in text, was not classified to the Code.

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16 U.S.C. § 487

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73