Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§956 Right of way for tramroads, canals, or reservoirs
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 22— - RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS › § 956
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may, under rules he sets, allow use of rights‑of‑way across public lands (not inside national forests, parks, military or Indian reservations) for tramroads, canals, or reservoirs. The permit covers the water and fifty feet on each side (or fifty feet each side of a tramroad center line) and can be given to U.S. citizens or citizen groups who mine, quarry, work in timber/lumber, or supply water for domestic, public, or other beneficial uses.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §956
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of the right of way through the public lands of the United States, not within the limits of any national forest, park, military or Indian reservation, for tramroads, canals, or reservoirs to the extent of the ground occupied by the water of the canals and reservoirs and fifty feet on each side of the marginal limits thereof, or fifty feet on each side of the center line of the tramroad, by any citizen or any association of citizens of the United States engaged in the business of mining or quarrying or of cutting timber and manufacturing lumber or for the purposes of furnishing water for domestic, public, and other beneficial uses.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Repeal;
Savings Provision
Section repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 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. Such repeal 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.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 956
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73