Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§971 Bathhouses, hotels, etc., adjacent to mineral, medicinal, etc., springs on public lands
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 22— - RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS › § 971
Summary
The Interior Secretary may allow responsible persons or groups to use unreserved or protected public land next to springs to build bathhouses, hotels, or other facilities for the public under rules they set. Permits may not exceed 20 years.
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Title 43, §971
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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to mineral, medicinal, or other springs which are located upon unreserved public lands or public lands which have been withdrawn for the protection of such springs: Provided, That permits or leases hereunder shall be for periods not exceeding twenty years.
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43 U.S.C. § 971
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73