§405 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

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Sets aside specific parcels in Coos County, Oregon as public parks and camp sites for recreation and to protect rare myrtle groves. The parcels are described by township and section: NE¼ NW¼ and Lot 1 of Sec. 7, T28S R9W; SW¼ NE¼ and N½ SE¼ of Sec. 5, T27S R11W; W½ SW¼ of Sec. 5 and S½ NW¼ of Sec. 11, T28S R11W; and S½ SE¼ and E½ SW¼ of Sec. 35, T27S R12W (Willamette Meridian). These lands used to be part of the Coos Bay military wagon road grant. They remain subject to any valid existing rights. Areas withdrawn for water power must follow the Federal Power Act. Timber on the NE¼ SW¼ of Sec. 35, T27S R12W may be removed under a prior sale. The county court of Coos County will manage the parks under rules from the Secretary of the Interior and must pay all management costs.

Title 16, §405

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The northeast quarter northwest quarter, lot 1, section 7, township 28 south, range 9 west, the southwest quarter northeast quarter, north half southeast quarter, section 5, township 27 south, range 11 west, the west half southwest quarter, section 5, the south half northwest quarter, section 11, township 28 south, range 11 west, the south half southeast quarter and east half southwest quarter, section 35, township 27 south, range 12 west, Willamette Meridian, Coos County, Oregon, formerly a part of the Coos Bay military wagon road grant, subject to valid existing rights and as to lands withdrawn for water-power purposes to all the provisions of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.], and to the cutting and removal of the merchantable timber on the northeast quarter southwest quarter, section 35, township 27 south, range 12 west, pursuant to a sale thereof heretofore made, are reserved and set apart as public parks and camp sites for recreational purposes and to preserve the rare groves of myrtle trees thereon, such lands to be placed under the care, control, and management of the county court of Coos County, Oregon, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That all the expense of such care, control, and management shall be paid by the said county court.

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The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original “Federal water power Act of

June 10, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes At Large, page 1063)”, which was redesignated the Federal Power Act by section 791a of this title. The Federal Power Act is act

June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables.

§405 Reservation for Park and Camp Sites

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Title 16, §405

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