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

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Secretary of Agriculture may sell merchantable timber on land added to Siskiyou National Forest, following the rules for selling public timber in national forests. All money from sales must go into the U.S. Treasury’s "The Oregon and California land‑grant fund" and be used as the Act of June 9, 1916 (ch. 137, §10, 39 Stat. 222) directs; the land counts as part of the area returned under that Act.

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.

§487 Cutting Timber on Land Added to Siskiyou National Forest

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Title 16, §487

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