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

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The Secretary of Agriculture may allow cutting and selling sellable timber from lands added to the Rogue River National Forest by the Act of June 4, 1936 (chapter 494, sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1460) if the Secretary finds it will not harm water purity or reduce the water supply. All sale proceeds must be paid into the U.S. Treasury to the “The Oregon and California Land Grant Fund” and used as section 10 of the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218) directs.

Title 16, §487a

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When the Secretary of Agriculture finds that merchantable timber may be cut without detriment to the purity or depletion of the water supply from lands added to the Rogue River National Forest by Act of June 4, 1936, chapter 494, section 1, 49 Stat. 1460, title to which has been revested in the United States under the Act of Congress approved June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), said Secretary is authorized to dispose of such merchantable timber on such lands in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture for the national forests and the entire proceeds of any such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in a special fund designated “The Oregon and California Land Grant Fund”, referred to in section 10 of the said Act of June 9, 1916, and be disposed of in the manner therein designated.

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June 4, 1936, chapter 494, section 1, 49 Stat. 1460, referred to in text, related to exchanges of lands in or adjacent to Rogue River 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.

§487a Cutting Timber on Lands Added to Rogue River National Forest

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Title 16, §487a

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