Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§607a Cutting and Use of Timber in Alaska by Settlers, Residents, Miners, Etc.
Title 16 › CHAPTER 4 — PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS › § 607a
Summary
The Secretary may, under rules he makes, allow Alaska settlers, residents, miners, prospectors, and some churches or charities to use public timber only as needed for firewood, fences, buildings, mining, or household use.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §607a
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The Secretary of the Interior may permit under regulations to be prescribed by him the use of timber found upon the public land in Alaska by actual settlers, residents, individual miners, and prospectors for minerals, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospecting, and for domestic purposes, as may actually be needed by such persons for such purposes and may permit such use by churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions in Alaska for firewood, fencing, buildings, and for domestic purposes.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of the last sentence of section 11 of act
May 14, 1898. The remainder of section 11 of act
May 14, 1898, is classified to section 615a of this title. Section was formerly classified to section 423 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
Amendments
1938—Act June 15, 1938, inserted last clause relating to use of timber by churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 607a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102