16 Usc 477

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TITLE 16--CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS

SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 477. Use of timber and stone by settlers

The Secretary of Agriculture may permit, under regulations to be
prescribed by him, the use of timber and stone found upon national
forests, free of charge, by bona fide settlers, miners, residents, and
prospectors for minerals, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining,
prospecting, and other domestic purposes, as may be needed by such
persons for such purposes; such timber to be used within the State or
Territory, respectively, where such national forests may be located.

(June 4, 1897, ch. 2, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 35; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288,
Sec. 1, 33 Stat. 628.)

Codification

``National forests'' substituted in text for ``reservations'' on
authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided
that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.

Transfer of Functions

Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department
of Agriculture, insofar as they involve lands and programs under
jurisdiction of that Department, related to compliance with provisions
of sections 473, 474 to 482, and 551 of this title with respect to pre-
construction, construction, and initial operation of transportation
system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Federal
Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation System, until first anniversary of date of initial
operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan
No. 1 of 1979, Secs. 102(f), 203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat.
1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for
the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System abolished and functions and
authority vested in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by
section 3012(b) of Pub. L. 102-486, set out as an Abolition of Office of
Federal Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and
Trade. Functions and authority vested in Secretary of Energy
subsequently transferred to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation Projects by section 720d(f) of Title 15.
Act Feb. 1, 1905 transferred certain functions with regard to
administration of public forests from Secretary of the Interior to
Secretary of Agriculture.