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and 233), granting rights of way to railroad companies 

 for railroads. The act of March 3, 1891 (Appendix, 

 pp. 233 and 234), granting rights of way across the 

 public lands and National Forests for irrigation reser- 

 voirs and canals. Section 4 of the act of February 1, 

 1905 (Appendix, p. 218), granting rights of way for 

 reservoirs, conduits, and water plants for municipal 

 and mining purposes. 



All maps for approval under these grants must be 

 filed in the proper local land offices of the Department 

 of the Interior. 



BEG. 20. Whenever a right of way under the juris- 

 diction of the Secretary of the Interior is located upon a 

 National Forest, the Forester may, in his discretion, before 

 ^making recommendation that it be approved, require the 

 ^applicant to execute such stipulation and bond as he 

 may deem necessary for the protection of National Forest 

 interests. (Appendix, p. 287.) 



Such stipulations ma^ include clearing right of way ; 

 disposal of refuse; payment, under timber settlement 

 regulations, for all merchantable timber cut or de- 

 stroyed; necessary precautions against fires by the use 

 of oil as fuel, etc., and any other conditions needed to 

 protect National Forest interests. 



Particular attention is called to the fact that the 

 laws above mentioned granting rights of way amount- 

 ing to easements for railroads, irrigation reservoirs 

 and canals, and reservoirs, canals, and water plants for 

 mining and municipal purposes, do not in any way pre- 

 vent or interfere with the securing of special-use per- 

 mits for these purposes from the Forest Service, al- 



