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forest reserves except such as it may be actually necessary to remove 

 to construct its power plants and the structures pertaining thereto, 

 and it shall be required to pay to the i)roper officer of the Forest 

 Service the full value of all timber and ^YOod cut, used, or destroyed 

 by it within the forest reserves. 



Act May 1, 1906, c. 2076, s. 4, 34 Stat. 166. 

 Control of water for irrigation not affected. 



Sec. 5. That the privileges herein granted shall not be construed to 

 interfere with the control of water for irrigation and other purposes 

 under laws of the United States or of the State of California. 



Act May 1, 1906, c. 2076, s. 5, 34 Stat. 166. 



Private rights, etc., protected. 



Sec. 6. That no private right, title, or interest owned by any per- 

 son, persons, or corporation in such forest reserves shall be interfered 

 with or abridged, except with the consent of the owner or owners, 

 or by due process of law and just compensation to said owner or 

 owners. 



Act May 1, 1906, c. 2076, s. 6, 34 Stat. 166. 



Revocation of permit granted as to certain power plants \ipon noncompletion 

 within certain periods. 



Sec. 7. That if the said permittee shall fail to consummate and put 

 in operation the said power plant specified in subdivision (f) of 

 section one hereof within two years from the date of the passage of 

 this Act, or the power plant specified in subdivisions (g), (h). and 

 (i) of section one hereof withm five years from the passage of this 

 Act ; then as to each of said power plants not completed and put in 

 operation wnthin the time herein limited this permit shall be deemed 

 to be revoked without judicial or other proceeding; and a failure 

 during any j'ear after completion to operate any power plant pro- 

 vided for in this Act for a total time of ninety days in such year 

 shall operate as a like revocation of this permit as to such plant or 

 plants. 



Act May 1, 1906, c. 2076, s. 7, 34 Stat. 166. 



Permit granted subject to laws and rules and regulations relating to forest 

 reserves; penalties and damages for infractions or breaches: revocation of 

 permit on failure to pay amounts due Forest Service; permit granted not 

 affected by transfer of departmental jurisdiction over lands. 



Sec. 8. That the enjoyment of the permit hereby granted shall be 

 subject at all times to all laws relating to the forest reserves, and to 

 all rules and regulations authorized and established thereunder, and 

 that for infraction of such laws, rules, or regulations the owner or 

 user of said permit shall be subject to all fines and penalties imposed 

 thereby, and shall also be liable in a civil action for all damages that 

 may accrue from such breach, and that for any continued infraction 

 of such laws, rules, or regulations, or failure to pay any amount due 

 the Forest Service from said company within sixty days of notice 

 thereof, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior may, upon 

 request of the Secretary of Agriculture, after due notice and hearing, 

 revoke and vacate this permit: Provided, That the transfer of any 

 lands from the jurisdiction of one department to that of another 

 shall in no wise affect this permit, but the power hereby vested in 



