84 LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



Rights of way for municipal and mining purposes. 



Act of February 1. 1905 (33 Stat, 628). 



Sec. 4. That rights of way for the construction and maintenance 

 of dams, reservoirs, water plants, ditches, flumes, pipes, tunnels, and 

 canals, within and across the forest reserves of the United States are 

 hereby granted to citizens and corporations of the United States for 

 municipal or mining purposes, and for the purposes of the milling 

 and reduction of ores, during the period of their beneficial use. under 

 such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of 

 the_ Interior, and subject to the^laws of the State or Territory in 

 which said reserves are respectively situated. 



Grant of easements for transmission, telephone, and telegraph lines. 

 Act of March 4. 1911 (36 Stat.. 1235). 



That the head of the department having jurisdiction over the lands 

 be, and he hereby is. authorized and empowered, under general regu- 

 lations to be fixed by him. to grant an easement for rights of way, 

 for a period not exceeding fifty years from the date of the issuance of 

 such grant, over, across, and upon the public lands, National Forests, 

 and reservations of the United States for electrical poles and lines for 

 the transmission and distribution of electrical power, and for poles 

 and lines for telephone and telegraph purposes, to the extent of 

 twenty feet on each side of the center line of such electrical, telephone 

 and telegraph lines and poles, to any citizen, association, or corpora- 

 tion of the United States, where it is intended by such to exercise the 

 right of way herein granted for any one or more of the purposes 

 herein named: Provided, That such right of way shall be allowed 

 within or through any national park, National Forest, military, 

 Indian, or any other reservation only upon the approval of the chief 

 officer of the department under whose supervision or control such 

 reservation falls, and upon a finding by him that the same is not in- 

 compatible with the public interest: Provided, That all or any part 

 of such right of way may be forfeited and annulled by declaration of 

 the head of the department having jurisdiction over the lands for 

 nonuse for a period of two years or for abandonment. 



That any citizen, association, or corporation of the United States 

 to whom there has heretofore been issued a permit for any of the 

 purposes specified herein under any existing law, may obtain the 

 benefit of this act upon the same terms and conditions as shall be 

 required of citizens, associations, or corporations hereafter making 

 application under the provisions of this statute. 



SPECIAL LEGISLATION GRANTING EIGHTS OF WAY. 



Act of May 1. 1906 (34 Stat., 163), granting permit, revocable by 

 Secretary for certain causes, to occupy for hydroelectric purposes, 

 lands in San Bernardino. Sierra, and San Gabriel National Forests, 

 Cal. 



Act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 801), authorizing the Secretary of 

 the Interior to sell to the city of Los Angeles. Cal.. certain public 

 lands in California, and granting rights in. over, and through the 

 Sierra Forest Eeserve, the Santa Barbara Forest Eeserve. and the 

 San Gabriel Timber Land Eeserve, C?L. to the citv of Los Angeles, 

 Cal. 



