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Municipal and mining uses. 



Act of February 1, 1905 (33 Stat. 628) ; sec. 524, title 16. U. S. C. 



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 munici- 

 pal and 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. 



Roads. 



Revised Statutes, sec. 2477 ; sec. 932, title 43, U. S. C. 



The right of way for the construction of highways over public 

 land, not reserved for public uses, is hereby granted. 



Sec. 17, Act of November 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 216) ; sec. 18, title 23, U. S. C. 



If the Secretary of Agriculture determines that any part of the 

 public lands or reservations of the United States is reasonably nec- 

 essary for the right of way of any highway or forest road or as a 

 source of materials for the construction or maintenance of any such 

 highway or forest road adjacent to such lands or reservations, the 

 Secretary of Agriculture shall file with the Secretary of the depart- 

 ment supervising the administration of such land or reservation a 

 map showing the portion of such lands or reservations which it is 

 desired to appropriate. 



If within a period of four months after such filing the said Sec- 

 retary shall not have certified to the Secretary of Agriculture that 

 the proposed appropriation of such lands or material is contrary to 

 the public interests or inconsistent with the purposes for which such 

 lands or materials have been reserved, or shall have agreed to the 

 appropriation and transfer under conditions which he deemed nee-, 

 essary for the adequate protection and utilization of the reserve, 

 then such lands and materials may be appropriated and transferred 

 to the State highway department for such purposes and subject to 

 the conditions so specified. 



If at any time the need for any such lands or materials for such 

 purposes shall no longer exist, notice of the fact shall be given by 

 the State highway department to the Secretary of Agriculture, and 

 such lands or materials shall immediately revert to the control of the 

 Secretary of the department from which they had been appropriated. 



FISCAL MATTERS 

 Receipts to States. 



Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260) ; sec. 500, title 16, U. S. O. 



That hereafter twenty-five per centum of all money received from 

 each forest reserve during any fiscal year, including the year ending 



