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spaces or portions of ground in the national forests for the construc- 

 tion of summer homes, hotels, stores, or other structures needed for 

 recreation or public convenience, not exceeding five acres to any one 

 person or association, but this shall not be construed to interfere 

 with the right to enter homesteads upon agricultural lands in national 

 forests as now provided by law. 



Special-use permit for land adjacent to mineral springs. 



Act of February 28, 1899 (30 Stat. 908) ; sec. 495, title 16, U. S. C. 



The Secretary of the Interior * * * hereby is authorized, 

 under such rules and regulations as he from time to time may make, 

 to enter or lease to responsible persons or corporations applying 

 therefor suitable spaces and portions of ground near, or adjacent to, 

 mineral, medicinal, or other springs, within any forest reserves estab- 

 lished within the United States, or hereafter to be established, and 

 where the public is accustomed or desires to frequent, for health or 

 pleasure, for the purpose of erecting upon such leased ground sani- 

 tariums or hotels, to be opened for the reception of the public. And 

 he is further authorized to make such regulations, for the convenience 

 of people visiting such springs, with reference to spaces and loca- 

 tions for the erection of tents or temporary dwelling houses to be 

 erected or constructed for the use of those visiting such springs for 

 health or pleasure. And the Secretary of the Interior is authorized 

 to prescribe the terms and duration and the compensation to be paid 

 'for the privileges granted under the provisions of this act. 



Schools and churches within forests. 



• Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 36) ; sec. 479, title 16, U. S. C. 



The settlers residing within the exterior boundaries of such forest 

 reservations, or in the vicinity thereof, may maintain schools and 

 churches within such reservation, and for that purpose may occupy 

 any part of the said forest reservation, not exceeding two acres for 

 each schoolhouse and one acre for a church. 



Use of waters. 



Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 36) ; sec. 481, title 16, U. S. C. 



All waters within the boundaries of national forests may be used 

 for domestic, mining, milling, or irrigation purposes, under the laws 

 of the State wherein such national forests are situated, or under the 

 laws of the United States and the rules and regulations established 

 thereunder. 



Game refuges. 



Act of August 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 476) ; sec. 683, title 16, U. S. C. 



The President of the United States is authorized to designate such 

 areas on any lands purchased by the United States under the pro- 

 visions of sections 513 to 519 and 521 of this title [the Weeks Act], as 



