PRINCIPAL LAWS RELATING TO NATIONAL FORESTS _ Li 
Segregation of agricultural lands. 
Act of August 10, 1912 (387 Stat. 287) 
That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed and required 
to select, classify, and segregate, as soon as practicable, all lands 
within the boundaries of national forests that may be opened, to 
settlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the 
national forests. 
Permits for summer homes, hotels, stores, ete. 
Act of March 4, 1915 (88 Stat. 1101) ; Sec. 497, Title 16, U. S. C. 
That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may, upon such terms 
as he may deem proper, for periods not exceeding thirty years, per- 
mit responsible persons or associations to use and occupy suitable 
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 
therefore 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 June 4, 1897 (380 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 
