PRINCIPAL LAWS RELATING TO NATIONAL FORESTS 13 
That any citizen, association, or corporation of the United States 
to whom there has heretofore been issued a permit for any of the 
urposes specified herein under any existing law, may obtain the 
petwefi€ 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. 
Railroads. 
Act March 8, 1875 (18 Stat. 482) ; Sec. 934 ff., Title 43, U.S.C. (This act is ad- 
ministered by the Department of the Interior.) Act of March 38, 1899 (30 
Stat. 1233) ; Sec. 525, Title 16, U.S.C. 
In the form provided by existing law, the Secretary of the Inte- 
rior may file and approve surveys and plats of any right of way | 
for a wagon road, railroad, or other highway over and across any 
forest reservation or reservoir site when in his judgment the public 
interests will not be injuriously affected thereby. 
Irrigation. 
Act March 8, 1891 (26 Stat. 1101) ; Sec. 946 ff., Title 48, U. S. C. (This act is 
administered by the Department of the Interior.) Act May 11, 1898 (30 
Stat. 404) ; See 951, Title 48, U.S.C. 8 
Water power. 
Act June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 1077) ; Sec. 792 ff., Title 16, U. S. C. 
Municipal and mining uses. 
Act February 1, 1905 (33 Stat. 628) ; Sec. 254, 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 mu- 
nicipal 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. 982, Title 48, U.S.C. 
The right of way for the construction of highways over public 
land, not reserved for public uses, is hereby granted. 
See. 17, Act November 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 216) ; Sec. 18, Title 28, 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. 
