16 U.S.C. § 524
Rights-of-way for dams, reservoirs, or water plants for municipal, mining, and milling purposes
Rights-of-way for the construction and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, water plants, ditches, flumes, pipes, tunnels, and canals, within and across the national forests of the United States, are 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 forests are respectively situated.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1958–1982 · leading case: CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER, ETC. v. Bergland
CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER, ETC. v. Bergland (1981)
“628 , 16 U.S.C. § 524 . Denver had conducted minimal construction on the right-of-way to develop its water resources since the granting of the right-of-way.”
United States v. New Mexico (1978)
“§ 959 ; Forest Right-of-Way Act of 1905, 16 U. S. C. § 524 (repealed in part 1976).”
United States v. Fallbrook Public Utility District (1958)
“628 , 16 U.S.C.A. § 524 (1952); Section 2 of the Act of February 21, 1911, 36 Stat.”
City & County of Denver ex rel. Board of Water Commissioners v. Bergland (1982)
“628 (1905), 16 U.S.C. § 524 (1976), partially repealed by Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Pub.”
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