16-U.S.C.-479

§479 – Sites For Schools and Churches

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Title 16 > Chapter 2 > Subchapter I > Section 479

Details

• Reference: Section 479
• Legend: §479 – Sites For Schools and Churches
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The settlers residing within the exterior boundaries of national forests, or in the vicinity thereof, may maintain schools and churches within such national forest, and for that purpose may occupy any part of the said national forest, not exceeding two acres for each schoolhouse and one acre for a church.

(June 4, 1897, ch. 2, §1, 30 Stat. 36.)

Codification

National forests substituted in text for forest reservations, and national forest substituted for reservation and forest reservation on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.

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16-U.S.C.-472 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Conservation

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16-U.S.C.-471A in the Legal Encyclopedia: National Forests

In this entry about 16-U.S.C.-471A, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to national forests in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States national forests-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.

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