§ 479. — Sites for schools and churches.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC479]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 479. Sites for schools and churches
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, Sec. 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 478, 482, 551 of this title.
