§ 488. — Establishment of exterior boundaries of national forests.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC488]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 488. Establishment of exterior boundaries of national
forests
On and after Mar. 3, 1899, all standard, meander, township, and
section lines of the public-land surveys shall be established under the
direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior or such
officer as he may designate, whether the lands to be surveyed are within
or without national forests, except that where the exterior boundaries
of national forests are required to be coincident with standard,
township, or section lines, such boundaries may, if not previously
established in the ordinary course of the public-land surveys, be
established and marked under the supervision of the Director of the
United States Geological Survey whenever necessary to complete the
survey of such exterior boundaries.
(Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 424, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 1097; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3,
Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
Codification
``National forests'' substituted in text for ``reservations'' and
``public forest reservations'' on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch.
2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter
be known as national forests.
Change of Name
``Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate''
substituted in text for ``Commissioner of the General Land Office'' on
authority of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
