§ 495. — Leases of lands for sanitariums or hotels.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC495]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 495. Leases of lands for sanitariums or hotels
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, under such rules and
regulations as he from time to time may make, to rent or lease to
responsible persons or corporations applying therefor suitable spaces
and portions of ground near, or adjacent to, mineral, medicinal, or
other springs, within any national forest established within the United
States, or hereafter to be established, and where the public is
accustomed or desires to frequent, for health or pleasure, for the
purpose of erecting upon such leased ground sanitariums or hotels, to be
opened for the reception of the public. And he is further authorized to
make such regulations, for the convenience of people visiting such
springs, with reference to spaces and locations, for the erection of
tents or temporary dwelling houses to be erected or constructed for the
use of those visiting such springs for health or pleasure. And the
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prescribe the terms and
duration and the compensation to be paid for the privileges granted
under the provisions of this section.
(Feb. 28, 1899, ch. 221, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 908; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288,
Sec. 1, 33 Stat. 628.)
Codification
``National forest'' substituted in text for ``forest reserves'' on
authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided
that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
Transfer of Functions
Act Feb. 1, 1905 transferred certain functions with regard to
administration of national forests from Secretary of the Interior to
Secretary of Agriculture.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 496 of this title.
