§ 506 to 508a. — Repealed or Omitted.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC506]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Secs. 506 to 508. Repealed. Pub. L. 87-869, Sec. 4, Oct. 23,
1962, 76 Stat. 1157
Section 506, acts June 11, 1906, ch. 3074, Sec. 1, 34 Stat. 233; May
30, 1908, ch. 233, 35 Stat. 554; Aug. 10, 1912, ch. 284, 37 Stat. 287;
Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403,
eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, authorized and directed
the Secretary of Agriculture to classify national forest lands chiefly
valuable for agriculture and which might be occupied for agricultural
purposes without injury to the national forest and which were not needed
for public purposes and to list them with the Secretary of the Interior
for homestead entry and required such Secretary to declare the
agricultural lands open to homestead entry.
Section 507, act June 11, 1906, ch. 3074, Sec. 2, 34 Stat. 234,
provided for additional homestead right of entry to former settlers.
Section 508, act June 11, 1906, ch. 3074, Sec. 3, 34 Stat. 234,
provided for entries in Black Hills National Forest subject to mining
laws and to appropriation of waters.
