§ 569. — Donations to United States of lands for timber purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC569]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 569. Donations to United States of lands for timber
purposes
To enable owners of lands chiefly valuable for the growing of timber
crops to donate or devise such lands to the United States in order to
assure future timber supplies for the agricultural and other industries
of the State or for other national forest purposes, the Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to accept on behalf of the
United States title to any such land so donated or devised, subject to
such reservations by the donor of the present stand of merchantable
timber or of mineral or other rights for a period not exceeding twenty
years as the Secretary of Agriculture may find to be reasonable and not
detrimental to the purposes of this section, and to pay out of any
moneys appropriated for the general expenses of the Forest Service the
cost of recording deeds or other expenses incident to the examination
and acceptance of title. Any lands to which title is so accepted shall
be in units of such size or so located as to be capable of economical
administration as national forests either separately or jointly with
other lands acquired under this section, or jointly with an existing
national forest. All lands to which title is accepted under this section
shall, upon acceptance of title, become national forest lands, subject
to all laws applicable to lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911,
and amendments thereto. In the sale of timber from national forest lands
acquired under this section preference shall be given to applicants who
will furnish the products desired therefrom to meet the necessities of
citizens of the United States engaged in agriculture in the States in
which such national forest is situated. All property, rights, easements,
and benefits authorized by this section to be retained by or reserved to
owners of lands donated or devised to the United States shall be subject
to the tax laws of the States where such lands are located.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 348, Sec. 7, 43 Stat. 654.)
References in Text
Act of March 1, 1911, referred to in text, is act Mar. 1, 1911, ch.
186, 36 Stat. 961, as amended, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which
is classified to sections 480, 500, 513 to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 527, 566b, 582 of this
title.
