§ 605. — Unlawful cutting on mineral lands; notice to Secretary.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC605]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 4--PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS
Sec. 605. Unlawful cutting on mineral lands; notice to Secretary
It shall be the duty of such officer as the Secretary of the
Interior may designate in whose district any mineral land may be
situated to ascertain from time to time whether any timber is being cut
or used upon any such lands, except for the purposes authorized by
section 604 of this title, within such land district; and, if so, he
shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Interior of that fact; and
all necessary expenses incurred in making such proper examinations shall
be paid for and allowed such officer in making up his next quarterly
account.
(June 3, 1878, ch. 150, Sec. 2, 20 Stat. 88; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3,
Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
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.
``Such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate''
substituted in text for ``the register and the receiver of any local
land office'', ``Secretary of the Interior'' for ``Commissioner of the
General Land Office'', and ``such officer'' for ``such register and
receiver'' on authority of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 604, 606, 607 of this title.
