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[CITE: 43USC958]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
      CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
 
Sec. 958. Rights of way for wagon roads or railroads

    In the form provided by existing law the Secretary of the Interior 
may file and approve surveys and plats of any right of way for a wagon 
road, railroad, or other highway over and across any reservoir site when 
in his judgment the public interests will not be injuriously affected 
thereby.

(Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 427, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 1233.)

                            Repeal of Section

        Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Oct. 
    21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, 
    insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, 
    under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest 
    System.


                            Savings Provision

    Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 insofar as applicable to the issuance of 
rights-of-way not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, 
permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. 
L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.