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to divert the water into the several canal or conduit lines for said several power plants. (May 1, 1906, sec. 2, 34 Stat. 166.)

993. Maps. That within six months after the passage of this Act the Edison Electric Company shall file with the register of the United States land office for the district where said power plants are located, and with the Forester of the Department of Agriculture, a map and such copies thereof as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, showing separately as to each power plant the ground occupied or proposed to be occupied by such canals or conduit lines, pole lines, power houses, and other buildings and structures used in connection with said electrical power plants. These maps shall show the dimensions of each building and structure and each diverting dam, and the areas which it will be necessary to submerge at the point of intake of each power plant and, after the filing of said maps, all lands covered by this permit as shown on the maps, or to be occupied by such buildings and structures as shown, together with such portion of fifty feet on each side of the marginal limits thereof as may be actually necessary for the operation of the power plants, and such land as may be submerged by the construction and operation of said power plants, shall, when disposed of by the Government, be disposed of subject to the rights hereby granted unless said rights shall have terminated or shall have been revoked as herein provided prior to such disposal. (May 1, 1906, sec. 3, 34 Stat. 166.) 994. Permittee to conform to forest reserve regulations; limitation on use of timber.-That said company shall conform to all regulations adopted or prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior governing said forest reserves, or the use or the users thereof, and shall not take, cut, or destroy any timber within the forest reserves except such as it may be actually necessary to remove to construct its power plants and the structures pertaining thereto, and it shall be required to pay to the proper officer of the Forest Service the full value of all timber and wood cut, used, or destroyed by it within the forest reserves. (May 1, 1906, sec. 4, 34 Stat. 166.)

995. Privileges granted not to interfere with control of water. That the privileges herein granted shall not be construed to interfere with the control of water for irrigation and other purposes under laws of the United States or of the State of California. (May 1, 1906, sec. 5, 34 Stat. 166.)

996. Private rights protected. That no private right, title, or interest owned by any person, persons, or corporation in such forest reserves shall be interfered with or abridged, except with the consent of the owner or owners, or by due process of law and just compensation to said owner or owners. (May 1, 1906, sec. 6, 34 Stat. 166.)

997. Revocation of permit.-That if the said permittee shall fail to consummate and put in operation the said power plant specified in subdivision (f) of section one hereof within two years from the date of the passage of this Act, or the power plant specified in subdivisions (g), (h), and (i) of section one hereof within five years from the passage of this Act; then as to each of said power plants not completed and put in operation within the time herein limited this permit shall be deemed to be revoked without judicial or other proceeding;

and a failure during any year after completion to operate any power plant provided for in this Act for a total time of ninety days in such year shall operate as a like revocation of this permit as to such plant or plants. (May 1, 1906, sec. 7, 34 Stat. 166.)

998. Permit granted subject to forest reserve laws, rules, and regulations. That the enjoyment of the permit hereby granted shall be subject at all times to all laws relating to the forest reserves, and to all rules and regulations authorized and established thereunder, and that for infraction of such laws, rules, or regulations the owner or user of said permit shall be subject to all fines and penalties imposed thereby, and shall also be liable in a civil action for all damages that may accrue from such breach, and that for any continued infraction of such laws, rules, or regulations, or failure to pay any amount due the Forest Service from said company within sixty days of notice thereof, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior may, upon request of the Secretary of Agriculture, after due notice and hearing, revoke and vacate this permit: Provided, That the transfer of any lands from the jurisdiction of one department to that of another shall in no wise effect this permit, but the power hereby vested in the Secretary shall, upon such transfer, be deemed to be transferred with the land. (May 1, 1906, sec. 8, 34 Stat. 167.)

999. Annual payment of compensation; Departmental officers to have access to lands. That the said company shall pay annually in advance to the proper officer of the Forest Service, as compensation for the privileges hereby granted, such reasonable sum as the Secretary of Agriculture may fix from year to year, and shall pay for wood or timber cut, removed, or destroyed as fast as the value thereof may be ascertained and charged by the Forester: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture, his agents and employees, and all officers of the Forest Service, shall have free and unrestricted access in, through, and across all lands and structures covered by said permit in the performance of their official duties, and the Secretary in charge of forest reserves may construct or permit to be constructed in, through, or across any land covered by said permit roads or trails, public or otherwise, or other means of transportation, not inconsistent with the enjoyment of the permit hereby granted: Provided further, That the Edison Electric Company shall, under penalty of immediate forfeiture of the permit hereby granted, when requested to do so, assist the forest officers in fighting fire, and shall furnish any men under its employ necessary for that purpose, and shall otherwise assist to the extent of its power in protecting the forest reserves and maintaining good order upon them. (May 1, 1906, sec. 9, 34 Stat. 167.)

1000. Power reserved to amend, modify, or repeal act.-That Congress shall have power at any time to amend, modify, or repeal this Act. (May 1, 1906, sec. 10, 34 Stat. 167.)

1001. San Francisco National Forest; right-of-way for pipe line.That a right-of-way for a pipe line through sections twenty-six, thirty-six, township twenty-three north; sections two, twelve, fourteen, twenty-two, and twenty-eight, township twenty-two north; and sections four and sixteen, township twenty-one north, all in range seven east, Gila and Salt River meridian, in the San Francisco National Forest, in the county of Coconino and Territory of Ari

zona, is hereby granted to the town of Flagstaff, a municipal corporation in said county and Territory, to the extent of the ground occupied by said pipe line and twenty-five feet on each side of the center line of the same.

Also the right to take from the lands adjacent to the lands hereby granted material, earth, stone, and timber necessary for the construction, maintenance, repair, and control of said pipe line. (June 6, 1900, sec. 1, 31 Stat. 657.)

1002. Pipe line to be controlled exclusively for use of Flagstaff, Ariz.— That said pipe line when constructed shall be maintained and controlled exclusively for the use and benefit of the said town of Flagstaff by the municipal authorities thereof, and for the purpose only of conveying water through said pipe line to said town for its exclusive use and benefit. (June 6, 1900, sec. 2, 31 Stat. 657.)

1003. San Juan National Forest; sale of land to Durango, Colo., for protection of water supply.-That the following-described tract of land situate in suspended township thirty-eight north, range seven west, New Mexico principal meridian, in La Plata County, Colorado, within the San Juan National Forest, to wit: A tract described by metes and bounds as per special survey approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on November first, nineteen hundred and nine: Beginning at corner numbered one, a cross at exact point on top of rock "D. R. G." on the northeast and "P. L." on the southwest face from which a basalt bowlder fifty-four by thirty-six by thirtythree inches bears north thirty-nine degrees east forty-three links distant, marked "B. I. O."; a spruce nine inches in diameter bears north forty-five degrees ten minutes east eighty-eight and one-half links distant, marked "Cor. No. 1, D. R. G., B. T."; a spruce ten inches in diameter bears east eighty-eight links distant, marked "Cor. No. 1, D. R. G., B. T."; a spruce twelve inches in diameter bears south nineteen degrees forty-five minutes east eight [y]-four links distant, marked "Cor. No. 1, P. L., B. T."; a spruce ten inches in diameter bears north twenty degrees forty minutes west two hundred and forty-seven and one-half links distant, marked "Cor. No. 1, P. L., B. T."; thence north twenty degrees seven minutes east seventy-four and twenty-four one-hundredths chains to station numbered two; thence north seventy-seven degrees two minutes east sixteen and six-one hundredths chains to station numbered three; thence north eight degrees twenty-four minutes east thirty-six and thirtysix one-hundredths chains to station numbered four, whence United States location monument Mount Valois bears north thirty-eight degrees twenty-three minutes east seventy-six and thirty-one one-hundredths chains; thence north seven degrees twenty-eight minutes west sixty-eight and eighty-three one-hundredths chains to station numbered five; thence north ten degrees twenty-three minutes east seventy-seven and nineteen one-hundredths chains to station numbered six, whence United States location monument Mount Bullion bears north sixty-two degrees sixteen minutes west thirty-five and sixtytwo one-hundredths chains; thence north eighty-seven degrees thirtyone minutes east nineteen and fifty-two one-hundredths chains to station numbered seven, whence United States location monument Tempest bears south four degrees twenty-four minutes west seventy and sixty-nine one-hundredths chains; thence south thirty-eight de

grees thirty-seven minutes east fifty-three and twelve one-hundredths chains to station numbered eight; thence south eighty-five degrees thirty-one minutes east twenty-four and forty-five one-hundredths chains to station numbered nine; thence south eleven degrees fifty minutes east fifty-eight and thirty-two one-hundredths chains to station numbered ten; thence south fifty-six degrees eighteen minutes east fifty-nine and thirty-two one-hundredths chains to station numbered eleven; thence south twenty-eight degrees forty-six minutes east seventy and forty-six one-hundredths chains to station numbered twelve, Sheep Mountain; thence south sixty-five degrees thirty-two minutes west one hundred and thirty-one and ninety-two one-hundredths chains to station numbered thirteen, United States location monument Mount Sheridan; thence south fifty-two degrees thirty-two minutes west fourteen and fifty-one one-hundredths chains to station numbered fourteen; thence north eighty-seven degrees seven minutes west ninety-two and fifty-three one-hundredths chains to station numbered one, point of beginning, containing three thousand and forty-nine and eighty-seven one-hundredths acres, more or less, situate in township thirty-eight north, range seven west, New Mexico meridian, including those four certain reservoirs, claimed or occupied by said city of Durango, known as Reservoir Numbered One, or Upper Park Reservoir; Reservoir Numbered Two, or Santa Maria Lake; Reservoir Numbered Three, or Lake Lilly; and Reservoir Numbered Four, or Lakeside Lake, subject to any former grant or conveyance affecting said lands, be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the city of Durango, county of La Plata, and State of Colorado, to have and to hold said lands to its use and behoof forever for the purposes of water storage and supply of its waterworks and the protection of its water supply, and for such purposes said city shall forever have the right, in its discretion, to control and use any and all parts of the said premises herein granted and conveyed in the construction of reservoirs, conduits, and flumes, and in the laying of pipes and mains, and in making such improvements as may be necessary to store, utilize, protect from pollution, and enjoy the waters contained in any natural or constructed reservoirs, basins, or waterways upon said premises: Provided, That the city of Durango shall pay for said land the sum of $1.25 per acre: Provided further, That the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture shall have full power to patrol the said lands and to protect them from fire and trespass: And provided further, That the Forest Service may dispose of the timber upon the said lands, except so much thereof as may be growing within one hundred feet from the margin of any natural or constructed reservoir, or of the main creeks within the said boundary flowing into such reservoirs, under such additional rules for lumbering, to protect said waters from pollution, as shall be described by the Forester and approved by the mayor of the city of Durango: Ana provided further, That if said city shall fence all or any part of said lands it shall provide practicable gates in such fence at points to be designated by the supervisor of the San Juan National Forest. (Mar. 1, 1907, sec. 1, 34 Stat. 1053; May 8, 1916, 39 Stat. 62.)

1004. Reversion. That if the said city of Durango shall at any time hereafter abandon the lands above described and cease to use the same for said purposes, said above-described lands shall revert

to the Government of the United States. (Mar. 1, 1907, sec. 2, 34 Stat. 1054; May 8, 1916, 39 Stat. 62.)

1005. Stanislaus National Forest; rights-of-way for water supply.That there is hereby granted to the city and county of San Francisco, a municipal corporation in the State of California, all necessary rights-of-way along such locations and of such widths, not to exceed two hundred and fifty feet, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior may be required for the purposes of this Act, in, over, and through the public lands of the United States in the counties of Tuolumne, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Alameda, in the State of California, and in, over, and through the Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest, or portions thereof, lying within the said counties, for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipes, pipe lines, flumes, tunnels, and conduits for conveying water for domestic purposes and uses to the city and county of San Francisco and such other municipalities and water districts as, with the consent of the city and county of San Francisco, or in accordance with the laws of the State of California in force at the time application is made, may hereafter participate in the beneficial use of the rights and privileges granted by this Act; for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining power and electric plants, poles, and lines for generation and sale and distribution of electric energy; also for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining telephone and telegraph lines, and for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining roads, trails, bridges, tramways, railroads, and other means of locomotion, transportation, and communication, such as may be necessary or proper in the construction, maintenance, and operation of the works constructed by the grantee herein; together with such lands in the Hetch Hetchy Valley and Lake Eleanor Basin within the Yosemite National Park, and the Cherry Valley within the Stanislaus National Forest, irrespective of the width or extent of said lands, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be actually necessary for surface or underground reservoirs, diverting and storage dams; together with such lands as the Secretary of the Interior may determine to be actually necessary for power houses, and all other structures or buildings necessary or properly incident to the construction, operation, and maintenance of said water-power and electric plants, telephone and telegraph lines, and such means of locomotion, transportation, and communication as may be established; together with the right to take, free of cost, from the public lands, the Yosemite National Park, and the Stanislaus National Forest adjacent to its right-of-way, within such distance as the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may determine, stone, earth, gravel, sand, tufa, and other materials of like character actually necessary to be used in the construction, operation, and repair of its said waterpower and electric plants, its said telephone and telegraph lines, and its said means of lomotion, transportation, or communication, under such conditions and regulations as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, within their respective jurisdictions, for the protection of the public lands, the Yosemite National Park, and the Stanislaus National Forest: Provided, That said grantee shall file, as hereinafter provided, a map or

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