Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 612


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 612. Permits to cut and remove timber to certain corporations

      It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant
    permits in accordance with the provisions of section 607 of this
    title, to corporations incorporated under a Federal law of the
    United States or incorporated under the laws of a State or
    Territory of the United States, other than the State in which the
    privilege is requested, said permits to confer the same rights and
    benefits upon such corporations as are conferred upon corporations
    incorporated in the State in which the privilege is to be
    exercised: Provided, That all such corporations shall first have
    complied with the laws of that State so as to entitle them to do
    business therein; but nothing herein shall operate to enlarge the
    rights of any railway company to cut timber on the public domain.



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