Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 615a


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 615a. Sale of timber in Alaska; appraisal; local consumption; accounting; deposit in Treasury

      The Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations
    as he may prescribe, may cause to be appraised the timber or any
    part thereof upon public lands in Alaska, and may from time to time
    sell so much thereof as he may deem proper for not less than the
    appraised value thereof, in such quantities to each purchaser as he
    shall prescribe, to be used in Alaska except as aforesaid, but not
    for export therefrom except as provided under section 615b of this
    title. And such sales shall at all times be limited to actual
    necessities for consumption in Alaska from year to year, and
    payments for such timber shall be made to such officer as the
    Secretary of the Interior may designate of the local land office of
    the land district in which said timber may be sold, under such
    rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may
    prescribe, and the moneys arising therefrom shall be accounted for
    by such officer as the Secretary of the Interior may designate to
    the Secretary of the Interior in a separate account, and shall be
    covered into the Treasury.



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