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43 USC CHAPTER 11 - DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKING

OF WATER HOLES, ETC., BY GOVERNMENT 01/06/03

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TITLE 43 - PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 11 - DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKING OF WATER HOLES,

ETC., BY GOVERNMENT

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CHAPTER 11 - DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKING OF WATER HOLES,

ETC., BY GOVERNMENT

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Sec.

361. Authority to explore for, develop, and mark water

holes, etc.

362. Injury to signposts and filling up or fouling water

supply.

363. Rules and regulations by Secretary.

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43 USC Sec. 361 01/06/03

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TITLE 43 - PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 11 - DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKING OF WATER HOLES,

ETC., BY GOVERNMENT

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Sec. 361. Authority to explore for, develop, and mark water holes,

etc.

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered, in his

discretion in so far as the authorization made herein will permit,

to discover, develop, protect, and render more accessible for the

benefit of the general public, springs, streams, and water holes on

arid public lands of the United States; and in connection therewith

to erect and maintain suitable and durable monuments and signboards

at proper places and intervals along and near the accustomed lines

of travel and over the general area of said desert lands,

containing information and directions as to the location and nature

of said springs, streams, and water holes, to the end that the same

may be more readily traced and found by persons in search or need

thereof; also to provide convenient and ready means, apparatus, and

appliances by which water may be brought to the earth's surface at

said water holes for the use of such persons; also to prepare and

distribute suitable maps, reports, and general information relating

to said springs, streams, and water holes, and their specific

location with reference to lines of travel.

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(Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 360, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 518.)

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43 USC Sec. 362 01/06/03

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TITLE 43 - PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 11 - DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKING OF WATER HOLES,

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Sec. 362. Injury to signposts and filling up or fouling water

supply

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Whoever shall willfully or maliciously injure, destroy, deface,

or remove any of said monuments or signposts, or shall willfully or

maliciously fill up, render foul, or in anywise destroy or impair

the utility of said springs, streams, or water holes, or shall

willfully or maliciously interfere with said monuments, signposts,

streams, springs, or water holes, or the purposes for which they

are maintained and used, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or

imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

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(Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 360, Sec. 3, 39 Stat. 518.)

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43 USC Sec. 363 01/06/03

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TITLE 43 - PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 11 - DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKING OF WATER HOLES,

ETC., BY GOVERNMENT

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Sec. 363. Rules and regulations by Secretary

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and

all acts and make such rules and regulations as may be necessary

for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this chapter into

full force and effect.

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(Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 360, Sec. 4, 39 Stat. 518.)

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