10 USC § 7777 - Permits: military reservations; landing ferries, erecting bridges, driving livestock

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title: "10 USC § 7777 - Permits: military reservations; landing ferries, erecting bridges, driving livestock"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7777"
section_name: "Permits: military reservations; landing ferries, erecting bridges, driving livestock"
chapter_number: 779
chapter_name: "REAL PROPERTY"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 270, § 4777; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 512(23), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2930; renumbered § 7777, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
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# § 7777. Permits: military reservations; landing ferries, erecting bridges, driving livestock

Whenever the Secretary of the Army considers that it can be done without injury to the reservation or inconvenience to the military forces stationed there, he may permit—

**(1)** the landing of ferries at a military reservation;

**(2)** the erection of bridges on a military reservation; and

**(3)** the driving of livestock across a military reservation.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 270, § 4777; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 512(23), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2930; renumbered § 7777, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4777 | 10:1348. | July 5, 1884, ch. 214, § 6, 23 Stat. 104. |

The words “may permit” are substituted for the words “shall have authority, in his discretion, to permit”. The words “to permit the extension of State, county, and Territorial roads across military reservations” are omitted as superseded by . In clause (3), the word “livestock” is substituted for the words “cattle, sheep or other stock animals”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1980— substituted “reservations” for “reservation” in section catchline.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .