16 USC § 479 - Sites for schools and churches

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s479"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 479 - Sites for schools and churches"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "479"
section_name: "Sites for schools and churches"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FORESTS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1, 30 Stat. 36.)"
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# § 479. Sites for schools and churches

The settlers residing within the exterior boundaries of national forests, or in the vicinity thereof, may maintain schools and churches within such national forest, and for that purpose may occupy any part of the said national forest, not exceeding two acres for each schoolhouse and one acre for a church.

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**Source Credit**: (June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1, 30 Stat. 36.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“National forests” substituted in text for “forest reservations”, and “national forest” substituted for “reservation” and “forest reservation” on authority of , , which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.