16 USC § 609 - Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Modoc County, California

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s609"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 609 - Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Modoc County, California"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "609"
section_name: "Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Modoc County, California"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 115, 40 Stat. 1322.)"
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# § 609. Permits to cut and remove timber; citizens of Modoc County, California

section 607 of this title

It shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to grant permits under the provisions of , to citizens of Modoc County, California, to cut timber in the State of Nevada for agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, and to remove the timber so cut to Modoc County, State of California.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 8 (part), as added Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 115, 40 Stat. 1322.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is derived from act , which recites that it amends section 8 of act , which is the source of , by adding this section thereto. Section 8 of act , is classified to sections 607, 608 to 611a of this title.