The Secretary of the Interior may permit under regulations to be prescribed by him the use of timber found upon the public land in Alaska by actual settlers, residents, individual miners, and prospectors for minerals, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospecting, and for domestic purposes, as may actually be needed by such persons for such purposes and may permit such use by churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions in Alaska for firewood, fencing, buildings, and for domestic purposes.
May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 1130 Stat. 414June 15, 1938, ch. 43752 Stat. 699(, ; , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 615a of this titleSection is comprised of the last sentence of section 11 of act . The remainder of section 11 of act , is classified to .
section 423 of Title 48Section was formerly classified to , Territories and Insular Possessions.
Amendments
1938—Act , inserted last clause relating to use of timber by churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions.