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[CITE: 16USC690c]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
             CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
 
Sec. 690c. Existence of easements, reservations, or exceptions 
        as barring acquisition of lands
        
    The existence of a right-of-way easement or other reservation or 
exception in respect of such area shall not be a bar to its acquisition 
(1) if the Secretary of the Interior determines that any such 
reservation or exception will in no manner interfere with the use of the 
area for the purposes of sections 690 to 690i of this title, or (2) if 
in the deed or other conveyance it is stipulated that any reservation or 
exception in respect of such area, in favor of the person from whom the 
United States receives title, shall be subject to regulations prescribed 
under authority of sections 690 to 690i of this title.

(Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, Sec. 4, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, 
Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

                       References in Text

    Section 690i, included within the reference to sections 690 to 690i, 
was omitted from the Code.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of 
the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions 
note set out under section 671 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 690a, 690d, 690e, 690f, 
690g, 690h of this title.
