repeal of laws relating to rights-of-way

repeal of laws relating to rights-of-way Sec. 706. (a) Effective on and after the date of approval of this Act, R.S. 2477 (43 U.S.C. 932) is repealed in its entirety and the following statutes or parts of statutes are repealed insofar as they apply to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest System: Act ofChapterSectionStatute at Large43 U.S. CodeRevised Statutes 2339 661.The following words only:  and the right-of-way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purpose herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed: but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damages shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.Revised Statutes 2340 661.The following words only:  , or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights.Feb. 26, 1897 335 29: 599 664.Mar. 3, 1899 427 1 30: 1233 665, 958, (16 U.S.C. 525).The following words only:  that in the form provided by existing law the Secretary of the Interior may file and approve surveys and plots of any right-of-way for a wagon road, railroad, or other highway over and across any forest reservation or reservoirs site when in his judgment the public interests will not be injuriously affected thereby.Mar. 3, 1875 152 18: 482 934–939.May 14, 1898 299 2–9 30: 409 942–1 to 942–9.Feb. 27. 1901 614 31: 815 943.June 26, 1906 3548 34: 481 944.Mar. 3, 1891 561 18–21 26: 1101 946–949.Mar. 4, 1917 184 1 39: 1197 May 28, 1926 409 44: 668 Mar. 1, 1921 93 41: 1194 950.Jan. 13, 1897 11 20: 484 952–955.Mar. 3, 1923 219 42: 1437 Jan. 21, 1895 37 28: 635 951, 956, 957.May 14, 1896 179 29: 120 May 11, 1898 292 30: 404 Mar. 4, 1917 184 2 39: 1197 Feb. 15, 1901 372 31: 790 959 (16 U.S.C. 79, 522).Mar. 4, 1911 238 36: 1253 951 (16 U.S.C. 5, 420, 523).Only the last two paragraphs under the subheading  Improvement of the National Forests under the healing  Forest Service.May 27, 1952 338 66: 95 May 21, 1896 212 29: 127 962–965.Apr. 12, 1910 155 36: 296 966–970.June 4, 1897 2 1 30: 35 16 U.S.C. 551.Only the eleventh paragraph under Surveying the public lands.July 22, 1937 517 31, 32 50: 525 7 U.S.C. 1010–1012.Sept. 3, 1954 1255 1 68: 1146 931c.July 7, 1960 Public Law 86–608 74: 363 40 U.S.C. 345c.Oct. 23, 1962 Public Law 87–852 1–3 76: 1129 40 U.S.C. 319–319c.Feb. 1, 1905 288 4 33: 628 16 U.S.C. 524. (b) Nothing in section 706(a), except as it pertains to rights-of-way, may be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 35, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 551); the Act of July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 525, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 1010–1212); or the Act of September 3, 1954 (68 Stat. 1146, 43 U.S.C. 931c).