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title: "16 U.S.C. § 459c–3"
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 459c–3 - Repealed. Pub. L. 91–223, § 2(b), Apr. 3, 1970, 84 Stat. 90

## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 87–657, § 4, Sept. 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 540, provided conditions for exercise of eminent domain within pastoral zone and defined “ranching and dairying purposes”.