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type: "LegalText"
title: "16 U.S.C. § 690c"
description: "Existence of easements, reservations, or exceptions as barring acquisition of lands"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_name: "GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 690c - Existence of easements, reservations, or exceptions as barring acquisition of lands
## Text
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, § 4, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextSection 690i, included within the reference to sections 690 to 690i, was omitted from the Code.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.