43 U.S.C. § 971 : US Code - Section 971: Bathhouses, hotels, etc., adjacent to mineral, medicinal, etc., springs on public lands

Search 43 U.S.C. § 971 : US Code - Section 971: Bathhouses, hotels, etc., adjacent to mineral, medicinal, etc., springs on public lands

The Secretary of the Interior, upon such terms and under such
regulations as he may deem proper, may permit responsible persons
or associations to use and occupy, for the erection of bathhouses,
hotels, or other improvements for the accommodation of the public,
suitable spaces or tracts of land near or adjacent to mineral,
medicinal, or other springs which are located upon unreserved
public lands or public lands which have been withdrawn for the
protection of such springs: Provided, That permits or leases
hereunder shall be for periods not exceeding twenty years.