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Chapter II: Section 7: is as follows

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“That for and in consideration of the grant by the United
States as provided for in this act, the said grantee shall be
required to assign free of cost to the United States all roads
and trails built under the provisions hereof; and, further,
after the expiration of five years from the passage of this act
the grantee shall be required to pay to the United States the
sum of $15,000 annually for a period of ten years, beginning
with the expiration of the five-year period before mentioned,
and for the remainder of the term of the grant, shall, unless
otherwise provided by Congress, pay the sum of $30,000
annually, said sums to be paid on the 1st day of July of each
year. Said sums shall be kept in a separate fund by the United
States, to be applied to the building and maintenance of roads
and trails and other improvements in the Yosemite National
Park and other national parks in the State of California. The
Secretary of the Interior shall designate the uses to be made
of sums paid under the provisions of this section, under the
conditions specified herein.”

The sanitary regulations are strict under this bill. No offal or refuse can be placed “in the waters of any reservoir or stream or within 300 feet thereof within the watershed above and around said reservoir sites.”

A filtration plant may be installed at the discretion of the grantee.

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Water and power for San Francisco from Hetch-Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National ParkChapter II: Section 7: is as follows

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