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may be perfected in accordance with the laws under which they were initiated. (Mar. 15, 1940, ch. 59, 54 Stat. 52.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Coronado National Memorial, see section 450y et seq. of this title.

§ 482h-1. Same; protection of scenic values.

Hereafter mining locations made under mining laws of the United States within the following-described lands within the Coronado National Forest, Pima County, Arizona: Sections 25, 26, 35, and 36, and the east half of section 34, township 11 south, range 15 east; sections 30, 31, 32, and 33, and the west half of section 29, township 11 south, range 16 east; sections 1, 2, and 3, township 12 south, range 15 east; sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 16, the west half of section 11, the west half of section 14, and the northwest quarter of section 23, township 12 south, range 16 east; Gila and Salt River base and meridian, shall confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting, mining, and beneficiation of ores including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining and ore reducing operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy: Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources under authority of national-forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such Occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development. (June 11, 1946, ch. 377, § 1, 60 Stat. 254.)

§ 482h-2. Same; cutting of timber; reservation of patent rights.

Hereafter all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting lands within the abovedescribed area shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing and beneficiation of the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture. (June 11, 1946, ch. 377, § 2, 60 Stat. 255.)

§ 482h-3. Same; perfection of mining claims.

Valid mining claims within the said lands, existing on June 11, 1946, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of Arizona, may be perfected under sections 482h-1 to 482h-3 of this title, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire. (June 11, 1946, ch. 377, § 3, 60 Stat. 255.)

§ 482i. Plumas National Forest; offer of lands; additions; mining rights.

Within the following-described areas any lands not in Government ownership which are found by the Secretary of Agriculture to be chiefly valuable for national-forest purposes may be offered in exchange under the provisions of sections 485 and 486 of this title, upon notice as therein provided and upon acceptance of title, shall become parts of the Plumas National Forest; and any of such described areas in Government ownership found by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to be chiefly valuable for national-forest purposes and not now parts of any national forest may be added to said national forest as herein provided by proclamation of the President, subject to all valid claims and provisions of existing withdrawals: Provided, That any lands received in exchange under the provisions of this section shall be open to mineral locations, mineral development, and patent in accordance with the mining laws of the United States:

Township 18 north, range 7 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, California: Sections 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 22, 23, 26, and 27. (June 5, 1942, ch. 334, 56 Stat. 311.)

§ 482j. Santa Fe National Forest; mining rights.

Hereafter mining locations made under mining laws of the United States within the followingdescribed lands within the Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sections 1, 2, 3, the northeast quarter of section 11 and the north half of section 12, in surveyed township 17 north, range 10 east; sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 36, and that portion of section 25, outside the boundaries of the Gabaldon Grant in surveyed township 18 north, range 10 east; three thousand eight hundred and forty acres, more or less, in unsurveyed township 18 north, range 11 east, expected to be legally described, when surveyed, as sections 7, 8, 18, 19, and 30, the northeast quarter of section 17, the west half of section 17 and the west half of section 20, township 18 north, range 11 east, New Mexico principal meridian, shall confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting, mining, and beneficiation of ores including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining and ore reducing operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy: Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be con

ducted in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources under authority of national-forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development. (June 10, 1949, ch. 190, § 1, 63 Stat. 168.)

§ 482k. Same; patents.

§ 4821. Same; perfection of mining claims.

(June 10,

Valid mining claims within the said lands, existing on June 10, 1949, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of New Mexico, may be perfected under sections 482j-4821 of this title, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire. (June 10, 1949, ch. 190, § 3, 63 Stat. 169.)

§ 482m. Teton National Forest in Wyoming; additional lands.

The following-described lands of the Jackson Hole National Monument are made a part of the Teton National Forest and shall be administered hereafter in accordance with the laws applicable to said forest:

SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

Township 45 north, range 113 west: Section 21, lot 5; section 22, lots 2 and 6; section 23, lot 3; section 26, lots 2, 3, 6, 7, southwest quarter northwest quarter, southwest quarter and southwest quarter southeast quarter; section 27, lots 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, southeast quarter northeast quarter and south half; section 28, lot 1, southeast quarter northeast quarter and east half southeast quarter; section 29, lots 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, southwest quarter northeast quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter, south half northwest quarter, and north half southwest quarter; section 30, lot 7, south half northeast quarter, north half southeast quarter and southeast quarter southeast quarter; section 31, lots 1 and 2; section 32, lots 2 and 5; section 33, east half northeast quarter and

northeast quarter southeast quarter; section 34, north half and north half south half; section 35, north half, containing in all two thousand eight hundred six and thirty-four one-hundredths acres, more or less. (Sept. 14, 1950, ch. 950, § 3, 64 Stat. 850.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Jackson Hole National Monument, referred to in text, was created in Wyoming by Presidential Proc. No. 2578, Mar. 15, 1943. For provisions transferring other lands of such former national monument, see sections 406d-1 and 673b of this title.

REVOCATION OF TEMPORARY WITHDRAWALS OF PUBLIC LANDS Revocation of temporary withdrawals of public lands in aid of legislation pertaining to parks, monuments, etc., adjacent to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, see note under section 406d-1 of this title.

REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT LAWS

Repeal of laws inconsistent with act Sept. 14, 1950, see note under section 406d-1 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES

National forests in Wyoming, limitation on creation and additions, see section 471 (a) of this title.

§ 482n. Coconino National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values.

Hereafter mining locations made under the mining laws of the United States within the following-described lands within the Coconino National Forest, Coconino County, Arizona: Sections 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 34, of township 19 north, range 6 east; and sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, and 34 of township 18 north, range 6 east; and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, southeast quarter of section 8, sections 9, 10, 11, and 12, of township 17 north, range 6 east; Gila and Salt River base and meridian, shall confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting, mining, and beneficiation of ores including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining and ore reducing operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy: Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources under authority of national-forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development. (May 24, 1949, ch. 136,

§ 1, 63 Stat. 75.)

§ 482n-1. Same; cutting of timber; reservation of patent rights.

Hereafter all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting lands within the abovedescribed area shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to

cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing and beneficiation of the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture. 24, 1949, ch. 136, § 2, 63 Stat. 75.)

§ 482n-2. Same; perfection of mining claims.

(May

Valid mining claims within the said lands, existing on May 24, 1949, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of Arizona, may be perfected under sections 482n to 482n-2 of this title, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire. (May 24, 1949, ch. 136, § 3, 63 Stat. 76.)

§ 4820. Kaibab National Forest; mining rights.

Hereafter mining locations made under the mining laws of the United States within the followingdescribed lands within the Kaibab National Forest, Coconino County, Arizona:

Sections 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, and 26, township 22 north, range 2 east;

Sections 1, 12, and 13, township 28 north, range 2 east;

Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36, township 29 north, range 2 east;

Sections 13, 24, 25, and 36, township 30 north, range 2 east;

Section 18, township 30 north, range 3 east;

Sections 12 and 13, township 30 north, range 5 east;

Sections 7, 18, 19, 29, 30, 32, and 33, township 30 north, range 6 east;

Sections 3 and 4, township 29 north, range 6 east, Gila and Salt River Base and meridian; and also those mining locations made under the mining laws of the United States on public domain lands within those particular sections of townships 23 north, 24 north, 25 north, 26 north, 27 north, and 28 north, all in range 2 east, Gila and Salt River Base and meridian, through which there extends Arizona State Highway numbered 64 and a strip of land one thousand feet wide on each side of the center line of the right-of-way thereof; shall confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting, mining, and beneficiation of ores, including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining and ore-reducing operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy: Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be con

ducted in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, or rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of the Interior under sections 4820-482q of this title with respect to public domain lands under his jurisdiction, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations or rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources under authority of such regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development. (July 12, 1951, ch. 222, § 1, 65 Stat.

118.)

§ 482p. Same; patents.

Hereafter all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting lands within the abovedescribed area shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing and beneficiation of the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by such rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior, respectively. (July 12, 1951, ch. 222, § 2, 65 Stat. 118.)

§ 482q. Same; perfection of mining claims.

Valid mining claims within the said lands, existing on July 12, 1951, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of Arizona, may be perfected under sections 4820-482q of this title, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire. (July 12, 1951, ch. 222, § 3, 65 Stat. 119.)

§ 483. Exchange of lands in national forests with persons who have relinquished lands as basis for lieu selection; procedure; relinquishment of original lands to such persons.

Where any person or persons in good faith relinquished to the United States lands in a national forest as a basis for a lieu selection under the Act of June 4, 1897, chapter 2, section 1, Thirtieth Statutes, page 36, and failed to get their lieu selections of record prior to the passage of the Act of March 3, 1905, chapter 1495, Thirty-third Statutes, page 1264, or whose lieu selections, though duly filed, are finally rejected, the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, upon application of such person or persons, their heirs or assigns, is authorized to accept title to such of the base lands as are desirable for national-forest

purposes, which lands shall thereupon become parts of the nearest national forest, and, in exchange therefor, may issue patent for not to exceed an equal value of national-forest land, unoccupied, surveyed, and nonmineral in character, or the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the grantor to cut and remove an equal value of timber within the national forests of the same State. Where an exchange cannot be agreed upon the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate is authorized to relinquish and quit claim to such person or persons, their heirs or assigns, all title to such lands which the respective relinquishments of such person or persons may have vested in the United States. Such person or persons, their heirs or assigns, shall, within five years after September 22, 1922, make satisfactory proof of the relinquishment of such lands to the United States by submitting to the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate an abstract of title to such lands showing relinquishment of the same to the United States, which abstract or abstracts shall be retained in the files of the General Land Office. (Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 404, § 1, 42 Stat. 1017; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 481 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

"Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate" was substituted for "Commissioner of the General Land Office" on authority of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3. See note under section 1 of Title 43, Public Lands.

§ 484. Same; selection of other lands in lieu of lands relinquished.

If it shall appear that any of the lands relinquished to the United States for the purpose stated in section 483 of this title have been disposed of or appropriated to a public use, other than the general purposes for which the national forest within the bounds of which they are situate was created, such lands shall not be relinquished and quit-claimed as provided therein, unless the head of the department having jurisdiction over the lands shall consent to such relinquishment; and if he shall fail to so consent, or if any of the lands so relinquished have been otherwise disposed of by the United States, other surveyed, nonmineral, unoccupied, unreserved public lands of approximately equal area and value may be selected and patented in lieu of the lands so appropriated or disposed of in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by said Act of June 4, 1897, chapter 2, section 1, Thirtieth Statutes, page 36, and the regulations issued thereunder. Applications to make such lieu selections must be filed in the Bureau of Land Management within three years after September 22, 1922. (Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 404, § 2, 42 Stat. 1017; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F. R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)

CHANGE OF NAME

"Bureau of Land Management" was substituted for "General Land Office" on authority of 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3. See note under section 1 of Title 43, Public Lands. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

When the public interests will be benefited thereby, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands within the exterior boundaries of the national forests which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, are chiefly valuable for national-forest purposes, and in exchange therefor may patent not to exceed an equal value of such national-forest land, in the same State, surveyed and nonmineral in character, or the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the grantor to cut and remove an equal value of timber within the national forests of the same State; the values in each case to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. Before any such exchange is effected notice of the contemplated exchange reciting the lands involved shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which may be situated the lands to be accepted, and in some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands or timber to be given in such exchange. Timber given in such exchanges shall be cut and removed under the laws and regulations relating to the national forests, and under the direction and supervision and in accordance with the requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Lands conveyed to the United States under this section shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the national forest within whose exterior boundaries they are located. (Mar. 20, 1922, ch. 105, § 1, 42 Stat. 465.)

EXCHANGE AND ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LANDS Act Dec. 23, 1944, ch. 722, 58 Stat. 924, authorized the extension of sections 485 and 486 of this title to include certain lands adjacent to Pike National Forest lying in Colorado, and provided that they should be subject to applicable rules and regulations of said national forest, Act Dec. 7, 1942, ch. 691, 56 Stat. 1042, authorized the exchange of certain lands owned by Minnesota contiguous to or situated within the exterior boundaries of any National park, National forest, land-use project, or any Federal reservation, and required lands so acquired should become a part of the National park, National forest, land-use project, or other Federal reservation to which they were contiguous or within the exterior boundaries of which they were located, and that they should be subject to the rules and regulations applicable thereto. Act Apr. 13, 1926, ch. 131, 44 Stat. 248, authorizes the exchange of lands within the Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming.

Act Apr. 21, 1926, ch. 167, 44 Stat. 303, provides for the acquirement by the United States of privately owned

lands in New Mexico, within the Mora grant, and adjoining one or more national forests, and to exchange therefor land or timber in national forests in either New Mexico or Arizona, and requires that land thus acquired become part of the Carson National Forest or Santa Fé National Forest.

§ 485a. Same; lands adjacent to Chelan National Forest.

CODIFICATION

Section, act Aug. 2, 1935, ch. 424, 49 Stat. 508, is now covered in note under sections 486a-486w of this title.

§ 486. Exchange of lands in national forests; reservations of timber, minerals, or easements. Either party to an exchange under section 485 of this title may make reservations of timber, minerals, or easements, the values of which shall be duly considered in determining the values of the exchanged lands. Where reservations are made in lands conveyed to the United States the right to enjoy them shall be subject to such reasonable conditions respecting ingress and egress and the use of the surface of the land as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of Agriculture; where mineral reservations are made in lands conveyed by the United States it shall be so stipulated in the patents, and that any person who acquires the right to mine and remove the reserved deposits may enter and occupy so much of the surface as may be required for all purposes incident to the mining and removal of the minerals therefrom, and may mine and remove such minerals upon payment to the owner of the surface for damages caused to the land and improvements thereon. All property, rights, easements, and benefits authorized by this section to be retained by or reserved to owners of lands conveyed to the United States shall be subject to the tax laws of the States where such lands are located. (Mar. 20, 1922, ch. 105, § 2, as added Feb. 28, 1925, ch. 375, 43 Stat. 1090.)

APPLICATION EXTENDED

Act June 25, 1935, ch. 308, 49 Stat. 422, provided that this section should be extended and made applicable to exchanges of lands under acts Feb. 14, 1923, ch. 75, 42 Stat. 1245, and Feb. 7, 1929, ch. 160, 45 Stat. 1154, which authorize the United States to acquire privately owned lands situated within certain townships in the Lincoln National Forest in the State of New Mexico, by exchanging therefor an equal value of unreserved and unappropriated public lands within said State.

§§ 486a-486w. Exchange of lands in specific enumerated national forests.

CODIFICATION

Exchanges of lands in or adjacent to national forests were authorized by Congress in the following instances: Black Hills National Forest-June 15, 1938, ch. 388, 52 Stat. 686.

Black Hills National or Harney National Forest-Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 152, 44 Stat. 1099.

Cache National Forest-Feb. 25, 1932, ch. 57, 47 Stat. 55. Carson, Manzano, or Santa Fé National Forests-Apr. 16, 1928, ch. 378, 45 Stat. 431.

Challis National Forest-Apr. 10, 1928, ch. 340, 45 Stat,

415.

Challis and Sawtooth National Forests-Apr. 10, 1928, ch. 339, 45 Stat. 415.

Chelan National Forest-Aug. 2, 1935, ch. 424, 49 Stat. 508. Chippewa National Forest-Oct. 5, 1949, ch. 597, 63 Stat. 702.

Columbia National Forest-Aug. 12, 1937, ch. 588, 50 Stat. 622.

Colville National Forest-Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 493, 44 Stat. 1412.

Crater National Forest-Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 414, 45 Stat. 450.

Gunnison National Forest-Mar. 4, 1933, ch. 277, 47 Stat. 1569.

Harney National Forest-Act Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 620, 63 Stat. 708.

Kaniksu National Forest-May 26, 1938, ch. 279, 52 Stat. 443; Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 661, §§ 1, 2, 53 Stat. 1347, 1350. Missoula National Forest-May 17, 1928, ch. 611, §§ 1, 2, 45 Stat. 598, 600; Mar. 1, 1929, ch. 425, §§ 1, 2, 45 Stat. 1426, 1427.

Modoc National Forest-Mar. 4, 1933, ch. 272, 47 Stat. 1563; Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 461, 61 Stat. 739.

Modoc, Shasta, and Lassen National Forests-June 22, 1938, ch. 564, 52 Stat. 835.

National forests in Montana-Jan. 30, 1929, ch. 122, 45 Stat. 1145.

Ochoco National Forest-June 15, 1938, ch. 397, 52 Stat. 692; June 8, 1940, ch. 279, 54 Stat. 251.

Plumas, Tahoe, and Lassen National Forests-June 22, 1938, ch. 566, 52 Stat. 838.

Rio Grande National Forest-June 20, 1938, ch. 529, 52 Stat. 781.

Shasta and Klamath National Forests-June 22, 1938, ch. 565, 52 Stat. 836.

Shasta National Forest-Mar. 19, 1948, ch. 139, 62 Stat. 83, eff. July 1, 1948.

Siuslaw National Forest June 30, 1932, ch. 328, 47 Stat. 451; Jan. 17, 1940, ch. 2, 54 Stat. 14; Nov. 25, 1940, ch. 915, 54 Stat. 1210.

Tierra Amarillo Grant adjacent to Rio Grande or San Juan National Forests-June 29, 1940, ch. 454, 54 Stat. 695. Trinity National Forest-June 20, 1938, ch. 533, 52 Stat.

797.

Umatilla or Whitman National Forests-June 19, 1936, ch. 603, 49 Stat. 1534.

Wenatchee National Forest-Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 697, §§ 1, 2, 53 Stat. 1412.

Whitman, Malheur or Umatilla National Forests-June 17, 1940, ch. 392, 54 Stat. 402.

§ 487. Cutting timber on land added to Siskiyou National Forest.

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to sell the merchantable timber on the land added to the Siskiyou National Forest by Act September 22, 1922, chapter 407, section 1, Forty-second Statutes 1019, in accordance with the regulations governing the sale of public timber in the national forests, and the entire proceeds of any sale of the timber on such land shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in a special fund designated as "The Oregon and California landgrant fund", referred to in the Act of Congress approved June 9, 1916, chapter 137, section 10, Thirtyninth Statutes, page 222, and be disposed of in the manner therein designated, the land added forming part of the area which revested in the United States under the provisions of the said Act. (Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 407, § 2, 42 Stat. 1019.)

§ 487a. Cutting timber on lands added to Rogue River National Forest.

When the Secretary of Agriculture finds that merchantable timber may be cut without detriment to the purity or depletion of the water supply from lands added to the Rogue River National Forest by Act of June 4, 1936, chapter 494, section 1, 49 Stat. 1460, title to which has been revested in the United States under the Act of Congress approved June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), said Secretary is authorized to dispose of such merchantable timber on such

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