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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cns. 96, 97. 1921. 1197 the Secretary of the Interior to be chiefly valuable for the production of timber or the protection of stream fiow may be included within and made a part of the Nez Perce National Forest by proclamation of the President, said lands to be thereafter subject to all laws affectin national forests: _ _ North halfgof township twenty-six north, range six east; the south D°“°”*’“°“· half of township twenty-seven north, range six east; the southwest quarter of township twenty-seven north, range seven east; and the northwest quarter of township twenty-six north, range seven east, Boise meridian. Approved, March 1, 1921. CHAP. 97.-An Act Granting certain land to the city of Sandpoint, Idaho, to Mamh[£M1.16'}<¥f protect the watershed of the water-supply system of said city. [Public, No. 346.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the city of Sandpoint, ]§‘§’,§$,§““$§· Saud, Idaho, is hereby authorized to urchase, and the Secretary of the {>°<$;;1I<ggbvg§t{;>rf $0- Interior is hereby authorized and) directed to issue, in his discretion, piy. p` patent to the city of Sandpoint, Idaho, for certain public lands in the Sand Creek and Sweitzer Creek Basins for the protection of the watersheds furnishing the water supply for the said city, the lands _ _ being described as follows: Lots six and seven, the south half of °°‘°“p"°“· the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section four; lots one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and the south half of the north half of section five; lots one, two, three, and eight in section six, all in township fifty-seven north, ra%ge two west, ioise meridian; also lots three, four, five, seven, an eight in section two, township fifi;y·seven north, range three west, Soise meridian; also the east hal of section thirty-four, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight; the west half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-eight; the east half of the southeast quarter, the east half of the nort east uarter, the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the east haiif of the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and lot one in section thirty; the south half of the southwest quarter, the north half of the northwest quarter of section twenty; the east half of the southeast quarter of section eighteen, all in township fifty-eight north, ran e two west, Boise meridian. Sec. 2. That the said conveyance shall be made upon the payment *"‘°° ‘°' ‘”·°‘“- by said city for lands purchased at the rate of not less than $1.25 . per acre: Provided, That the conveyance hereby authorized shall not fggiwiiknis not ar. mclude any lands which at the date of the issuance of patent shall ’°°*°"· be covered byla valid existing bona fide r` ht or claim initiated under _ the laws of the United States: Provided ?urther, That there shall be sa¥?fim1 d°p°°m '°` reserved to the United States all oil, coal, and other mineral deposits that may be found on the lands so granted and the right to rospect for, mine, and remove the same: And provided fm-grew, That said Om°ms°'°'md°°‘ city shall not have the right to sell or convey the land herein granted, or any part thereof, or to devote the same to any other purpose than _ as hereinbefore described; and if the said land shall not be used for us§‘?"°‘""° f°' °°"` such municipal purpose, the same, or such parts thereof not so used shall revert_ to the United States; the conditions and reservations herein provided for shall be expressed in the patent: And provided fiirt}ter,_ That the grant herein is made upon the express condition mI§¤°p,§;°§td§‘ `$°' °°°" that within thirty digs of the receipt of any request therefor from the Secretary of the terior, the mayor of said city shall submit to the said Secretary of the Interior a report as to the use made of the