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K 421 True 26.-~—c·0 shell be subject to such reasonable conditions respecting ingress and egress end the use of the surface 01 the land as may be E deemed necessary by the Secretary-ot Agriculture; where mineral reservations are made in lands conveyed by the United States it shall he 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 ot the surface as may he required for all purposes "incident to the miningend re- moral of the minerals therefrom, and may mine and remove such minerals upon paymenf to theowner 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 owr1ers’0f lands ’c0u· veyotl to the United States shall be subject to the tax laws, of `the States" where such lends are located. (Mar,] 20, 1922, c.·105, § 2; Feb. 28, 1925, c. 375, 43 Stet. 1090.)/ ‘ ’ . 487. Cutting timber on land added to Siskiyou National Fore est.--The Secretary of Agriculture ie hereby authorized, in his dist·r<·t{ou, to sell the pxerchmltable timber on the land added tu the Siskiyou National Forest by Act; September 22, 1922, chapter 407, section 1_, Forty-second Statutes 1019, in accordzmcc with the regulations governing the sale of public timber in the national forests, andthe ehtire proceeds of any sale of the timber on such land shall be deposited in the Treasury uf the United States in a speciultuud designated as»" The Oregon aud California Iimd-grant. fuud," referred to in the Act of `Cougress approved June 9, 1916, chapter 137, section 10, ‘Thil°t}'¥l1iHIh Statutes, page`222,,aud‘be disposed of in the ‘m:mucr tlaoreixrdesignated, the land added forming part of tho urea which revcsted in the United States under the provisions of the satd Act. (Sept. 22, 1922, c. ,407, 5 2, 42 Stat;'1019.) 488. Establishment of exterior boundaries of national forests.-··»Alt etemlartl, meander,-toxw·nship, andysevtion lines of the public land surveys shall be established under the direction end supervision of the Commissioner of the General Land Uthev, whether the lands to be surveyed mzewithin or without

l`(·r<t‘l'\'Il[i0l'lS, except that rwhere the exterior .oou¤oo,r1es of

national '{orests are required t0_ be coincident with standard, towneliip, or’· section lines, such boundaries may, it 110t_pre·' viously. eetahlilehed in the ordiuuryxzourse of the public land eurveyk. he”esteblished and marked under the- supervision ot the Director ot the United Sta-tes Geological survey whcneyer pecemory tocomplete the surrey lot suchextérlorl boundaries. (Mor. 3, 1899, c. 424, $1, $0 Stat. 1097.) . - _. _ , 489. Sole of mature, and down tiihbere-————The Secretary . ot Agriculture, under such rules aud, regulations as heishall establish, is euthoriied and directed, to sell at actual cost, to homestead settlers and farmers,. for their domestic use, the mature, dead, and down timber in national forests, but it is not the intent of this provision to restrict the authority of the Se4·reto.ry ot Agriculture to. permit the free use of timber as provided ln ee<·tlou°477 of this title. (Aug. 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 287.) _ · ‘ _ 490. Deposits from timber purchseers to defray cept of disposing,of‘ débris.—~——IMposi-ts may be received from timber purt·h:necr§` `1¤_‘*sueh gums ae the Secretary ct Agricult·ure' may re- ,quire to. cover the cost to the United Steteg ot disposing of mosh ond other debris resulting from cutting operations lh sales ofnmtioxnulofercet thulwr; ouch delweite. shall he covered into the Trea,eury·and shall constitute n epeeinl fund, which is &ppropriate d and made uailnbleuntil expended, as the 8ecretary ot Agriculture may dire<·t,··to.poy the cost of such work and to make retfuude to the depositors of amounts deposited o by them in excess of such cost. (Aug. 11,.1616, c. 313,. 39 stat; 462.) -, ~ ‘ _— . * · _ · 491. Export of timber and other products.-Tlle Secretary of Agriculture {muy, iu_`his`dlecreti0¤, perlhit timber and other

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 forest produets out or removed from the notional fcxrleete to he
 €XD01‘téd‘f1'O11l the State or Territory in which said forests ore

grespectively situated. (Mar. 4, 1917,,.0. 179, 39 Stat. IMS; May 11, 1922, e. 185, 42 Stat. 5l9; Feb. 26o 1923§ rv. 119, 42 Stat. 1302; June 5, 1924, c. 266, 43 Stat. 443;·}:`eb. 10, 1925, 0. 200% 43 Stat. 834.) 492. Earth, stone, andtimber for Navy, War Department, and Government works in Alaska.—}1ere:tfter the Secretary of Agriculture, under regulntionspto be [}l'0r¥`{:I'lll€d by him, is ¥1Htl`l0I°iZéd to permit the Navy. Department to take from the national forests such earth, 'stone, and timherfor the use ot the Navy as may be compatible with the administration of the national forests for the purposes for which they are estab- » lished, -and_a_ls0 in··—-the same manner to permit the taking of earth, etonet and timber from the national forests for the construction ,0f Government rnilways‘and`other Government works in Alaska. The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit with his yannual estimates}; reporfof the quantity nnd'market‘vz1`lue of earth, stone, and timber furnished as provided in this eevtion. He .is`_ authorized also to permit the.War Department to take earth, stone, and timber from the national forests for use in the construction of river and harbor and other works in vchnrge of? that department,. subject to such regulations and restrictions ns hel may prescribe. (Mer] 4, 1915; o. 144, 38 Stat. 1100; Mar. 3, 1925, 0,467, § 13, 43 Stat. 1197.) , 493. Nebraska National Forest; trees from for [homestead ; settlcrs.——The Secretary of Agriculture, under ouch rules and regulatlqns ashe may prescribe, may furnish young: trees free, from the nurseries on the Nebraska National Forest, so far as they inay bespnred, to residents or the territory covered-by section 22·1,"pnr_agraphs (a), (b),.and (c) ot Title 43, Public "Lande. (Mary 11,1922, c. 185, 42 Stat. 520; Feb; 26; 1923, e. 119, 42 Stat. 1304; June 5, 1924, c. 266, 43 Statl 445; Feb; 10, 1925, c. 200, 43..Stnt. 835.) ‘ Y,’ ‘ Y 494. Calaveras Bigtree National Forest.———The Secretary of Agriculture, to secure and protect for all time the big trees sclentiiicnlly knownlhs Sequoi&`u·ashh1gtoniana, is empowered, ln his" discretion, toflbtnin forthe United States the complete ° title to any or all of the followingxlemribed lands in the State of California: In township 4 north, range 15 east, Mount Diablo meridian, the northeast' quarter of section 1; in tounship 4 north, range 16 east, Mount Diablo meridian, the north half of section, 6;_in township 5 north; range 15 east, Mount ` iablo meridian, the southwest quarterof section 14, south halt . of section 15, north halt of section 22, northwest quarter or section 23, end southeast quarter of section 36,_ and in township 5 north, range 16 east, Mount Diablo meridian, the wesf· K halt of- section 28, the east hu1f und southwest `qnarter of section 29, the southeast quarter of section 30, all,e£·se·qtiom:

31, 32; and the northwest quarter of section 33{7 (_And such

area or areas, as fast as complete title is acquired, shall be permanently heldlby the United States and shall be known as the Calaveras Iligtree National Forest and shall be administered, and `protected, by the Secretary of ·Agr.ieulture from the funds appropriated for the administration of National Forest land to prolong the existence; growth, and prouiote the re-. production o q>ig trees. `_The owners of land acquired hereunder sh conveyto the United Stntcs full title toluny of the nbovewdescri d areas approved for sold national forest by the Seeretnryaof Agriculture, the ‘completenes.s of such title ‘to (be determined by the Secretary of the Interior in each cose, ` and shall be. reimbursed therefor only in one or both of the following ways; ‘(1) They may be` given the right to flle with the Secxetury of the Interior; within sixty days afte_r">:ueh com=·2—yence, selections of surveyed, uunpproprlatecl, nonnlineral public lands or of nomnineral national forest lands, and lf the lands so selected shall bel found subject to selection and of the actual value ln lands and stnrispage substantially equal to that