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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II. CHs. 270, 271 . 1930 . May , 14, 1930CHAP . 270.-An Act To add certain lands to the Fremont National Forest [1 3717.] in the State of Oregon. [Public, No . 214 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R epresentatives of the mont FLanb adde Fest,Or National United States-of .America in Congress assembled, That, subject to d to. any valid existing claim or entries, all lands of the United States in the areas hereinafter described be, and the same are hereby, added to and made parts of the Fremont National Forest to be hereafter administered under the laws and regulations relating to the national vol. 42, p. 465.

forests ; and the provisions of the Act approved March 20, 1922, U.S.C.,p.420. entitled "An Act to consolidate national-forest lands," as aended, are hereby extended and made applicable to all other lands within the said described area : Area described . Sections 31 and 32, township 25 south, range 10 east ; township 26 south, ranges 9, 10, 11, and 12 east ; township 27 south, ranges 9, 10, 11, and 12 east ; township 28 south, ranges 9, 10, 11, and 12 east ; all Willamette base and meridian . Appr oved, May 14, 1930 . May 14, 1930 . [H.R. 6874.1 CHAP. 271 .-An Act To authorize exchanges of lands with owners of private [Public, No . 215 .] land holdings within the Petrified Forest National Monument, Arizona . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Petrifled tional Monument, Forest

United States o America in Congress assembled That the Secretary A Ac quisiti on of p ri- of the Interior, for the purpose of eliminating private holdings f oatety owned l ands land within the Petrified Forest National Monument, Arizona, is within. hereby empowered, in his discretion, to obtain for the United States the complete title to any or all of the lands held in private owner- sh ip within the boundaries of the Petrified Forest National Monu- ment, Arizona, as now or as may be hereafter defined, by accepting Public lands to be from the owners of such privately owned lands complete relinquish- given in exchange . m ent there of and by granting and patent ing to suc h owners, in exchange therefor, in each instance, like public lands of equal value situated in Navajo and/or Apache Counties in the State of Arizona, after due notice of the proposed exchange has been given by publica- tion for not less than thirty days in the counties where the lands pro- wti>ueof lands. posed to be exchanged or taken in exchange are located

Provided,

That the Secretary of the Interior shall, on application or otherwise, designate public lands located outside the extreme boundaries of the said monument subject to exchange under this Act which are, in his opinion, chiefly valuable for grazing and raising forage crops, do not contain merchantable timber, are not susceptible of irriga- tion from any known source of water supply, and are of character similar to the privately owned lands offered in exchange . ascvertaienefl lands to be SEc . 2 . That the value of all patented lands within said monument offered for exchange, and the value of the lands of the United States to be given in exchange therefor, shall be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct ; and the owners of such privately owned lands within said monument shall, before any exchange is effective, furnish the Secretary of the Interior evidence Title required . s atisfactory to him of title to th e patented lands offere d in exchan ge

and lands conveyed to the United States under this Act shall be and remain a part of the Petrified Forest National Monument . Approve d, May 14 , 1930 .