Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/873

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852 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 475-477. 1916. if this Act had never been assed, except for the purposes mentioned uwmismt 1,,..., in sections five and six of tliiis Act. Allp Acts and parts of Acts incon- 1 "’P°°‘°°· sistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, September 8, 1916. Solgvgggiéllsi CHAP. 476.-An Act Authorizing an adjustment of the boundaries of the Whitman [Public, No, 2s4,] National Forest, `in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. . Be it enacted the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives 0 the United rigighl. Nmim States of Amerieiiz in Uongress assemble}; Thzt any landf within the ,d'§{,'§ mf °°°" lmds following-described areas ound by the Secretary o Agricultureto be chiefly valuable for the lprlpdiuctrolpupf tigiberdor for thptp;·otv?1t;on of stream ilow may be inc u e wit an ma e `art 0 e °tman National Forest, in the State of Or n, by procllsimation of the Presi- _ dent, said lands to be thereafter sriigp act to all laws affecting national °°°°"’°““‘ forests: Township eleven south rainge thirty-four east· townshi eleven and twelve south, rajrge thirty-five east; township ten south? — range thirty-frve and one·h east; townships ten and e even south, _ range thirty-six east, Willamette meridian, in the State of Oregon.

;,§°,{;,%`°§§ Sec. 2. hat the Secrets]? of the Interior be, and hereby is, au-

°°· thorized to accepiau on betlhlal of Ssates tiglelh to in private owners 'p wi esta e oun aries o e said `t- man National Forest which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agri- ¢;1(l£i1re,09fret;1chiefly1* valuabfe fo; thphprochuction of tignber lor the pro}; ron s eam ow an m eu ereo ma give in exc ange suc Government timber ni or near the Whitman National Forest as may be determined b the Secretary of Agriculture to be of approximately K equal value; an any reconveyed lands shall, upon acceptance, become subject to all laws affecting national forests. Approved, September 8, 1916. Sepéember S, 1916. , .

 CHAP. 477:-An Act_Authorizing the   of the Interior to sell the unsold

[Pubns, Ne. ess.] wmpgxm portions of lands within the town site of Newell, South Dakota, Nmn S_ Dm Be it enacted the Senate and House ofR1e£resentatives of the United sgvvgg-¤§:1¤yg,=;:.t,{; States of America in Congress assembled, at the Secretary of the wm Intteriorrpe, ani;} he rr? herebygluthoriziig audi directed to resegve ands; se apa suc po ions 0 e unso an una ro mate an within the town site of Newell, Butte County, Soiiih Bakota, as he Sm ,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,g deems necessary for admrnrstratryedpurposes in_ connection with the

  • °*¤· Belle Fouriche rlrriigatron project, an after subdrvrding the remaining

£’§Z°$$..°mZ`$€ .»f§’b‘l2"3¥.?1“E‘§,EZ£r}§’°g'“2h1élS ’“dg“‘§i‘° “"l“]d ¥°“d°§ , , rn reasons e va ue o eac suchtracts, sell the same, for not less than the appraised value, at public auction to the hrglhest bidder, on such terms and under such Pmmdi rules and 1;;-iuilatrons as e may establish. wéigmsxrgpblw town Sec. 2._ at cgi _ thteh proiepds of such sales, after gedrrcting all ‘ expenses rncurr in e su .1VlSlO¤, appraisement, an sa e of said land, an amount not exceeding $15,000_shall be covered into the Treasulriy of lthetgllnggd States fmha special fund available only for experi _ ure y _ e re ary o the nterior to provide or assist in piogrdding ge sagd town of N ewelli Bguttei County, South Dakota, equa sys em o_ wa er supp y or omestic oses und such terms and conditions as may be provided by §iiorISecretar·y gl the Interior, or for such other and further public improvements as the Bmw m mmm Secretary of the Interior and the municipal authorities of said town ,,,m,,md_ may agree upon. The net proceeds of such sale in excess of $15,000, if any there be, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United