Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 41 Part 1.djvu/626

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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 190-192. 1920. 605 ob`eets of ex enditure s ciiied in said appropriations, ma be '*"'“‘j"°’{·m ,5,_ trainsferred to ltlhe approprigizions "Pay of theplgagy, 1920," or ‘%’ay, Am JP ’ ` Marine Corps, 1920,’ respectively, as may be required. Approved, May 18, 1920. CHAP. 191.-An Act To enlarge the boundaries of the Oregon National Forest. mgggiavml Q] . [Pubns. mi. zi . S Be it enjcted by the Scenate and Hmt%e¢g`I?1e£>resi;41*2;tatiz,;ves 05 the Fowtpmguscxonsr tateso mericain ongressassem at e ounaryote · ,,;,,°d_ Oregonjllational Forest, in the State of Oregon, is hereby changed to Am mc include the following lands, subiiect to all the laws an regulations bwd mm governing the national forests: ownship one south, range six east, D ' section six; that part of township one north range six east, lying south of the Columbia River not now included in said forest; town- · shiip two north, ran e six east, all of sections thirty-four thirty-Eve, an thirty-six sou51 of the Columbia River: Provalled, That this gygggr rights etc action shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated impaired. ’ " under the public-land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subgect to and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under suc appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved so long as such appropriation is legally maintained or giuch resfgvatign remains in ;orp1e. In b d h h .b E M with H 1tc.2. atte taryote te1iore,an eereyis, *° ¤°¤ j authorized and empowered, in his discretion upon the recommenda- Wim mgm tion of the Secretary of Agriculture, to exchange, upon the basis of equal value nonmineral lands or timber belongm to the United States in the Oregon National Forest for privatgy owned lands liing within the exterior, limits of the Oregon National Forest, and t at upon the consummation of such exc anges the lands deeded to the United States shall become parts of the Oregon National Forest, and the Secretary of the Interior shall issue patents to the selected lands. Approved, May 20, 1920. cigar. 192.-—An Act To xpvide for the disposition or blic lands withdrawn méwml ‘

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Be it enactai by the Senate and House o Re esentatives 0 the United States of America in Congress assembled, llhatlzvhenever in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior any public lands which have been £1rdi1 :¥nd;g£ withdrawn for or in connection with construction or operation of "°’·”·P·”"· reclamation pro'ects under the provisions of the Act of June 17, 1902 known as the {Reclamation Act and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, which are not otherwise reserved and which have been improved by and at the expense of the reclamation fund for administration or other like purposes, are no longer needed for the purposes for which they were withdrawn and improved, the Secretary of the Interior may cause said lands, together with the improvements thereon, to be appraised by three disinterested per- Appminl, www sons to be appointed by him and thereafter sell the same, for not “°”'°i° less than_the appraised value, at public auction to the highest bidder, after giving pu he notice of the time and place of sale by posting upon the land and by publication for not less than thirty days in a newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the land, not less hymns.; than one-fifth_the purchase price shall be paid at the time of sale, and the remainder in not more than four annual payments with