PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 593, 594--JUNE 22, 1948 Approval of Nation- al Forest Reservation Commission. 16 U. S. C.§ 513. 16U. S.C. §§552, 563, 513 -519, 521 , 480, 500, 523 . Exchange of lands. 16 U.. c.. 577- 577b. 16 U. . C.C . 485, 486. 16U.S. C. 516. Annual payments. Appraised value. 16 U.S. C. 1500. Appropriations au- thorized. Restriction. June 22, 1948 [H. R . 58221 [Public Law 734] Saratoga National Historical Park, N.Y. Establishment. Township 68 north, ranges 13, 14, 15, and 16 west, fourth principal meridian, entire townships. Township 68 north, range 17 west, fourth principal meridian, that portion of section 36 east of Crane Lake. SEC. 3 . That lands shall be acquired by purchase or condemnation under the supplemental authority granted in section 1 of this Act only with prior approval of the National Forest Reservation Com- mission created by section 4 of the Act approved March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), as amended, and lands so acquired shall become parts of the Superior National Forest and be subject to the provisions of said Act (36 Stat. 961), as amended, and of such other laws as apply to land acquired under the provisions of said Act (36 Stat. 961), as amended, except as hereinafter provided. SEC. 4 . That upon finding and determination by the Secretary of Agriculture that the public purposes and objectives explicit and implicit in the Act approved July 10 1930 (46 Stat. 1020), more effectively can be accomplished by exchanging lands of the United States situated within the boundaries described in said Act for other lands in State, county, or private ownership situated within the said boundaries which are more suitable for public ownership, manage- ment, and use, for the purposes contemplated by said Act, such lands of the United States shall be subject to exchange under the provisions of the Act of March 20, 1922 (42 Stat. 465), as amended, or the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1215). SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the certification of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall pay to the State of Minnesota, at the close of each fiscal year from any national-forest receipts not otherwise appropriated a sum of money equivalent to three-quarters of 1 per centum of the fair appraised value of such national-forest lands as may be situated within the area described in section 2 of this Act at the end of each fiscal year- and the payments made hereunder shall be distributed to each of the three aforesaid counties in con- formity with the fair appraised value of such national-forest lands in each county: Provided, That the fair appraised value of the lands shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture at ten-year inter- vals and his determination shall be conclusive and final: Provided further, That the first payment to the State of Minnesota under the provisions of this section shall not be due until the close of the first full fiscal year after approval of this Act: And provided further That the provisions of the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260), and of section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended (36 Stat. 961; 38 Stat. 441), shall not be applicable to the national-forest lands to which this section applies. SEC. 6 . That there are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided,however, That the total appropriations under the authority of this Act shall not exceed $500,000 for the purchase and condemnation of land. Approved June 22, 1948. [CHAPTER 594] AN ACT To establish the Saratoga National Historical Park, in the State of New York, from the lands that have been acquired by the Federal Government for that purpose pursuant to the Act of June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 608), and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of completing the establishment of Saratoga National Historical Park, 570 [62 STAT.
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