ACTS OF CONGRESS 355 



JURISDICTION. SECS. 627-630 



5, 9, 11, 14, 18-20, 23, 24, (30 Stat. L., pp. 1767, 1771, 1773, 1776, 1780-1785, 

 1787-1789.) 



SEC. 627. LIMITATIONS ON POWER TO PROCLAIM. 



All public lands heretofore designated and reserved by the Presi- 

 dent of the United States under the provisions of section 625, the orders 

 for which shall be and remain in full force and effect, unsuspended and 

 unrevoked, and all public lands that may hereafter be set aside and 

 reserved as public forest reserves under said act, shall be as far as 

 practicable controlled and administered in accordance with the following 

 provisions: 



No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve 

 and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of se- 

 curing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous 

 supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United 

 States; but it is not the purpose or intent of these provisions, or of the 

 act providing for such reservations, to authorize the inclusion therein 

 of lands more valuable for the mineral therein, or for agricultural pur- 

 poses, than for forest purposes. (Act June 4, '97; 30 Stat. L., p. 34; 

 7 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 312; 2 Comp. Stat, p. 1539.) 



SEC. 628. USE OF WATERS NOT AFFECTED. 



All waters on such reservations may be used for domestic, mining, 

 milling, or irrigation purposes, under the laws of the state wherein 

 such forest reservations are situated, or under the laws of the United 

 States and the rules and regulations established thereunder. (Act 

 June 4, '97; 30 Stat. L., p. 36; 7 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 315; 2 Comp. Stat., 

 p. 1542.) 



SEC. 629. JURISDICTION OF STATE NOT AFFECTED. 



The jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over persons within such 

 reservations shall not be affected or changed by reason of the existence 

 of such reservations, except so far as the punishment of offenses against 

 the United States therein is concerned; the intent and meaning of this 

 provision being that the state wherein any such reservation is situated 

 shall not, by reason of the establishment thereof, lose its jurisdiction, 

 nor the inhabitants thereof their rights and privileges as citizens, or be 

 absolved from their duties as citizens of the state. (Act Jun. 4, '97; 30 

 Stat. L., p. 36; 7 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 315; 2 Comp. Stat, p. 1542.) 



SEC. 630. TRANSFER FROM DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR TO 

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall, from and after 

 the passage of this act execute and cause to be executed all laws affecting 

 public lands heretofore or hereafter reserved under the provisions of sec- 

 tion 625 of this code, and acts supplemental to and amendatory thereof, 

 after such lands have been so reserved, excepting such laws as affect the 

 surveying, prospecting, locating, appropriating, entering, relinquishing, 



