50 THE USE BOOK. 



TOWN SITES. 



Lands in National JForests embraced in valid town- 

 site settlements made before the creation^o^tb.e.-E!Qrest 

 may, unless abandoned, be entered and patented under 

 the town-site laws, without regard to the period which 

 has elapsed after their settlement or after the establish- 

 ment of the Forest, and without any necessity to elimi- 

 nate the town-site area from the Forest. 



Where it is desired to originate and establish a town 

 site on lands within a National Forest, if a petition ad- 

 dressed to the Forester and an investigation made under 

 his direction show that it is necessary and advisable to 

 use such lands for town-site purposes, an Execu- 

 |ive order to exclude the land may be issued, in which 

 case provision will be made for itsjmtry under the 

 town-site Igys and the regulations of the 1 Department of 

 me^ Interior. 



STATE LANDS. 



In general, grants to States and Territories for school 

 purposes apply to sections 16 and 36 (nonmineralJTTf 

 these Sections were identified b^_survey befoj^they 

 were withdrawn for National^ Forest purposes. If 

 the wither a yv al'Tprec^^such. .. identification, the State 



"or TerritoiFy^loses^its right to these_sections, and may. 

 select unreserved nonminerallands in lieu of them. 



'(Appendix, p. ^787) In the States of North Dakota, 

 South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho," ancl 

 Wyoming, however, nonmineral sections IG.a.nfl &6 (and" 

 in Utah 2, 16, 32, and 36) belqngjothe Statp wliPTJP.yp.r 

 they are identified by survey, nqtwithgtanding^their 



