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[3] And it is the intent of this act to include in said na- 

 tional forest and make a part thereof all that 

 The ten sections, certain territory and land which has hereto- 

 fore been selected by the Forester of the 

 Department of Agriculture as the ten sections situated in 

 townships one hundred and forty-four, one hundred and forty- 

 five, and one hundred and forty-six north, ranges thirty and 

 thirty-one west of the fifth principal meridian in Minnesota and 

 designated as being the ten sections referred to and authorized 

 to be selected by section two of the act ap- 

 r3 A >> Ct stat n % 2 oo') 19 - proved June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred 

 and two, being chapter eleven hundred and 

 fifty-seven, United States Statutes at Large, volume thirty-two, 

 entitled "An act to amend an act entitled *An act for the relief 

 and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in 

 (4 Ct staT* 64 k >) the state of Minnesota/" approved January 



fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; 

 and also all the islands in Cass Lake, in the State of Minnesota. 

 And in addition to the lands and territory above described, 

 the lands described by section two of said act 

 Islands and points, of June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and 

 two, as follows : " One hundred and sixty 

 acres at the extremity of Sugar Point, on Leech Lake, and the 

 peninsula known as Pine Point, on which the new Leech Lake 

 Agency is now located," shall be included in and are hereby 

 made a part of said National Forest: J'mntlcd, That this act 

 shall not in any manner abridge the right of citizens to the use 

 of the west and northwesterly shores of Cass Lake. 



SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized 



to proceed with the sale of the merchantable 



Timber sales by pi ne timber upon the above-described land 



Secretary - outside of gaid ten sec tions and said islands 



and points, in conformity with the provisions 



of said act above entitled, and reserving ten per centum of 



such timber from sale, said ten per centum to be designated by 



the Forester of the United States Department of Agriculture; 



and as to the timber upon said ten sections and said islands 



and points, the said Forester is authorized, under such rules 



and regulations as he may prescribe from 



Foremen * time to time to sel1 and dispose of so much of 



the timber thereon as he may deem wise and 

 advisable in the conduct of a National Forest: Provided, That 

 a commission of three persons shall at once be appointed, con- 

 sisting of one person to be designated by the President, one by 

 the Secretary of the Interior, and one by a general council of 



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