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forestry board, the forests and public timber lands of the United 

 States, and to determine, subject to the approval of the Secretary 

 of the Interior, what portions of such forests and timber lands 

 should be permanently retained in reservations for climatic or other 

 economic or public reasons, and what portions may be disposed of 

 without disadvantage to the public interests. He shall cause to be 

 prepared connected maps or diagrams showing the approximate 

 situation and areas of public timber lands in each State and Terri- 

 tory, and the President shall, by proclamation, designate the per- 

 manent forest reserves as the same shall be selected and approved 

 as herein provided; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the 

 Interior to cause exterior boundary lines thereof to be run and 

 marked by durable monuments; and no further survey of any timber 

 lands of the United States shall be made until the permanent reser- 

 vations herein provided for are established. 



RESTORING FOREST LANDS. 



SEC. 8. That lands of the second class, when reported to the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior by the Commissioner of Forests, shall be 

 restored to homestead entry or sale; but a special appraised price of 

 the timber thereon shall be paid by the person entering such lands 

 in addition to the usual price and fees for the land, provided that 

 the timber of live acres shall be allowed to the applicant free of 

 further charge, on the payment of the settler's license fee of two 

 dollars, as hereinafter set forth, and provided also that at least five 

 acres of land shall be cleared and put into crops within one year 

 from the time when a grant shall be made to the applicant, and that 

 a habitable dwelling be erected thereon within one year. 



DISPOSAL OP TIMBER. 



SEC. 9. That the timber on the lands of the first and third classes 

 shall be disposed of according to the regulations of this act as 

 hereinafter provided. 



DOMESTIC LICENSES. 



SEC. 10. That the disposal of timber for domestic purposes shall 

 be made by means of licenses as follows, namely : First, a pros- 

 pector's license shall be granted to any applicant by the local 

 (district) inspector upon the payment of two dollars. Such license 

 shall confer the right to prospect for minerals upon land falling 

 under the provisions of this act, and also the right to cut without 

 waste and under the general regulations of the forestry board and 

 the supervision of the rangers, timber for the first construction 

 of shanties, prospecting shafts and other necessary structures. 



