26 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION January 



culture may do all things necessary to consistent with its reservation for for 



secure the safe title in the United est purposes 



States to the lands to be acquired un- Sec. 7. That, subject to the pro- 

 der this act ; but no payment shall be visions of the last preceding section the 

 made for any such land until the title lands acquired under this act shall be 

 shall be satisfactory to the Attorney- permanently reserved, held and admin- 

 General and shall be vested in the istered as National Forest lands under 

 United States. the provisions of Section 24 of the Act 



Sec. S- That the sum of five million approved March 3, 1891 (Volume 26 



dollars is hereby appropriated to carry Statutes at Large, page 1103), and 



out the provisions of this act, out of acts supplemental to and amendatory 



any moneys in the Treasury not other- thereof. And the 



wise appropriated, and said sum shall culture may from time to time divide 



be available immediately and until ex- the lands acquired under this act into 



pended for said purpose. Provided, such specific National Forests and 



that the Secretary of Agriculture shall designate the same, as he may deem 



each year make a detailed report to best for administrative purposes 



Congress on the lands acquired under Sec. 8. That the jurisdiction, both 



this act and the cost thereof. civil and criminal, over persons upon 



Sec. 6. That, whereas small areas of the lands acquired under this act, shall 

 land chiefly valuable for agriculture not be affected or changed by their 

 may of necessity or by inadvertence be permanent reservation and administra- 

 included in tracts acquired under this tion as National Forest lands, except 

 act, the Secretary of Agriculture may so far as the punishment of offenses 

 in his discretion and he is hereby au- against the United States is concern- 

 thorized, upon application or other- ed ', the intent and meaning of this sec- 

 wise, to examine and ascertain the lo- tion being that the State wherein any 

 cation and extent of such areas as, in sucn land is situated shall not, by rea- 

 his opinion, may be occupied for agri- son f s "ch reservation and adminis- 

 cultural purposes without injury to the tration, lose its jurisdiction, nor the in- 

 forests and which are not needed for habitants thereof their rights and priv- 

 public purposes, and may list and de- ileges as citizens, or be absolved from 

 scribe the same by metes and bounds, their duties as citizens of the State, 

 or otherwise, and offer them for sale Sec. 9. That ten per centum of all 

 as homesteads, at their true value to money received during any fiscal year 

 be fixed by him, to actual settlers in from each National Forest into which 

 tracts not exceeding eighty acres in the lands acquired under this act may 

 area, under such joint rules and regu- from time to time be divided, shall be 

 lations as the 'Secretary of Agriculture paid at the end of such year by the 

 and the Secretary of the Interior may Secretary of the Tjreasury to the State 

 prescribe. And no right, title, interest, in which such National Forest is situ- 

 :laim in or to any lands acquired ated, to be" expended as the State legis- 

 under this act or the waters thereon, lature may prescribe for the benefit of 

 or the products resources or use the county or counties in which such 

 thereof after such lands shall have National Forest is situated : Provided 

 been so acquired, shall be initiated or that when any National Forest is in 

 perfected except as in this section pro- more than one State or county the dis- 

 And the secretary of Agricul- tributive share to each from the pro- 

 ture may, under rules and regulations ceeds of such Forest shall be propor- 

 to be prescribed by him authorize the tional to its area therein: Provided 

 sale of any products of the lands ac- further, that there shall not be paid to 

 quired under this act and the use of any State for any county an amount 

 any such land or the resources thereof equal to more than 40 per centum of 



