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tions as may be compatible with tlie utilization of the forests thereon, 

 and may sell the same for not less than the appraised value in such 

 quantities to each purchaser as he shall prescribe, .to be used in the 

 State or Territory in which such timber reservation may be situated, 

 respectively, but not for export therefrom. Before such sale shall 

 take place notice thereof shall be ^ivcn by the Commissioner of the 

 General Land Office, for not less than thirty days, by publication in 

 one or more newspapers of general circulation, as he may deem 

 necessary, in the State or Territory where such reservation exi^^ts: 

 Provided^ hoicecer, That in cases of unusual emergency the Secretary 

 of the Interior may, in the exercise of his discretion, ipcrmit the 

 purchase of timber and cord wood in advance of advertisement of 

 sale at rates of value approved by him and subject to payment of 

 the full amount of the highest bid resulting from the usual advertise- 

 ment of sale: Provided further, That he may, in his discretion, sell 

 without advertisement, in quantities to suit applicants, at a fair 

 appraisement, timber and cord wood not exceeding in value one hun- 

 dred dollars stumpage : And provided further, That in cases in which 

 advertisement is had and no satisfactory bid is received, or in cases 

 in which the bidder fails to complete the purchase, the timber may be 

 sold, without further advertisement, at private sale, in the discretion 

 of the Secretary of the Interior, at not less than the appraised 

 valuation, in quantities to suit purchasers: And provided further, 

 That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to existing forest 

 reservations in the State of California, or to reservations that may 

 be hereafter created within said State; pavments for such timber to 

 be made to the receiver of the local land office of the district wherein 

 said timber may be sold, under such rules and regulations as the 

 Secretary of the Interior may prescribe ; and the moneys arising there- 

 from shall be accounted for by the receiver of such land olKce to the 

 Commissioner of the General Land Office, in a separate account, and 

 shall be covered into the Treasury. Such timber before being sold, 

 shall be marked and designated, and shall be cut and removed under 

 the supervision of some person appointed for that purpose by the 

 Secretary of the Interior, not interested in the purchase or removal 

 of such timber nor in the employment of the purchaser thereof. Such 

 supervisor shall make report in writing to the Commissioner of the 

 General Land Office and to the receiver in the land office in which 

 such reservation shall be located of his doings in the premises. 



Act June 4, 1897, c. 2, s. 1, 30 Stat. 35. 



These are further provisions of the sundry civil appropriation act for 

 the fiscal year 1S98, citecl above, as amended by act June 6, 1900, c. 804, 

 31 Stat. 661. ^ ^ „ 



The proviso of this paragraph that the provisions of this act shall 

 not apply to forest reservations in California, is superseded by a 

 provision of act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, set forth on p. 92. po.s7, that sales 

 of timber on forest reserves in the State of California shall in every re- 

 spect conform to the provisions of act June 6, 1900, c. 804, 31 Stat 661, 

 amending this paragraph, here set forth as amended. 



See note under the preceding paragraph relating to the execution or 



laws affecting forest reservations, by the Secretary of .Agriculture. 



Use of timber and stone on forest reservations, by settlers, miners, residents, 



and prospectors. 



The Secretary of the Interior may permit, under regulations to 



be prescribed by him, the use of timber and stone found upon such 



