90 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



reservations, free of charge, by bona fide settlers, miners, residents, 

 and prospectors for minerals, for firewood, fencing, buildings, min- 

 ing, prospecting, and other domestic purposes, as may be needed by 

 such persons for such purposes; such timber to be used within the 

 State or Territory, respectively, where such reservations may be 

 located. 



Egress or ingress to actual settlers in forest reservations; prospecting, locating, 

 and developing mineral resources. 



Xothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the egress or 

 ingress of actual settlers residing within the boundaries of such res- 

 ervations, or from crossing the same to and from their property or 

 homes: and such Avagcn r<iads and other improvements may be con- 

 structed thereon as may be necessarj' to reach their homes and to 

 utilize their property under such rules and regidations as may be 

 prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Xor shall anytliing 

 herein prohibit any person from entering upon such forest reserva- 

 tions for all proper and lawful purjDOses, including that of prospect- 

 ing, locating, and developing the mineral resources thereof: Pro- 

 vided^ That such persons complj' with the rules and regulations cov- 

 ering such forest reservations. 



Act June 4. 1S97, c. 2, s. 1. 30 Stat. 35. 



These are further provisions of the sundry civil appropriation act for 

 the fiscal yenr 1S9S, cited above. 



Act February 20, 3800, c. 28. 29 Stat. 11. provides that certain forest 

 reservations in the State of Colorado shall be open to the location of 

 mininjur claims for certain metals, and authorizes owners of such claims 

 to fell and remove therefrom timber for mining purposes. 



See note under the fourth paragraph of this act as here set forth, relat- 

 ing to the execution of laws aft'ectiug fore.st reservations by the Secretary 

 of xigriculture. 



Selection of land in lieu of land in forest reservations. 



That in cases in which a tract covered by an unperfected bona fide 

 claim or by a patent is included within the limits of a public forest 

 reservation, the settler or owner thereof maj', if he desires to do so, 

 relinquish the tract to the Government, and may select in lieu thereof 

 a tract of vacant land open to settlement not exceeding in area the 

 tract covered by his claim or patent; and no charge shall be made 

 in such cases for making tlie entr}' of record or issuing the patent to 

 cover the tract selected: Provided further^ That in cases of unper- 

 fected claims the requirements of the laws respecting settlement, resi- 

 dence, improvements, and so forth, are complied with on the new 

 claims, credit being allowed for the time spent on the relinquished 

 claims. 



Act June 4, 1897, c. 2, s. 1. 30 Stat. 36. 



These are further provisions of the sundry civil appropriation act for 

 the fiscal year 1898, cited above. 



The provisions of this paragraph for sele<^tion of lands in lieu of tracts 

 covered by an uuiiei-focled bona lide claim or patent within a forest 

 reservation, are confined to vacant, surveyed, non-mineral public lands 

 subject to homestead entry, by provisions of act March .3. 1901, c. 831, 

 set forth on p. 90, post, and also act June 6, 1900. c. 791. 31 Stat. 614. 

 The above in-ovisious of this act and the .said jn'ovisions of act June 6, 

 1900, and act March 3, 1901, are expressly repealed by provisions of act 

 March 3. IfKJS, c. 1495, set forth on p. 96, post, except as to selections 

 theretofore made. 



