J.02 •LAAVS;APPLIQABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



tion shall be immediatelj^ available, and shall be paid, out on the audit 

 and order of the president of the said commission, which audit and 

 order shall be conclusive and binding upon all departments as to the 

 correctness of the accounts of said commission. 



Act March 1, 1911, c. 1S6, s. 14, 36 Stat. 963. ■ 



ACT AUGUST 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.) 



Appropriation for examination, survey, and acquirement of lands on headwaters 

 of navigable streams. 



And in order to carry out the purposes mentioned in section three 

 of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An 

 Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, 

 or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of 

 navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition 

 of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable 

 rivers," there is hereby appropriated and made available until ex- 

 pended so much of the maximum sums mentioned in said section for 

 the fiscal years nineteen hundred and twelve to nineteen hundred and 

 fifteen, inclusive, as shall remain unexpended at the close of each of 

 said fiscal years. 



Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 300. 



This is a provision, under the hending " :Miscellaueous," of the agricul- 

 tural act for the tiscal year 1913, cited above. 



ACT JULY 6, 1912, c. 209. An act for the transfer of the so-called Olmstead 

 lands, in the State of North Carolina, from the Solicitor of the Treasury 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture. (37 Stat. 189.) 



Certain lands in North Carolina to be in charge of Secretary of Agriculture. 



That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, from and after the passage 

 of this Act, have charge of the several tracts of land in Clay and 

 Graham Counties, North Carolina, known as the Olmstead lands, 

 aggregating approximately thfrty-two thousand four hundred and 

 eighty-three acres, being the lands conveyed to the United States by 

 Levi Stevens and wife on March fifteenth, eighteen hundred ani 

 sixty-nine, in compromise and settlement of an indebtedness due the 

 United States bv E. B. Olmstead. 



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Act July 6, 1012, c. 209, s. 1, 37 Stat. 189. ^ 



Transfer of title, papers, etc. 



Sec. 2. That the Solicitor of the Treasury is hereby authorized and 

 directed to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture all title, papers, 

 and correspondence relating to said lands on file in his office. 



Act July G. 1912, c. 209, s. 2, 37 Stat. 189. 

 Lands to be subject to provisions of act March 1, 1911, c. 186. 



Sec. 3. That the said lands shall be subject to such of the provisions 

 of the Act approved jNIarch first, nineteen hundred and eleven 

 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and sixty-one), 

 as apply to lands purchased thereunder. 



Act July 6, 1912, c. 209. s. 3, 37 Stat. 189. 



Private or corporate rights not affected by act. 



Sec. 4. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect 

 in any way anv private or corporate rights now existing with refer- 

 ence to said lands. 



Act July 6, 1912, c. 209, s. 4, 37 Stat. 189. 



