FOREST SERVICE. 123 



Secretary of the Interior to make allotments within national forests to Indians 

 living therein; Secretary of Agriculture to determine whether lands applied 

 for are more valuable for agriculture or grazing than for timber. 



Sec. 31. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, 

 in his discretion, to make allotments within the national forests in 

 confonnity Avith the general allotment laws as amended by section 

 of this Act, to any Indian occupying, livin<^ on, or having 

 improvements on land included within any such national forest who 

 is not entitled to an allotment on any existing Indian reservation, or 

 for whose tribe no reservation has been provided, or whose reservation 

 was not sufficient to afford an allotment to each member thereof. 

 All applications for allotments under the provisions of this section 

 shall be submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture. Avho shall deter- 

 mine whether the lands applied for are more valuable for agricultural 

 or grazing purposes than for the timber found thereon; and if it be 

 found that the lands aj^plied for are more valuable for agricultural 

 or grazing purposes, then the Secretary of the Interior shall cause 

 allotment to be made as herein provided. 



Act June 25. 1910. c. 431. s. 31. 30 Stat. SG3. 



ACT OCTOBER 1, 1890, c. 1263. Au act to set apart certain tnicts of land in 

 the St ite of C:ilifornia as foreJ=t roservation??. (2G Stat. Gf.O.) 



Establishment of a forest reserve in California; description of lands included; 

 previous grants to State and bona fide entries not affected. 



That the tracts of land in the State of California known as [and] 

 described as follows: Conmiencing at the northwest corner of town- 

 ship two north, range nineteen east Mount Diablo meridian, thence 

 eastwardly on the line between townships two and three north, ranges 

 twenty-four and twenty-five east; thence southwardly on the line 

 between ranges twenty-four and tv:en(y-five east to the Mount Diablo 

 base line ; thence eastwardly on said base line to the corner to town- 

 ship one south, ranges twenty-five and twent,y-six east ; thence south- 

 wardly on the line between ranges twenty-five and twenty-six east 

 to the southeast corner of township two south, range twenty-five 

 east; thence eastwardly on the line between town.ships two and three 

 south, range twenty-six east to the corner to townships two and three 

 soufh, ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven east; thence southwardly 

 on the line between ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven east to the 

 first standard parallel south ; thence westwardly on the first standard 

 parallel south to the southwest corner of township four south, range 

 nineteen east; thence nortliAvardly on the line between ranges eighteen 

 and nineteen east to the northwest corner of toAvnship two south, 

 range nineteen east ; thence westwardly on the line between townships 

 oneand two south to the southwest corner of township one south, 

 range nineteen east; thence northwardly on the line between ranges 

 eighteen and nineteen east to the nortliAvest corner of township two 

 north, range nineteen east, the place of beginning, are hereby reserved 

 and withdraAvn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws 

 of the United States, and set apart as reserved forest lands; and all 

 persons who shall locate or settle upon, or occupy the same or any 

 part thereof, except as hei-einafter provided, shall be considered 

 trespassers and removed therefrom : Prbcided^ however. That nothing 

 in this act shall be construed as in anywise affecting the grant of 

 lands made to the State of California by virtue of the act entitled 



