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the Act of February seventh, nineteen hundred and five, as well as 

 under this measure, or from privileges accorded on the lands herein 

 segregated from said park and included within the Sierra Forest 

 Reserve, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to be 

 expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the 

 management, protection, and improvement of (he Yosemite National 

 Park 



Res. June 11, 1906, No. 27, s. 3, 34 Stat. 832. 



Act October 1, 1890, c. 126.^., :nid act February 7, 1905, c. 547, men- 

 tioned in this section, are set forth above. 



ACT FEBRITARY 18, 1909, c. 143. An act to create the Calaveras Bigtree 

 Xational Forest, and for other puriioses. (35 Stat. 626.) 



Establishment of Calaveras Bigtree National Forest; acquisition of lands; 

 reimbursement of owners. 



That the Secretary of Agriculture, to secure and protect for all 

 time the big trees scientifically known as Sequoia washingtoniana, is 

 hereby empowered, in his discretion, to obtain for the United States 

 the complete title to any or all of the following-described lands in 

 the State of California: In township four north, range fifteen east, 

 Mount Diablo meridian, the northeast quarter of section one; in 

 township four north, range sixteen east. Mount Diablo meridian, the 

 north half of section six; in township five north, range fifteen east. 

 Mount Diablo meridian, the southwest quarter of section fourteen, 

 south half of section fifteen, north half of section twenty-two, north- 

 west quarter of section twenty-three, and southeast quarter of section 

 thirty-six, and in township five north, range sixteen east, Mount 

 Diablo meridian, the west half of section twenty-eight, the east half 

 and southwest quarter of section twenty-nine, the southeast quarter 

 of section thirty, all of sections thirty-one, thirty-two, and the north- 

 west quarter of section thirty-three. And such area or areas, as fast 

 as complete title is acquired, shall be permanently held by the United 

 States and shall be known as the Calaveras Bigtree National Forest 

 and shall be administered, and protected, by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture from the funds appropriated for the administration of Na- 

 tional Forest land to prolong the existence, growth, and promote the 

 reproduction of said big trees: Provided^ That the owners of land 

 acquired hereunder shall convey to the United States full title to any 

 of the above-described areas approved for said national forests by 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, the completeness of such title to be 

 determined by the Secretary of the Interior in each case, and shall be 

 reimbursed therefor only in one or both of the following ways: (1) 

 They may be given the right to file with the Secretary of the Interior, 

 within sixty days after such conveyance, selections o^ surveyed, unap- 

 propriated, nonmineral public lands or of nonmineral national forest 

 lands, and if the lands .so selected shall be found subject to selection 

 and of the actual value in lands and stumpage substantially equal to 

 that of the lands and stumpage conveyed they may be patented to 

 said owners in lieu of the conveyed lands: Provided^ however^ That 

 in any case where any part of the lands selected is national forest 

 land, the approval or the Secretary of Agriculture shall first be 

 secured with respect to such part, or (2) the Secretary of Agriculture 

 may grant to any such conveying owner the right to cut from national 

 forest land an amount of timber and wood, substantially equal to the 



