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in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, should be inchuled in, 

 or made a part of, or set aside as and for a national forest in said 

 State; and upon such acceptance the lands so conveyed shall imme- 

 diately, and by force of this Act alone, be reserved and set aside as 

 natioiial-forest lands, and be subject to all the laws afFectin^ other 

 national forests. 



Act July 31, 1912, c. 264, s. 1. 37 Stat. 241, 



Selection by State of Michigan of lands in lieu of lands conveyed to United 

 States. 



Sec. 2. That the State of Michigan is hereby authorized to select, 

 in lieu of an;y; lands conveyed to the United States under the foregoing 

 provisions of this Act, other lands of equal area and approximately 

 equal value from any part of the unappropriated public lands in said 

 State, including lands within a national forest. A description of the 

 lands selected, together with a description of the lands conveyed, or 

 intended to be conveyed under this Act, shall be filed with the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture: Provided, That the question as to whether any 

 lands intended to be conveyed under the provisions of this Act are 

 approximately equal in value to the lands selected and whether the 

 mutual exchange of said lands would be beneficial to the public inter- 

 ests subserved % the national forests in the State of JNIichigan shall 

 be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. 



Act July 31, 1912, c. 264, s. 2, 37 Stat. 241. 



Certification as to equal value of lands selected and lands conveyed, and as to 

 benefit of exchange to administration of national forests. 



Sec. 3. That upon the certification to the Secretary of the Interior 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture that the lands selected and the lands 

 conveyed are of equal value, and that the exchange of said lands 

 would be beneficial to the admiliistration of the national forests in 

 the State of Michigan, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine, 

 in accordance with the rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, 

 whether the lands selected by the State are unappropriated lands, 

 and if so found he shall issue a patent for said selected lands to the 

 State of ISIichigan: Provided, That no deed or other instrument of 

 conveyance shall be accepted by the United States until the Attorney 

 General of the United States shall certify that a good and sufficient 

 title to such lands is vested in the United States by said conveyance. 



Act July 31, 1912, c. 264, s. 3, 37 Stat. 241. 



ACT AUGUST 22, 1912, c. 327. An act to provide for the exchange of national 

 forest timber in New Mexico for private lands lying within the exterior 

 limits of the Zuni National Forest. (37 Stat. 323.) 



Exchange of timber within Pecos National Forest for privately owned lands 

 within the exterior limits of Zuni National Forest. 



That the Secretary of Agriculture, for the purpose of increasing 

 the area of the timberland included within the Zuni National Forest 

 by the addition thereto of certain privately owned timberland lying 

 within the exterior limits of the said national forest, be, and the 

 same is herebv, authorized and empowered, in his discretion, in behalf 

 of the United States, to exchange timber within the Pecos national 

 forest in New Mexico for privately owned timberlands embraced in 

 the odd-numbered sections of township eleven north, range twelve 

 west. New Mexico principal meridian, which are now within the 



