168 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the Secretary shall, upon such transfer, be deemed to be transferred 

 with the land. 



Act May 1, 1906, c. 2076, s. 8, 34 Stat. 167. 



Payment to Forest Service for privileges granted and for wood or timber; free 

 access to agents, etc., of Forest Service; construction of roads or trails 

 over lands covered by permit granted; permittee to assist in fighting 

 forest fires. 



Sec. 9. That the said company shall pay annually in advance to 

 the proper officer of the Forest Service, as compensation for the 

 privileges hereby granted, such reasonable sum as the Secretary of 

 Agriculture may fix from year to year, and shall pay for wood or 

 timber cut, removed, or destroyed as fast as the value thereof may be 

 ascertained and charged by the Forester: Provided^ That the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture, his agents and employees, and all officers of 

 the Forest Service, shall have free and unrestricted access in, through, 

 and across all lands and structures covered by said permit in the 

 performance of their official duties, and the Secretary in charge of 

 forest reserves may construct or permit to be constructed in, through, 

 or across any land covered by said permit roads or trails, public or 

 otherwise, or other means of transportation, not inconsistent with 

 the enjoyment of the permit hereby granted: Provided further^ That 

 the Edison Electric Company shall, under penalty of immediate for- 

 feiture of the permit hereby granted, when requested to do so, assist 

 the forest officers in fighting fire, and shall furnish any men under 

 its employ necessary for that purpose, and shall otherwise assist 

 to the extent of its power in protecting the forest reserves and main- 

 taining good order upon them. 



Act May 1, 1906, c. 2076, s. 9, 34 Stat. 167. 

 Amendment or repeal of act. 



Sec. 10. That Congress shall have power at any time to amend, 

 modify, or repeal this Act. 



Act May 1, 1906, c. 2076, s. 10, 34 Stat. 167 



ACT MAY 30, 1910, c. 261. An act granting certain lands in the Coconino 

 National Forest, in Arizona, for observatory pui-poses. (36 Stat. 452.) 



Certain lands in Coconino National Forest granted to Percival Lowell for 

 observatory purposes; reversion for nonuser; timber rights reserved. 



That there be, and hereby is, granted to Percival Lowell, his heirs 

 and assigns, section numbered seventeen, in township numbered 

 twenty-one north of range seven east of the Gila and Salt River base 

 and meridian, the said tract of land being within the Coconino Na- 

 tional Forest, in the Territory of Arizona, for observatory purposes 

 in connection with the Lowell Observatory: Provided, That in the 

 event of the removal or abandonment of the said observatory or the 

 use of said land by the grantee for other than observatory purposes 

 the said land shall revert to tlie United States: Provided further^ 

 That the title to the merchantable timber thereon and the right to 

 cut and remove the same in such manner as to preserve the herbage 

 and undorirrowth in their natural condition shall remain in the 

 United States. 



Act May 30, 1910, c. 261. 36 Stat. 452. 



