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superseded by an act providing for the permanent administration 

 of the forests upon the public lands, or is repealed. The President 

 ma}' remove any commissioner, and any vacanc}' in the commis- 

 sion shall be filled by him as is provided in the case of the original 

 appointment. 



Sect. 4. That the duties of the said commissioners shall be to 

 personally examine the lands reserved as aforesaid, so as to 

 determine what part or parts of the said lands ought to be perma- 

 nently kept in forest, and to keep themselves constantl}' informed 

 as to the condition of the same, and on or before the opening of 

 the second session of this Congress, to present their report to the 

 President for transmission to Congress, stating in full a plan for 

 the proper management of the forests upon the said lands, and 

 the said commissioners shall make such further reports from time 

 to time as they may deem necessar}' until this act shall be repealed 

 or superseded as aforesaid. 



Sect. 5. That the said commissioners shall be authorized to 

 contract on behalf of the United States, for the sale to responsible 

 parties, at a reasonable price, of such wood and timber as may be 

 needed for immediate use in the localities adjoining the said lands, 

 subject in every case to proper regulations, to be made by the 

 said commissioners, with regard to the size and character of trees 

 to be cut, the places where they are to be cut, and the means 

 employed in cutting them. 



Sect. 6. That the said commissioners shall each receive a 

 salary of three thousand dollars per annum, and shall be paid 

 their necessary travelling expenses incurred in the discharge of 

 their duties as commissioners. The commission shall be provided 

 with an office in the Department of the Interior, and shall be 

 authorized to emplo}- a suitable clerical force. 



Sect. 7. That all acts and pai-ts of acts inconsistent herewith 

 be and the same hereby are repealed ; provided, however, that 

 nothing in this act shall in any wa}' interfere with any reservation 

 of the public lauds heretofore made, or which shall hereafter be 

 made, by the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of irriga-- 

 tion, or with any use made of the same for that purpose. 



