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lion dollars sha'I be available until the expiration of the fiscal year 1910- 

 1911, unless sooner expended. 



Corresponding- to the above followed the joint enactment of 

 the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee : 



AN ACT to give consent by the State of Tennessee to the acquisition 

 by the United States of such lands as may be needed for the estab- 

 lishment of a national forest reserve in said State. 



Whereas it is proposed that the Federal Government establish in the 

 high mountain region of Eastern Tennessee and adjacent States a na- 

 tional forest reserve, which will perpetuate these forests and forever 

 preserve the head waters of many important streams, and which will 

 thus prove of great and permanent benefit to the people of this State; 

 and 



Whereas a bill has been introduced in the Federal Congress provid- 

 ing for the purchase of such lands for such purposes; therefore. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 

 Tennssee, That the consent of the State of Tennessee be, and is hereby, 

 given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift, or con- 

 demnation, according to law, of such lands in this State as in the opin- 

 ion of the Federal Government may be needed for the establishment 

 of such a national forest reserve in that region; provided, that the 

 State shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in 

 and over such lands so far that civil processes in all cases and such 

 criminal processes as may issue under the authority of the State against 

 any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within 

 said jurisdiction may be executed thereon in like manner as if this Act 

 had not been passed; provided, further, that this Act shall apply only 

 to lands in Tennessee lying within twenty miles of the North Carolina 

 State line; that all condemnation proceedings herein provided shall be 

 limited to lands now forest covered; and that in all such condemnation 

 proceedings the right of the Federal Government shall be limited to the 

 specific objects set forth in this Act and in the laws of the United 

 States in regard to forest reserves. 



Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That power is hereby conferred upon 

 Congress to pass such laws as it may deem necessary to the acquisition 

 as hereinbefore provided for incorporation in said national forest re- 

 serve such forest-covered lands lying in the State as in the opinion of 

 the Federal Government may be needed for this purpose. 



Sec. .3. Be it further enacted, That power is hereby conferred upon 

 Congress to pass such laws and to make or provide for the making of 

 such rules and regulations of both civil and criminal nature and provide, 

 punishment for violation thereof as in its judgment may be necessary 

 for the management, control, and protection of such lands as may be 



