16 LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat., 1074, 1095), authorized homestead 

 entries by metes and bounds in the Black Hills National Forest by 

 bona fide settlers prior to September 19, 1898. 



Act of March 1, 190T (31 Stat., 1053). grants certain lands in the 

 San Juan National Forest to the city of Durango, Colo., for reservoir 

 purposes, reserving to the Forest Service the right to dispose of the 

 timber on certain parts thereof. 



Act of February 18, 1909 (35 Stat., 626), as amended by act of May 

 7, 1912 (37 Stat., 108), authorizing acquisition of lands in California 

 for a National Forest to be known as the Calaveras Big Tree National 

 Forest, 



Act of February 28, 1911 (36 Stat., 960), authorizes the exchange 

 of lands in the Kansas National Forest for privately owned lands 

 within its boundaries. 



Act of March 4, 1911 (36 Stat,, 1357), authorizes the Secretary of 

 the Interior to exchange certain desert lands, specifically described, 

 for other described lands, within National Forests in Oregon. 



Act of April 9, 1912 (37 Stat., 80), authorizes the exchange of cer- 

 tain lands within the Sierra and Stanislaus National Forests and 

 provides the terms on which such exchange may be made. 



Act of July 25, 1912 (37 Stat., 200), "authorizes Secretary of the 

 Interior to exchange certain lands in Paulina National Forest, Oreg., 

 for private lands within the forest. 



Act of July 31, 1912 (37 Stat.,241), authorizes the exchange of 

 certain lands with the State of Michigan and provides the terms on 

 which such exchange may be made. 



Act of August 22, 1912 (37 Stat., 323), authorizes the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to exchange timber in the Pecos National Forest, N. 

 Mex., for privately owned lands within the boundaries of the Zuni 

 National Forest, 



The agricultural appropriation act of August 10, 1912 (37 Stat., 

 269), declares that the Fort Wingate Military Reservation, N. Mex., 

 shall become a part of the Zuni National Forest, subject to unham- 

 pered use for military purposes. See also act of October 3, 1914 (38 

 Stat, 726). 



Act of February 27, 1913 (37 Stat,, 684), provides for the pro- 

 tection of the water supply of the city of Colorado Springs and the 

 town of Manitou, Colo. See also act of August 24, 1914 (38 Stat., 

 705), incorporating certain lands in Pike National Forest. 



Act of December 19, 1913, grants rights of way through Stanislaus 

 National Forest to city and county of San Francisco, Cal. 



Act of March 14, 1914 (38 Stat., 308), provides for the protection 

 of the water supply of Baker, Oreg., Whitman National Forest. 



Act of April 14, 1914 (38 Stat., 346), reserves and incorporates 

 certain lands as a part of the Caribou National Forest, Idaho. 



Act of May 13, 1914 (38 Stat., 376), consolidates certain lands in 

 the Sierra National Forest and Yosemite National Park, Cal. 



Act of May 14, 1914 (38 Stat., 377), authorizes the exchange of 

 certain privately owned lands in Cache National Forest, Utah. 



Act of June 24, 1914 (38 Stat., 387). authorizes the consolidation 

 of certain forest lands in the Ochoco National Forest, Oreg. 



Act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat., 415), authorizes _ furnishing of. 

 young trees from Nebraska National Forest to residents of arid 

 regions. 



