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million dollars for use in the examination, survey, and acquirement 

 of lands located on the headwaters of navigable streams or those 

 which are being or which may be developed for navigable purposes : 

 Provided, That the provisions of this section shall expire by limita- 

 tion on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifteen. 



Appointment of commission. 



Sec. 4. That a commission, to be known as the National Forest 

 Reservation Commission, consisting of the Secretary of War, the 

 Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and two 

 Members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, 

 and two Members of the House - of Representatives, to be selected by 

 the Speaker, is hereby created and authorized to consider and pass 

 upon such lands as may be recommended for purchase as provided 

 in section six of this act, and to fix the price or prices at which such 

 lands may be purchased, and no purchases shall be made of any 

 lands until such lands have been duly approved for purchase by said 

 commission. Provided, That the members of the commission herein 

 created shall serve as such only during their incumbency in their 

 respective official positions, and any vacancy on the commission shall 

 be filled in the manner as the original appointment. 



Reports to Congress. 



Sec. 5. That the commission hereby appointed shall, through its 

 president, annually report to Congress, not later than the first Mon- 

 day in December, the operations and expenditures of the commis- 

 sion, in detail, during the preceding fiscal year. 



Duties of Secretary of Agriculture. 



Sec. 6. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized 

 and directed to examine, locate, and recommend for purchase such 

 lands as in his judgment may be necessary to the regulation of the 

 flow of navigable streams, and to report to the National Forest 

 Reservation Commission the results of such examinations : Provided, 

 That before any lands are purchased by the National Forest Reserva- 

 tion Commission said lands shall be examined by the Geological 

 Survey and a report made to the Secretary of Agriculture, showing 

 that the control of such lands will promote or protect the navigation 

 of streams on whose watersheds they lie. 



Secretary to purchase. 



Sec. 7. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized 

 to purchase, in the name of the United States, such lands as have 

 been approved for purchase by the National Forest Reservation 

 Commission at the price or prices fixed by said commission: Pro- 

 vided, That no deed or other instrument of conveyance shall be ac- 

 cepted or approved by the Secretary of Agriculture under this act 

 until the legislature of the State in which the land lies shall have 

 consented to the acquisition of such land by the United States for 

 the purposes of preserving the navigability of navigable streams. 



