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Mineral lands. 



Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 36) ; sec. 482, title 16, U. S. C. 



Any mineral lands in any forest reservation which have been or 

 which may be shown to be such, and subject to entry under the exist- 

 ing mining laws of the United States and the rules and regulations 

 applying thereto, shall continue to be subject to such location and 

 entry, notwithstanding any provisions herein contained. 



Sec. 478, title 16, U. S. C. 



Nor shall anything herein prohibit any person from entering upon 

 such forest reservations for all proper and lawful purposes, including 

 that of prospecting, locating, and developing the mineral resources 

 thereof: Provided, That such persons comply with the rules and 

 regulations covering such forest reservations. 



Act of August 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 462) ; sec. 520, title 16, U. S. C. 



The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, under general regula- 

 tions to be prescribed by him, to permit the prospecting, development, 

 and utilization of the mineral resources of the lands acquired under 

 the act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), known as the Weeks law, upon 

 such terms and for specified periods or otherwise, as he may deem to 

 be for the best interests of the United States; and all moneys re- 

 ceived on account of charges, if any, made under this act shall be 

 disposed of as is provided by existing law for the disposition of 

 receipts from national forests. 



Agricultural lands. 



Sec. 506, title 16, U. S. C. ; Forest Homestead Act of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat. 233) ; 

 Act of May 30, 1908 (35 Stat. 554) 



The Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, and he is 

 hereby authorized, upon application or otherwise, to examine and 

 ascertain as to the location and extent of lands within permanent or 

 temporary forest reserves, except the following counties in the State 

 of California, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara; which are chiefly 

 valuable for agriculture, and which, in his opinion,. may be occupied 

 for agricultural purposes without injury to the forest reserves, and 

 which are not needed for public purposes, and may list and describe 

 the same by metes and bounds, or otherwise, and file the lists and 

 descriptions with the Secretary of the Interior, with the request that 

 the said lands be opened to entry in accordance with the provisions 

 of the homestead laws and this act. 



Upon the filing of any such list or description the Secretary of 

 the Interior shall declare the said lands open to homestead settlement 

 and entry in tracts not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in area 

 and not exceeding one mile in length, at the expiration of sixty days 

 from the filing of the list in the land office of the district within 

 which the lands are located, during which period the said list or de- 

 scription shall be prominently posted in the land office and advertised 

 for a period of not less than four weeks in one newspaper of general 



