States of existing national forests and related facilities, or hereafter 

 to restrict or prevent their extension through the acquisition by pur- 

 chase or otherwise of additional lands for any national-forest pur- 

 pose : Provided further, That this Act shall not be construed to limit 

 or repeal any legislation authorizing land exchanges by the Federal 

 Government, and private lands acquired by exchange within the 

 limits of any area subject to a cooperative agreement of the charac- 

 ter herein authorized shall hereafter be subject to the provisions of 

 this Act. 



Sec. 2. No cooperative agreement shall be entered into or con- 

 tinued in force under the authority of this Act or any land acquired 

 hereunder turned over to the cooperating State for administration, 

 development, and management -unless the State concerned, as a con- 

 sideration for the benefits extended to it thereunder, complies in a 

 manner satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture with the follow- 

 ing conditions and requirements which shall constitute a part of 

 every such agreement: 



(a) In order to reduce the need for public expenditures in the 

 acquisition of lands which may be brought into public ownership 

 through the enforcement of appropriate tax delinquency laws, and, 

 by bringing about the handling of such lands upon a sound social 

 and economic basis, to terminate a system of indeterminate and 

 unsound ownership injurious to the private and public interest alike, 

 no additional lands shall be acquired within any State by the United 

 States under this Act after June 30, 1942, unless the State concerned 

 has prior thereto provided by law for the reversion of title to the 

 State or a political unit thereof of tax-delinquent lands and for block- 

 ing into State or other public forests the areas which are more suit- 

 able for public than private ownership, and which in the public 

 interest should be devoted primarily to the production of timber 

 crops and/or the maintenance of forests for watershed protection, 

 and for the enforcement of such law : Provided, That in the admin- 

 istration of this Act prior to June 30, 1942, preference will be given 

 to States applying for cooperation hereunder which provide by law 

 for such reversion of title under tax delinquency laws. 



(b) In order to insure a stable and efficient organization for the 

 development and administration of the lands acquired under this 

 Act, the State shall provide for the employment of a State forester, 

 who shall be a trained forester of recognized standing. 



(c) The Secretary of Agriculture and the appropriate authorities 

 of each cooperating State shall work out a mutually satisfactory plan 

 defining forest areas within the State which can be most effectively 

 and economically administered by said State, which plan shall con- 

 stitute a part of the cooperative agreement between the United 

 States and the State concerned : Provided, That nothing herein shall 

 be held to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from later agreeing 

 with the proper State authorities to desirable modifications in such 

 plan. 



(d) No payment of Federal funds shall be made for land selected 

 for purchase by the United States under this Act until such proposed 

 purchase has been submitted to and approved by the National Forest 

 Reservation Commission created by section 4 of the Act approved 

 March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 9661; U. S. C, title 16, sec. 513). 



