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inn\iiase<I. aiul no puivha.^es s).;i!l i>e m;ule of any lands until siuMi lands have 

 »-et»n duly approved for j>urchase by said ounmission : Proridcd. That the mem- 

 bers of the commission herein created shall serve as such onlv durinir their in- 

 cuml>€ncy iu their resi>ective official positions, and any vacancy on the commis- 

 sion sluill be filletl in the manner as the orifrinal j'.ppoiutment. 



Skc. 5. That the c(.m!nis.sii.n hereby appointeil sliall. thnnisrh its president, 

 annually reiH)rt to Conu'ress. not later than the first Monday in December, the 

 operations and expenditures of the commission in detail diirinir the prei'eding 

 tis^'al year. 



Skc. (5. That the Secretary of Aj:riculture is hereby authoriz^^d and directed 

 to examine, kxnite. an<l rec«»mmend for purchase such lands as in his judirment 

 may In? nei*e.ssary ti» the reiiulation of the tlow of navijiable streams, and to 

 reiH>rt t(» the National Forest Reservation Commission the results of such ex- 

 aminations: Provided. That before any lands are i)urchased by the National 

 Forest He.'servation (\»nmnssion said hinds shall be examined by the Geoloijical 

 Survey ami a report made to the Secretary of Ajrriculture. showinji" that the 

 control of such lands will pn.uhtte or protect the navisj^ation of streams on 

 whose watersheds they iie. 



Six. 7. That the Secretary of Aj^riculture is hereby authorized to purchase 

 in tlie name of the Unitetl States, such lauds as have been approved for pur- 

 cluise ly tlie National Ft>rest lU^ervation Connnission at the price or prices fixed 

 by sail! commission : Providal. That no deed or other instrument of c(»nveyance 

 shall be accepted or approved by the Secretary of Ajiriculture under this Act 

 until the le^rislature of the State in which the hind lii's shall liave consented to 

 the aciiuisition of su«h land by the United States fitr the purpose of ]»resorvin^ 

 the uavijrability of naviprable streams. 



Sec. M. That the Secretary of Agriculture may do all thin^zs necessjiry to 

 secure the safe title in the Fnifed States to the lands to be accpiired under this 

 Act. but no pjiynient shall be made for any such lands until the title siial! i)o 

 .satisfaci<»ry to the Attorney (leneral an«l shall be vested in the I'nited States. 



Sec. i>. That such acquisition may in any case be conditioned upon the excep- 

 tion and reservation to the owner from whom title passes to th.e T'nited States 

 of the minerals an<l of the men hantable timl»er, or either or any part of them, 

 within or up.n such lands at the date of the conveyance, but in every case such 

 exception and reservation and the time within which such limber shall be re- 

 moved and the rules and rejrulations under which the cuttinir and removal of 

 such timl>er an<l the mininj: and removal of su<'h mineral shall be done shall 

 be expressed in the written instrument of conveyance, and thereafter the inin- 

 injr. cuttinj:, and removal of the minerals and timber so ex<'ei»ted and reserved 

 shall be done only under antl in obedience to the inles ;ind re.L'uhitions so ex- 

 pres.sed. 



Sec. 10. That ina.smu<-h as small areas of land chieMy valuable for a^M-iculture 

 may of necessity or by inadvertt^nce be included in tracts acquired under this 

 Act, the Secretary of A;;riculture may, in his dis<-retion, and he is hereby au- 

 thorizetl. upon application or otherwise, to examine and a.scertain the location 

 and extent of such areas as in his oi)inion may be o^-cupied for a;,'ricultural 

 I'Urpo.ses witlu»ut injury to the /orests or to stream How and which are not 

 needed for public puri>oses. an<l may list and describe the same by metes and 

 lM>unds. or otherwise, and offer t))em for sale as homesteads at their true value, 

 to be fixed by him. to actual .settlers, in tracts not exceedinjr ei^rhty acres in 

 area, under such joint rules and re^rulations as the Secretary of Airjiculture 

 and the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe; and in ca.se of such sale the 

 .iurisdietion over the lands sold shall, ipso facto, revert to the State in which 

 the lands .sold lie. And no ri;:ht. title, intere.st. or claim in or to any lands 

 acquire'l under this Act. or the waters thereon, or the products, resources, or 

 use theieof after such land.s shall have been .so acquired, shall be initiated or 

 r>erfecte<l. except as in this section pr«»vided. 



Sec. n. That, .subject to the provisions of the last preceding? .section, the lands 

 acqnire<i under tliis Act shall be permanently reserved, held, and administered as 

 national forest lands under the provisions of section twenty-four of the Act ap- 

 r»rove<l March third. eiji:hteen hundred and ninety-one (volume twenty-six 

 Statutes at Large, page eleven hundred and three), and Acts supplemental to 

 j:nd amendatory thereof. And the Seeretary f>f Agriculture may from time to 

 rime divide the lands aequired under this Act into such specific naticmal forests 

 and so designate the same as he may deem best for administrative purposes. 



Sec. 12. That the jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, over pers<tns upon the 

 lands acQuirefJ under this Act shall no: be affected or ciianged by their per- 



