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SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. 



LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS AND ACTS IN THE SEVERAL STATES 

 WHOSE TERRITORY EXTENDS INTO THE REGION OF THE PRO- 

 POSED FOREST RESERVE. 



VIRGINIA. 



AN ACT to give consent by the State of N'irginia to acquisition by tiie United 

 States of such lands as may be needed for the estabhshnient of a national forest 

 reserve in the said State. 



[Approved Fobruury l:>, 1901. | 



Whereas it is proposed that the Fedei'al Government estaV)lish in 

 the high mountain regions of Virginia and adjacent States a national 

 forest reserve, which will perpetuate these forests forever and pre- 

 serve the headwaters of many important streams, and which will 

 prove of great and permanent benefit to the people of this State; and 



Whereas a bill has been introduced in the Federal Congi'e.ss pro 

 viding for the purchase of such lands for said purpose: Therefore, 



£e it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the consent 

 of the State of Virginia be, and is hereby, given to the acquisition by 

 the United States, by purchase or gif'. or by condemnation according 

 to law, of such lands in Virginia as in the opinion of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment may be needed for the establishment of such a national forest 

 reserve in that region: Provided^ That the State shall retain a concur- 

 rent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands so far 

 that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue 

 under the authority of the State against any person charged with the 

 commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, maj" be 

 executed thereon in like manner as if this act had not been passed. 

 And provided. That in all condemnation proceedings the rights of the 

 Federal Government shall be limited to the specific objects set forth 

 by the laws of the United States in regard to forest reserves. 



2. That Y-Jower is hereby conferred upon Congress to pass such laws 

 as it may deem necessary to the acquisition, as hereinbefore provided, 

 for incorporation in said national forest reserve such forest-covered 

 lands lying in Virginia as in the opinion of the Federal Government 

 ma}'^ be needed for this purpose. 



3. Power is hereby conferred upon Congress to pass such laws and 

 to make or provide for the making of such rules and regulations of 

 both civil and criminal nature, and provide punishment for violation 

 thereof, as in its judgment may be necessary for the management, 

 control, and protection of such lands as may be from time to time 

 acqixired by the United States under the provisions of this act. 



■i. This act shall be in force from its passage. 



[For resolution of :\Iarch 21, 1902, see p. 190.] 



