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chase or by condeniniition. with adequate compensation except as he 'e- 

 inafter provided, of such hinds in western North Carolina as in the 

 opinion of the Federal Government ma}^ be needed for the establish- 

 ment of such a national forest reserve in that region: Provided^ That 

 the State of North Carolina shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with 

 the United States in and over such lands so far that civil process in all 

 cases and such criminal pi'ocess as maj^ issue under the authorit}' of 

 the State of North Cax'olina against an}' person charged with the com- 

 mission of an}'^ crime without or within said jurisdiction ma}' be exe- 

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



Sec. 2. That power is hereby conferred upon Congress to pass such 

 laws as it may deem necessary to the acquisition as hereinafter pro- 

 vided for incorporation in said national forest reserve such forest- 

 covered lands lying in western North Carolina as in the opinion of the 

 Federal Government may be needed for this pui'pose: Proinded, 

 That as much as 200 acres of any tract of land occupied as a home by 

 bona fide residents in this State at the date of the ratification of this 

 act shall be exempt from the provisions of this section. 



Sec. 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 therefor, as 

 in its judgment may be deemed necessary for the management, con- 

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

 by the United States under the provisions of this act. 



Sec. Jr. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. 



In the general assembly, read three times, and ratified this the 18th 

 day of January, A. D. 1901. 



W. D. Turner, 



President of the Senate. 

 Walter E. Moore, 

 Speaker of the Home of Representatives. 



TENNESSEE. 



A RESOLUTION favoring the establishment of a national forept reserve in the 

 Southern Appalachian Mountain region. 



Resolved hy the house of rejrresentatives., the senate concurring : 

 The general assembly of Tennessee hereby expresses its approval of 

 the movement looking to the establishment by the Federal Govern- 

 ment of an extensive national forest reserve in the Southern Appa- 

 lachian Mountain region as a wise and beneficent measure, such as many 

 other nations have already adopted, and which this country has already 

 adopted in the West and should adopt in the East before it is too 

 late, looking to the conservation of its forests and the protection of 

 the sources of important streams; and 



