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Whereas the proposal to establish this forest reserve has been 

 approved and urged by the leading scientifie societies and forestry 

 associations of this countrv and b_v the general press; and 



Whereas this general assembly has before it a bill granting the 

 State's consent to the acquisition of lands in eastern Tennessee by the 

 Federal Government for incorporation in such a forest reserve, believ- 

 ing the reserve to be one of great importance to the people of this 

 State; and 



Whereas a bill is now before the Federal Congress providing for the 

 purchase of lands for this purpose: 



Resolved^ That the Senators and Representatives in Congress from 

 this State are hereby requested to urge upon Congress the importance 

 of prompt and favorable action in behalf of this measure. 



Adopted February 1, 1901. 



E. B. Wilson, 



Speaker of House of Rejyresentatives. 

 Newton H. White, 



Speaker' of Senate. 



AN ACT to give consent by the State of Tennessee to the acquisition by the United 

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

 reserve in the said State. 



Whereas it is proposed that the Federal Government establish in the 

 high mountain regions of eastern Tennessee and adjacent States a 

 national forest reserve, which will perpetuate these forests and forever 

 preserve the headwaters of many important streams, and which will 

 thus prove of great and permanent benefit to the people of this State. 



And whereas a bill has been introduced in tlie Federal Congress 

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



£e it enacted hy the General Assemhly of the State of Tennessee., 



Section 1. That the consent of the State of Tennessee be, and is 

 hereby, given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift, 

 or condemnation according to law, of such land in this State as in the 

 opinion of the Federal Government may be needed for the establish- 

 ment of such a national forest reserve in that region: 



Provided., That the State shall retain the concurrent 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 anj^ person charged with the commission of any 

 crime without or within said jurisdiction, m?ij be executed thereon in 

 like manner as if this act had not been passed: 



Provided further, That this act shall appl}^ to lands in Tennessee 

 lying within 20 miles of the North Carolina State line; that all con- 

 demnation proceedings herein provided shall be limited to lands now 



