SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. 



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

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

 reserve in said State. 



Whereas it is proposed that the Federal Government establish in the 

 high mountain regions of Georgia 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 the Federal Congress providing for the 

 purchase of such lands for said purpose, the general assemblj' of 

 Georgia do enact: 



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

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

 gift, or by condemnation according- to the law, of such lands in the 

 mountain region of Georgia as in the opinion of the Federal Govern 

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

 reserve in that region: Provided, That the State shall retain a con- 

 current jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands so 

 far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as maj 

 issue under the authority of the State against an}'' person charged with 

 the commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, may 

 be executed 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. 



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

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

 vided, for incorporation in said national forest reserve, of such moun- 

 tain lands lying in Georgia as in the opinion of the Federal Govern- 

 ment may be needed for this purpose. 



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 necessarj^ for the management, control, and 

 protection of such land as ma}^ be from time to time acquired by the 

 United States under the provisions of this act. 



This act shall be in force from its passage. 



Passed December 13, 1901. 



