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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 33 STAT. · April 28, 1904 · Chapter 1780

Chapter 1780. To grant to the State of Minnesota certain lands for forestry purposes

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CHAP. 1780.— An Act To grant to the State of Minnesota certain lands for forestry purposes. April 28, 1904.[[S. 4401](/us/bill/33/s/4401).][[Public, No. 212](/us/pl/33/212).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Minnesota.Grant of lands for forestry purposes. That the State of Minnesota, through its State land commissioner and State forestry board, is hereby authorized to select for experimental forestry purposes not to exceed twenty thousand acres of vacant public land within said State not heretofore withdrawn or reserved, and as nearly as practicable in one body and from lands which, according to the held notes of the Government surveyors, are third or fourth rate; which lands are hereby granted to *Provisos.*Selection.said State of Minnesota for forestry purposes: *Provided,* That said selection of lands shall have the approval of the Secretary of the Interior:Restriction. *And provided further,* That no tract shall be included in this grant which, in the opinion of the Forester of the United States Bureau of Forestry, should form a part of any United States forest reserve.
Sec. 2. Patent in fee simple issued to State.That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to make accurate lists and plats of all such lands, and transmit the same governor of said State, to cause patents to be issued to said conveying to said State the fee simple of said lands:*Provisos.*Adverse claims not a fleeted.Lands to be used for forestry purposes only. *Provided,* That this Act shall not prejudice any adverse claim to any of said lands: *And provided further,* That the hind hereby granted shall be cared for and managed by the State of Minnesota, and shall be used for forestry purposes only; and if the said land, or any part thereof, shall cease to be used the said lands or such part shall revert to the United States and become a part of the public domain.
Approved, April 28, 1904.
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