Chapter 209. For the transfer of the so-called Olmstead lands, in the State of North Carolina, from the Solicitor of the Treasury to the Secretary of Agriculture
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CHAP. 209.— An Act For the transfer of the so-called Olmstead lands, in the State of North Carolina, from the Solicitor of the Treasury to the Secretary of Agriculture. July 6, 1912.[[H. R. 20738](/us/bill/62/hr/20738).][[Public, No. 215](/us/pl/62/215).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Olmstead lands, N. C.Placed in charge of Secretary of Agriculture. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, from and after the passage of this Act, have charge of the several tracts of land in Clay and Graham Counties, North Carolina, known as the Olmstead lands, aggregating approximately thirty-two thousand four hundred and eighty-three acres, being the lands conveyed to the United States by Levi Stevens and wife on March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in compromise and settlement of an indebtedness due the United States by E.
B. Olmstead. Sec. 2. That the Solicitor of the Treasury is hereby authorized andTransfer of title, etc. directed to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture all title, papers, and correspondence relating to said lands on file in his office. Sec. 3. That the said lands shall be subject to such of the provisionsApplied to conservation, etc., of navigable rivers.Vol. 36, p. 961. of the Act approved March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and sixty-one), as apply to lands purchased thereunder.
Sec. 4. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affectExisting rights not affected. in any way any private or corporate rights now existing with reference to said lands. Approved, July 6, 1912.