Chapter 264. To authorize the exchange of certain lands with the State of Michigan
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CHAP. 264.— An Act To authorize the exchange of certain lands with the State of Michigan. July 31, 1912.[[H. R. 4012](/us/bill/62/hr/4012).][[Public, No. 247](/us/62/pl/247).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,National forests.Acceptance of grant of lands from Michigan for. That, upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior may accept on behalf of the United States the conveyance to the United States, by or from the State of Michigan, of any lands owned by the State of Michigan which the said State of Michigan is willing to convey to the United States, and which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, should be included in, or made a part of, or set aside as and for a national forest in said State; and upon such acceptance the lands so conveyed shall immediately, and by force of this Act alone, be reserved and set aside as national-forest lands, and be subject to all the laws affecting other national forests.
Sec. 2. That the State of Michigan is hereby authorized to select,Public lands to be selected in lieu. in lieu of any lands conveyed to the United States under the foregoing provisions of this Act, other lands of equal area and approximately equal value from any part of the unappropriated public lands in said State, including lands within a national forest. A description of the lands selected, together with a description of the lands conveyed, or intended to be conveyed under this Act, shall be filed with the Secretary of Agriculture: *Provided*, That the question as to whether any*Proviso*.Determination of approximate valued, etc. lands intended to be conveyed under the provisions of this Act are approximately equal in value to the lands selected and whether the mutual exchange of said lands would be beneficial to the public interests subserved by the national forests in the State of Michigan shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Sec. 3. That upon the certification to the Secretary of the InteriorPatent for selected lands. by the Secretary of Agriculture that the lands selected and the lands conveyed are of equal value, and that the exchange of said lands would be beneficial to the administration of the national forests in the State of Michigan, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine, in accordance with the rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, whether the lands selected by the State are unappropriated lands, and if so found he shall issue a patent for said selected lands to the State of Michigan: *Provided*, That no deed or other instrument of*Proviso*.Certificate of title. conveyance shall be accepted by the United States until the Attorney General of the United States shall certify that a good and sufficient title to such lands is vested in the United States by said conveyance.
Approved, July 31, 1912.