Chapter 327. To provide for the exchange of national forest timber in New Mexico for private lands lying within the exterior limits of the Zuni National Forest
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CHAP. 327.— An Act To provide for the exchange of national forest timber in New Mexico for private lands lying within the exterior limits of the Zuni National Forest.August 22, 1912.[[H. R. 2875](/us/bill/62/hr/2875).][[Public, No. 282](/us/pl/62/282).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Zuni National Forest, N. Mex.Exchange of national forest timber for privately owned, lands in. That the Secretary of Agriculture, for the purpose of increasing the area of the timberland included within the Zuni National Forest by the addition thereto of certain privately owned timberland lying within the exterior limits of the said national forest, be, and the same is hereby, authorized and empowered, in his discretion, in behalf of the United States, to324 exchange timber within the Pecos national forest in New Mexico for privately owned timberlands embraced in the odd-numbered sections of township eleven north, range twelve west, New Mexico principal meridian, which are now within the exterior limits of the *Provisos*.Valuation of timber, etc.Zuni National Forest, New Mexico: *Provided*, That such exchange shall be made under the following conditions:
The saw timber on such private lands shall be exchanged for the saw timber on such national forest lands, thousand feet for thousand feet; cordwood and posts from pinon and cedar on such private lands shall, after estimate and appraisal by forest officers, be exchanged for an equivalent value Title.of national forest timber at an appraisal of not less than two dollars and fifty cents per thousand feet board measure; and the privately owned land at a valuation of not more than sixty-two and one-half cents per acre shall be exchanged for an equivalent value of national forest timber at an appraisal of not less than two dollars and fifty cents per thousand feet board measure: *Provided*, That the Attorney General of the United States shall first pass upon the title Regulation of cutting.of the privately owned land to be exchanged under the provisions of this bill: *Provided further*, That the national forest timber to be so exchanged shall be cut under the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture for the cutting of timber on the national forests, and that the time within which such timber shall Lands added to forest.be removed shall be determined by the said Secretary of Agriculture: *And provided further*, That the land deeded to the United States under the provisions of this Act shall forthwith become a part of the Zuni National Forest.
Approved, August 22, 1912.