Chapter 476. Authorizing an adjustment of the boundaries of the Whitman National Forest, in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 476.— An Act Authorizing an adjustment of the boundaries of the Whitman National Forest, in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. September 8, 1916.[[H. R. 16532](/us/bill/64/hr/16532).][[Public, No. 284](/us/pl/64/284).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Whitman National Forest, Oreg.Timber, etc., lands added to. That any land within the following-described areas found by the Secretary of Agriculture to be chiefly valuable for the production of timber or for the protection of stream flow may be included within and made part of the Whitman National Forest, in the State of Oregon, by proclamation of the President, said lands to be thereafter subject to all laws affecting national Description.forests:
Township eleven south, range thirty-four east; townships eleven and twelve south, range thirty-five east; township ten south, range thirty-five and one-half east; townships ten and eleven south, range thirty-six east, Willamette meridian, in the State of Oregon. Sec. 2. Exchange of timber for private lands to be added to. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands in private ownership within established boundaries of the said Whitman National Forest which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, are chiefly valuable for the production of timber or the protection of stream flow, and in lieu thereof may give in exchange such Government timber in or near the Whitman National Forest as may be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be of approximately equal value; and any reconveyed lands shall, upon acceptance, become subject to all laws affecting national forests.
Approved, September 8, 1916.