Chapter 159. Authorizing the exchange of lands within the Rainier National Forest, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 159.— An Act Authorizing the exchange of lands within the Rainier National Forest, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. March 4, 1921. [[H. R. 11851](/us/bill/66/hr/11851).] [[Public, No. 387](/us/pl/66/387).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary Rainier National Forest, Wash.Exchange of land within, authorized.of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands not in Government ownership in sections three, five, seven, nine, eleven, fifteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, and thirty-one in township fourteen north, range four east, Willamette meridian; sections thirteen and twenty-five in township fourteen north, range three east, Willamette meridian; and sections twenty-one, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty-three, and thirty-five in township fifteen north, range four east, Willamette meridian, within the Rainier National Forest which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, are chiefly valuable for national forest purposes, and in exchange therefor may give not to exceed an equal value of such Government timber or land in any national forest in the State of Washington as may be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture and acceptable to the owner as fair compensation, considering any reservations which the Government Timber removal, etc.may make.
Timber given in such exchanges shall be cut and removed under the direction and supervision and in accordance with Accepted lands added to national forest.the requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Lands conveyed to the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the Rainier National Forest. 1367 Sec. 2. That the President is hereby authorized, upon application Lands reserved for water supply of municipalities.by a municipality, to reserve and set aside from all forms of location, entry, or appropriation, under either the mineral or nonmineral land laws of the United States, any lands of the United States within the exterior boundaries of the Rainier National Forest which, in his judgment, are essential for the protection of the water supply of such municipality, and such reservation shall remain in force until revoked by him or by Act of Congress, said lands thereafter to be administered for watershed protection by the Secretary of Agriculture in cooperation with the municipality for whose benefit they were reserved, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in addition to the rules and regulations authorized by the Act of Rules, etc., for protection.Vol. 30, p. 35.June 4, 1897 (Thirtieth Statutes, page 11), and Acts supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, to prescribe from time to time and enforce rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act, including the right to forbid persons other than forest officers and those authorized by the municipal authorities from entering or otherwise trespassing upon such reservations.
Any Punishment for violation of regulations, etc.violation of this Act or of regulations issued thereunder shall be punishable as is provided for in section 50 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States, approved March 4, 1909” (Thirty-fifth Statutes at Large, page 1098), Vol. 35, p. 1098; Vol. 36, p. 857.as amended by the Act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Largo, page 857). Approved, March 4, 1921.