Chapter 69. To add to the Oregon, Siuslaw, and Crater National Forests in Oregon certain lands that were revested in the United States pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the Oregon and California Railroad Company against the United States, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 69.— An Act To add to the Oregon, Siuslaw, and Crater National Forests in Oregon certain lands that were revested in the United States pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the Oregon and California Railroad Company against the United States, and for other purposes. February 11, 1920. [[H. R. 8028](/us/bill/66/hr/8028).] [[Public, No. 137](/us/pl/66/137).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That such portions of theOregon, Siuslaw, and Crater National Forests, Oreg.Revested Oregon- California Railroad lands added to. lands hereinafter described as shall be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture for the conservation and protection of the water supplies of the cities of Oregon City, Dallas, Corvallis, and Ashland, Oregon, and which are within the limits of the grant by the United States to the Oregon and California Railroad Company, that were revested in the United States 406pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States m the case of the Oregon and California Railroad Company against Vol. 39, p. 218.the United States (two hundred and thirty-eight United States Statutes, page 393), and an Act of Congress approved June 9, 1916, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and set aside as parts of the Oregon, Siuslaw, and Crater National Forests, subject to all laws affecting national forests, as follows:
Oregon National Forest.As part of the Oregon National Forest, south and east of the Willamette meridian, Oregon: Description.Township five south, range four east, section one, all; section eleven, all; section thirteen, all; section fifteen, north half southeast quarter, southwest quarter and north half; section twenty-three, all; section twenty-five, all; township four south, range five east, section nineteen, all; section twenty-seven, northeast quarter; section twenty-nine, northwest quarter northwest quarter; south half northwestTo protect Oregon City water supply. quarter, and south half northeast quarter; section thirty-one, all; section thirty-five, east half, for the protection of the water supply of Oregon City, Oregon.
Siuslaw National Forest.As part of the Siuslaw National Forest, south and west of the Willamette meridian, Oregon: Description.Township seven south, range six west section twenty-one, northeast quarter southeast quarter, west half southeast quarter and southwest quarter; section twenty-nine, northeast quarter and south To protect Dallas water supply.one-half; section thirty-three, north half northeast quarter, northwest quarter and southeast quarter, for the protection of the water supply of Dallas, Oregon.
Township twelve south, range seven west, section fifteen, south half southwest quarter, northwest quarter southwest quarter, and southwest quarter southeast quarter; section twenty-one, southeast quarter, and north half; section twenty-three, southwest quarter To protect Corvallis water supply.northwest quarter, and west half southwest quarter; section twenty-seven, all; section thirty-five, north half, for the protection of the water supply of Corvallis, Oregon. Crater National Forest.As part of the Crater National Forest, south and east of the Willamette meridian in Oregon:
Description.Township thirty-nine south, range one east, section nineteen, east To protect Ashland water supply.one-half; section twenty-one, east one-half of west one-half, and east one-half, for the protection of the water supply of Ashland, Oregon. Sec. 2. Timber sales permitted. That when the Secretary of Agriculture finds that merchantable timber may be cut from the above-described lands without detriment to the purity of or depletion of the water supply, said Secretary is hereby authorized to dispose of such merchantable timber on the lands added to said national forests by section 1 hereof in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture Use of proceeds.for the national forests and the entire proceeds of any sale there shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in a special fund designated as “The Oregon and California land-grant fund,” Vol. 39, p. 222.*Proviso*.Disposal of eliminated lands.referred to in section 10 of the said Act of June 9, 1916, and be disposed of in the manner therein designated: *Provided*, That in the event any of said lands are eliminated from said forests as not necessary for the purposes for which this reservation is made they shall be disposed of in the manner provided for by said Act of June 9, 1916.
Approved, February 11, 1920.