Chapter 97. Authorizing the exchange of lands within the exterior boundaries of the Malheur National Forest, in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 97.— An Act Authorizing the exchange of lands within the exterior boundaries of the Malheur National Forest, in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. March 8, 1922.[[H. R. 10185](/us/bill/67/hr/10185).][[Public, No. 166](/us/pl/67/166).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Malheur National Forest, Oreg.Exchange of lands within, authorized. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized in his discretion to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to any lands in private ownership within the exterior boundaries of the Malheur National Forest which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, are chiefly valuable for national forest purposes, and, in exchange therefor, may issueTimber in exchange. patent for an equal value of national forest land in the State of Oregon; or the Secretary of Agriculture may permit the grantor to cut and remove an equal value of timber from any national forest in the State of Oregon, the values in each instance to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture and be acceptable to the owners as fair compensation.Removal, etc.
Timber given in such exchanges shall be cut and removed under the direction and supervision and in accordance with theAccepted lands added to national forest. requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Lands conveyed to the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the Malheur National Forest. Approved, March 8, 1922.