Chapter 399. To make additions to the Absaroka and Gallatin National Forests, and the Yellowstone National Park, and to improve and extend the winter feed facilities of the elk, antelope, and other game animals of Yellowstone National Park and adjacent land, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 399.— An Act To make additions to the Absaroka and Gallatin National Forests, and the Yellowstone National Park, and to improve and extend the winter feed facilities of the elk, antelope, and other game animals of Yellowstone National Park and adjacent land, and for other purposes.May 26, 1926.[[H. R. 10733](/us/bill/69/hr/10733).][[Public, No. 295](/us/pl/69/295).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Yellowstone National Park.Lands designated in Montana for preserving, etc., game animals in the Park, etc.
That as a means of providing within township 8 south, ranges 7 and 8 east, and township 9 south, ranges 7, 8, and 9 east, Montana principal meridian, the winter range and printer feed facilities indispensable for the adequate and proper protection, preservation, and propagation of the elk, antelope, and other game animals of the Yellowstone National Park and adjacent lands, the Secretary of the Interior,Authority of Secretary of the Interior. in his discretion, and subject to the limitation hereinafter prescribed may, and is hereby, authorized to perform the following acts:
(a)Accept and deposit in a special fund in the Treasury, andAcceptance of donations to purchase the lands. expend for the acquisition of lands as herein authorized, private funds donated for such purpose.
(b)Acquire by purchase, or by acceptance of donations orAcquire lands in private or State ownership. bequests, such lands in private or State ownership within the town-ships above described as he may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby,Exchanges for other forest lands may be made. authorized in his discretion to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to any lands held in private or State ownership within the townships herein above described, and in exchange therefor may patent not to exceed an equal value of national forest land in the State of Montana, surveyed and nonmineral in character, or the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the grantor to cut and656 Timber from national forests.remove not to exceed an equal value of timber within the national forests of said State, the values in each case to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture jointly: *Provided*, That before any such exchange is effected, notice *Proviso*.Notice of proposed exchanges to be published.of the contemplated exchange reciting the lands involved shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which may be situated the lands to be accepted and in some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands or Removal of timber allowed.timber to be given in such exchange. Timber given in exchange shall be cut and removed from national forests under the laws and regulations relating to the national forests and under the direction and supervision and in accordance with the requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Sec. 3. Timber, minerals, etc., may be reserved by owners of land conveyed. That reservations of timber, minerals, or easements, the values of which shall be duly considered in determining the values of the lands conveyed, may be made by the owner or owners thereof in lands conveyed to the United States under the provisions of this Conditions and use.Act. Where such reservations are made, the right to enjoy them shall be subject to such reasonable conditions respecting ingress and egress and the use of the surface of the land as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, whichever may be responsible for the handling and use of the land as provided in this Act: *Provided*, That all property, *Proviso*.Property, etc., retained subject to State taxation.rights, easements, and benefits authorized by this section to be retained by or reserved to owners of land conveyed to the United States shall be subject to the tax laws of the States where such lands are located. Sec. 4. Absaroka National Forest, Mont.Lands added to. That, subject to all valid existing claims and entries under the land laws of the United States, all unreserved and unappropriated public lands of the United States situated east of the Yellow-stone River, in townships 8 and 9 south, ranges 7, 8, and 9 east, Montana principal meridian, State of Montana, and any lands acquired under the provisions of this Act are hereby added to and made parts of the Absaroka National Forest, subject to all laws and regulations relating to the national forests, and the east bank of the Yellowstone River is hereby established as the western boundary of said Absaroka National Forest in the townships above described. Sec. 5. Gallatin National Forest, Mont.Lands added to. That, subject to all valid existing claims and entries under the land laws of the United States, all unreserved and unappropriated public lands of the United States situated west of the Yellowstone River, in townships 8 and 9 south, ranges 7 and 8 east, Montana principal meridian, State of Montana, and any lands acquired under the provisions of this Act, are hereby added to and made parts of the Gallatin National Forest, subject to all laws and regulations relating to the national forests, and the east bank of the Yellowstone River is hereby established as the eastern boundary of said Gallatin National Forest in the townships above described. Sec. 6. Yellowstone National Park.Lands added to. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to add by Executive proclamation to Description.Yellow-stone National Park any or all of the lands within a certain territory or tract in township 9 south, ranges 7 and 8 east, Montana principal meridian, to wit: Beginning at a point on the north line of said Yellowstone National Park where said line crosses the divide between Reese Creek and Mol Heron Creek, thence northeasterly along said divide to the junction of said divide with the branch divide north and west of Reese Creek; thence along said branch divide in a northeasterly and easterly direction around the drainage of Reese Creek, to the Yellowstone River; thence southerly and southeasterly along the west bank of the Yellowstone River to the657 line marking the western limits of the town of Gardiner, Montana; thence south on said town limits line to the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park: thence west along the north boundary of Yellowstone National Park to the point of beginning, which are unappropriated lands of the United States or which may be acquired by the United States under the provisions of this Act, within the territory described in this section, subject, however, to all validSubject to valid claims, etc. existing claims and to reservations such as are authorized by section 3 of this Act; but, with the exception of valid existing claims, no land so added to Yellowstone National Park shall be subject to entry under the mining laws of the United States: *Provided*, That the*Provisos*.Rules, for management, etc., of added lands. Secretary of the Interior for such lands as are added to Yellowstone National Park may provide by rules and regulations for the management and use of the added lands as may in his discretion be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act: *And provided further*, That the lands of the United States acquired by donationDonated lands not subject to mining or homestead entries. or purchase within the area described in section 1 of this Act shall not be subject to location and entry under the mining laws of the United States nor the Act of June 11, 1996, authorizing homestead entries in national forests. Approved, May 26, 1926.