Chapter 590. To amend an Act approved June 20, 1910, entitled “An Act to enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and State government and be

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CHAP. 590.— An Act To amend an Act approved June 20, 1910, entitled “An Act to enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.”June 15, 1926. [[H. R. 4007](/us/bill/69/hr/4007).] [[Public, No. 395](/us/pl/69/395).] *Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled*,New Mexico.Public lands granted to, on admission as a State.Vol. 36, p. 565, amended.

That section 10 of the Act entitled “An Act to enable the people, of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States,” approved June 20, 1910, be, and the same is hereby amended, subject to the consent to the terms hereof by the State of New Mexico, by adding the following: *Provided*, That the Secretary*Proviso*.Acceptance of lands from State in national forests. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States, title to any land within the 747exterior boundaries of the national forests in the State of New Mexico, title to which is in the State of New Mexico, which the said State of New Mexico is willing to convey to the United States, and which shall be so conveyed by deed duly recorded and executed by the governor of said State and the State land commissioner, with the approval of the State land board of said State, and as to land granted to the said State of New Mexico for the support of common, schools with the approval of the State superintendent of public instruction of said State, as to institutional grant lands with the approval of the governing body of the institution for whose benefit the lands so reconveyed were granted to said State, if, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, public interests will be benefited thereby, and the lands are chiefly valuable for national forest purposes, and in exchange therefor, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may give not to exceed an equal value of unappropriated,Equal value of other public lands to be given to New Mexico. ungranted, national forest or other government land belonging to the United States within the said State of New Mexico, as may be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture and be acceptable to the State as a fair compensation, consideration being given to any reservation which either the State or the United States may make of timber, mineral, or easements.

That authority is hereby vested in the President temporarily toTemporary withdrawal from power site, etc., disposition, of lands for State selection.Vol. 36, p. 847; Vol. 37, p. 497. withdraw from disposition under the Act of June 25, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 847), as amended by the Act of August 24, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 497), lands proposed for selection by the State under the provisions of this Act. Sec. 2. Where sections 2, 16, 32, and 36, within national forests,Exchange of common school sections in national forests, on relinquishing lieu selection right, for equal value of Government land.Vol. 36, p. 561. legal title to which sections is retained in the United States under the provisions of section 6 of the said Act of June 20, 1910, and which sections are administered as a part of the said national forests for the benefit of the said State of New Mexico, have not already been tendered as base for indemnity selection under sections 2275 and[R.

S., secs. 2275, 2276, p. 417](/us/rs/s2275/2276/p417). 2276, United States Revised Statutes, and where such sections of land, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, are chiefly valuable for forest purposes, upon surrender by the State of New Mexico of the right to make lieu selections and of all claim, right, or interest in or to said sections upon and in the event of elimination from the national forests, the Secretary of the Interior, in consideration of such surrender, may, in his discretion, give to the State of New Mexico not to exceed an equal value of unappropriated, ungranted, national forest or other government land belonging to the United States within the said State of New Mexico, as may be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture and be acceptable to theDetermination by Secretary of Agriculture.

State as a fair compensation, consideration being given to any reservation which either the State or the United States may make of timber, mineral, or easements. That the Secretary of Agriculture may establish regulations andRegulations for appraisal, etc. a procedure for appraising the values of the lands owned by the United States and by the State and for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Sec. 3. That all lands acquired by the State of New Mexico underLands conveyed to New Mexico subject to conditions, etc., thereof. the provisions, and all the products and proceeds of said lands, shall be subject to all the conditions and trusts to which the lands conveyed or surrendered in lieu thereof are now subject.

All lands conveyedLands from New Mexico added to national forests. to the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the national forests within which they are situated. Sec. 4. That pursuant to section 10, Article XXI, constitution ofConsent given to effective amendment of State constitution. the State of New Mexico, the consent of the United States is hereby 748granted for amendment of the constitution of the State of New Mexico in accordance with the provision of this Act.

Approved, June 15, 1926.