Chapter 280. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with the State of Montana and private owners of lands within the State of Montana for grazing and range development, and for other purposes
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Chap. 280: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with the State of Montana and private owners of lands within the State of Montana for grazing and range development, and for other purposes. Chapter 280 45 Stat. 380 1928-03-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 280.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with the State of Montana and private owners of lands within the State of Montana for grazing and range development, and for other purposes.
March 29, 1928.[[H. R. 445](/us/bill/70/hr/445).][[Public, No. 210](/us/pl/70/210).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.Agreement with Montana and private land owners, for lease of designated area to stockmen.*Post*, p. 1431. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with the State of Montana and private owners of such lands in townships 4 north of ranges 50 and 51 east; 5 north of ranges 49, 50, and 51 east; and 6 north of ranges 49, 50, and 381 51 east, Montana principal meridian, as lie between Mizpah and Pumpkin Creeks, in the State of Montana, whereby such lands and lands within the same area belonging to the United States may be jointly leased for a period of not to exceed ten years to stockmen owning lands within or adjacent to the said area, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe; and Associations authorized. to enter into such an agreement and issue such a lease to a regularly organized association of such stockmen as will fulfill the purposes *Provisos*.Lands withdrawn from homestead entry, but subject to minerals. of this Act: *Provided*, That the lands of the United States within the said area shall be withdrawn from all forms of homestead entry during the period of said lease but shall remain subject to the mineral Leases for grazing and range purposes only. land laws of the United States: *And provided further*, That any lease issued under the provisions of this Act shall be for grazing Cooperation with other departments, for benefit of livestock industry. and range development purposes only: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to cooperate with any department of the Government in carrying out the purposes of this Act with a view to securing the fullest possible benefit to the Government and the livestock industry of such studies as may be made of the operation and results of said cooperative agreements and leases.
Approved, March 29, 1928.
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Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with the State of Montana and private owners of lands within the State of Montana for grazing and range development, and for other purposes
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