Chapter 881. To promote the better protection and highest public use of lands of the United States and adjacent lands and waters in northern Minnesota for the production of forest products, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 881.— An Act To promote the better protection and highest public use of lands of the United States and adjacent lands and waters in northern Minnesota for the production of forest products, and for other purposes. July 10, 1930.[[S. 2498](/us/bill/71/s/2498).][[Public, No. 539](/us/pl/71/539).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Minnesota.Lands in, withdrawn from entry, etc.Description. That all public lands of the United States situated north of township 60 north in the Counties of Cook and Lake, State of Minnesota, including the natural shore lines of Lake Superior within such area; all public lands of the United States situated in that part of St.
Louis County, State of Minnesota, lying north of a line beginning at the northeast corner of Township 63 north, Range 12 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly along the township line to the southwest corner of Township 64 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly to the northwest corner of Township 65 north, Range 18 west, 4th P. M., thence westerly to the southwest corner, Township 66 north, Range 21 west, 4th P. M., thence northerly along the Township line to its intersection with the international boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada; all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of the lakes and streams forming the international boundary, so far as such lands lie within the areas heretofore described in this Act; all public lands of the United States in that part of the Superior National Forest located in Townships 61 and 62, Ranges 12 and 13 west, 4th P.
M.; and all public lands of 1021the United States on the shore lines of Burntside Lake and Lake Vermilion, State of Minnesota, are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry or appropriation under the public land laws of the United States, subject to prior existing legal rights initiated under the public land laws, so long as such claims are maintained as required by the applicable law or laws and subject to such permits and licenses as may be granted or issued by the Department of Agriculture under laws or regulations generally applicable to national forests.
Sec. 2. That the principle of conserving the natural beauty of shoreConservation of natural beauty of shore lines. lines for recreational use shall apply to all Federal lands which border upon any boundary lake or stream contiguous to this area, or any other lake or stream within this area which is now or eventually to be in general use for boat or canoe travel, and that for the purpose of carrying out this principle logging of all such shores to a depthLogging prohibited. of four hundred feet from the natural water line is hereby forbidden, except as the Forest Service of the Department of AgricultureException. may see fit in particular instances to vary the distance for practical reasons: *Provided*, That in no case shall logging of any timber other*Proviso*.Logging within 200 feet of shoreline. than diseased, insect infested, dying, or dead be permitted closer to the natural shore line than two hundred feet, except where necessary to open areas for banking grounds, landings, and other uses connected with logging operations.
Sec. 3. That in order to preserve the shore lines, rapids, waterfalls,Alteration of natural water level to flood lands near Superior National Forest, prohibited. beaches, and other natural features of the region in an unmodified state of nature, no further alteration of the natural water level of any lake or stream within or bordering upon the designated area shall be authorized by any permit, license, lease, or other authorization granted by any official or commission of the United States, which will result in flooding lands of the United States within or immediately adjacent to the Superior National Forest, unless and untilException only by Act of Congress. specific authority for granting such permit, license, lease, or other authorization shall have first been obtained by special Act from the Congress of the United States covering each such project: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Duties, etc., of International Joint Commission, not Interfered with.
That nothing in this section shall be construed as interfering with the duties of the International Joint Commission created pursuant to the convention concerning the boundary waters between the United States and Canada and concluded between the United States and Great Britain on January 11, 1909, and action taken or to be takenVol. 36, p. 2448. in accordance with provisions of the convention protocol and agreement between the United States and Canada, which were signed atVol. 44, p. 2108.
Washington on February 24, 1925, for the purpose of regulating the levels of the Lake of the Woods: *Provided*, That with the written approval and consent of the Forest Service of the Department ofReservoirs for transportation of logs, etc., authorized. Agriculture, reservoirs not exceeding one hundred acres in area may be constructed and maintained for the transportation of logs or in connection with authorized recreational uses of national-forest lands, and maximum water levels not higher than the normal high water mark may be maintained temporarily where essential strictly for logging purposes, in the streams between lakes by the construction and operation of small temporary dams: *Provided, however*, ThatHomestead entries, may be authorized. nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from listing for homestead entry under the provisions ofVol. 34, p. 233.[U.
S. C., p. 423](/us/usc/p423). the Act of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat. 233), any of the above-described lands found by him to be chiefly valuable for agriculture and not needed for public purposes: *Provided further*, That the provisions of thisApplication for development of water-power unaffected. section shall not apply to any proposed development for water-power purposes for which an application for license was pending under theVol. 41, p. 1065. terms of the Federal Water Power Act on or before January 1, 1928.
Approved, July 10, 1930.
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To promote the better protection and highest public use of lands of the United States and adjacent lands and waters in northern Minnesota for the production of forest products, and for other purposes
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