Public Law 482. to adjust water-right charges, to grant other relief on the Federal irrigation projects, and for other purposes ”, approved May 25, 1926, is amended by adding after section 16 thereof the following new sections: " “Sec. 16-A

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(/us/pl/73/481).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Irrigation projects.Vol. 44, p. 640, amended. That the Act entitled “An Act to adjust water-right charges, to grant other relief on the Federal irrigation projects, and for other purposes ”, approved May 25, 1926, is amended by adding after section 16 thereof the following new sections: " “Sec. 16-A. Langell Valley district.Suspension of construction charges on unproductive, etc., lands within.

All payments upon construction charges shall be suspended against such lands in the Langell Valley irrigation district as the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be classified as to productivity and as the said Secretary may determine to be temporarily unproductive because nonagricultural and unsuitable for irrigation, Reclassification of rates.and the said Secretary is hereby authorized to reduce the construction obligations of the Langell Valley irrigation district exclusive of costs incurred in the construction of Clear Lake Channel in the ratio and proportion as the number of acres so found and determined to be temporarily unproductive bears to the total number of acres now *Proviso*.Reduction of water service.included as a part of said irrigation district: *Provided*, That the amount of irrigation water to which the Langell Valley irrigation district is entitled shall be reduced in proportion to the area temporarily suspended from construction charges.

“Sec. 16-B. Contract, agreeing to resume payments, if land found productive, to be executed. The Secretary of the Interior, as a condition precedent to the allowance of the benefits offered under section 16-A, shall require the Langell Valley irrigation district to execute a contract providing for the resumption of construction charges by said district upon all, or any, of such acreages so found and determined to be temporarily unproductive, as the Secretary of the Interior may, subsequent to such suspension, find and declare to be possessed of sufficient productive power to be again placed in the paying class.

” " Approved, June 27, 1934. Authorizing certain retired officers or employees of the United States to accept such decorations, orders, medals, or presents as have been tendered them by foreign Governments. 1934-06-27 850 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 1267 73 2 public 1267 [CHAPTER 850.] JOIN RESOLUTION Authorizing certain retired officers or employees of the United States to accept such decorations, orders, medals, or presents as have been tendered them by foreign Governments.June 27, 1934.[[H.J.

Res. 330](/us/bill/73/hjres/330).][[Pub. Res., No. 52](/us/bill/73/pubres/52).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following-namedDecorations tendered by foreign governments.Designated officers and employees may accept.State Department. retired officers or employees of the United States are hereby authorized to accept such decorations, orders, medals, or presents as have been tendered them by foreign Governments:

State Department: Robert Woods Bliss, Fred D. Fisher, George Horton, William H. Hunt, Frank W. Mahin, Thomas Sammons, Harry Tuck Sherman, Alexander Thackara, and Craig W. Wadsworth. United States Army: Charles J. Allen, Bailey K. Ashford, GeorgeArmy. G. Bartlett, Herbert C. Crosby, William Crozier, Albert C. Dalton, Hanson E. Ely, James E. Fecnet, Harry E. Gilchrist, Francis W. Griffin, William W. Harts, John L. Hines, William E. Horton, John A. Hull, Girard L. McEntee, Charles P.

Summerall, John J. Pershing, Trevor W. Swett, and Thomas F. Van Natta, Junior. United States Navy: William C. Braisted, William B. Caperton,Navy. Robert E. Coontz, Herbert O. Dunn, John Rufus Edie, Noble E. Irwin, Harry H. Lane, Norman T. McLean, William V. Pratt, Henry J. Shields, George W. Steele, Montgomery M. Taylor, and Arthur L. Willard. United States Marine Corps: Ben H. Fuller and George C. Thorpe.Marine Corps.Member of Congress. Sol Bloom, Member of Congress, Director of United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission.

Department of Agriculture: L. O. Howard.Department of Agriculture.Department of Commerce.List of persons for whom State Department is holding decorations. etc., to be reported to 75th, etc., Congresses. Department of Commerce: Antone Silva. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of State is hereby directed to furnish to the Seventy-fifth Congress and to each alternate Congress thereafter a list of those retired officers or employees of the United States for whom the Department of State under the provisions of the Act of January 31, 1881 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 115), is holding decorations, orders, medals, or presents tendered them by foreign governments.

Approved, June 27, 1934. To amend the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, as amended. 1934-06-27 48 Stat. 1267 851 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 73 2 public [CHAPTER 851.] JOIN RESOLUTION To amend the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, as amended.June 27, 1934.[[H.J. Res. 365](/us/bill/73/hjres/365).][[Pub.

Res., No. 53](”/us/bill/73/pubres/53).] Whereas the joint resolution of the Congress of the United States,Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, amendments. approved July 2, 1921, provides in part as follows: " “Sec. 5. All property of the Imperial German Government,Vol. 42, p. 106. or its successor or successors, and of all German nationals, which was, on April 6, 1917, in or has since that date come into the possession or under control of, or has been the subject of a demand by the United States of America or of any of its officers, agents, or employees, from any source or by any agency whatsoever, * * * shall be retained by the United States of America and no disposition thereof made, except as shall have been heretofore or specifically hereafter shall be provided by law until such time as the Imperial German Government * * * shall have * * * made suitable provision for the satisfaction of all claims against said [Government] * * *, of all persons, wheresoever domiciled, who owe permanent allegiance to the United States 1268of America and who have suffered, through the acts of the Imperial German Government, or its agents * * * since July 31, 1914, loss, damage, or injury to their persons or property, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of shares of stock in German, * * *, American, or other corporations, or in consequence of hostilities or of any operations of war, or otherwise * * *.

” " Whereas the treaty between the United States and Germany of August 25, 1921, incorporated said provision of such joint resolution and also provided in article I thereof as follows: " Vol. 42, p. 1942.“Germany undertakes to accord to the United States, and the United States shall have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations, or advantages specified in the aforesaid Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States of July 2, 1921, including all the rights and advantages stipulated for the benefit of the United States in the.

Treaty of Versailles which the United States shall fully enjoy notwithstanding the fact that such Treaty has not been ratified by the United States.”; and " Whereas by the agreement of August 10, 1922, between Germany and the United States, a Mixed Claims Commission was established Vol. 42, p. 2200.to adjudicate claims of American nationals against Germany arising out of the World War; and Whereas under the terms of the debt-funding agreement between Germany and the United States dated June 23, 1930.

Germany agreed to pay to the United States in satisfaction of Germany’s obligations remaining on account of awards, including interest thereon, entered and to be entered by the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, the sum of 40,800,000 reichmarks for the period September 1, 1929, to March 31, 1930, and the sum of 40,800,000 reichmarks per annum from April 1, 1930, to March 31, 1981; and Whereas Germany is now in arrears in payments due under said debt-funding agreement between Germany and the United States, and has, accordingly, failed to make suitable provision for the satisfaction of the said claims against Germany:

Now, therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Further payments to German Nationals, from special deposit account postponed, pending arrears of payments by Germany. That so long as Germany is in arrears in any payments of principal or interest, including interest at the rate of 5 per centum per annum on principal installments not paid when due, under the debt-funding agreement between Germany and the United States, dated June 23, 1930, with respect to Germany’s obligations remaining on account of awards, including interest thereon, entered and to be entered by the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, all payments, conveyances, transfers, or deliveries of money or property or the income, issues, profits, and/or avails thereof authorized or Vol. 40. p. 423;

Vol. 42, p. 106; Vol. 45, p. 268.directed to be made under the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or the. Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, as amended, whether or not a judgment or decree has been entered with respect thereto, shall be postponed and the money or property, or the *Provisos*.Use of any available funds in paying certain Mixed Claims Commission awards.income, issues, profits, and/or avails thereof reserved: *Provided, however*, That such of the funds as are from time to time available (without taking into consideration interest thereafter accruing) under the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928, as amended, for the payment of principal and interest upon awards of said Mixed Claims Commission shall be applied when available to the payment of principal and interest upon such awards in the same manner and to the same extent as though certain of the payments provided for1269in said Act had not been postponed under this resolution:President may remove restriction as to payments, etc., in any class, etc. *Provided further*, That the President may, in his sole discretion, remove the restriction as to any of the cases or classes of cases in relation to which payments, conveyances, transfers, or deliveries have been postponed under this resolution: *And provided further*, That thePeriods of arrears by Germany to be determined for purposes of Act.

President is authorized to determine, for the purposes of this resolution, the period or periods in which Germany is in arrears in the payments hereinbefore described, and his determination thereof shall not be subject to judicial review. Section 36 of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as*Ante*, pp. 49, 1110. amended, is amended— I. By striking the comma and the word “and” after the wordsReconstruction Finance Corporation. “to reduce and refinance its outstanding indebtedness incurred in connection with any such project” in the second sentence thereof andAuthority to make loans to irrigation district. inserting in place thereof the following:

“; or, whether or not it has any such indebtedness, to purchase or otherwise acquire in connection with such project storage reservoirs or dams or sites therefor, or additional water rights, or canals, ditches, or rights-of-way for the conduct of water, or other works or appurtenances necessary for the delivery of water, provided such purchase or acquisition is not intended to bring additional lands into production. Such loans”. II. By adding at the beginning of

(5)thereof the following: “in*Ante*, p. 50. the case of a loan to reduce or refinance its outstanding indebtedness,”. III. By adding at the beginning of

(C)thereof the following: “ in the case of a loan to reduce or refinance the outstanding indebtedness of an applicant,”. Approved, June 27, 1934. To stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes. 1934-06-28 865 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 1269 73 2 public [CHAPTER 865.] AN ACT To stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes.June 28, 1934.[[H.R. 6462](/us/bill/73/hr/6462).][[Public, No. 482](/us/pl/73/482).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in order toOvergrazing and soil deterioration, public lands. promote the highest use of the public lands pending its final disposal, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, by orderGrazing districts, or additions thereto, to be established.Modifying boundaries, etc., thereof. to establish grazing districts or additions thereto and/or to modify the boundaries thereof, not exceeding in the aggregate an area ofAreas excluded. eighty million acres of vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved lands from any part of the public domain of the United States (exclusive of Alaska), which are not in national forests, national parks and monuments, Indian reservations, revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, or revested Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, and which in his opinion are chiefly valuable for grazing and raising forage crops: *Provided*, That no lands withdrawn or reserved*Proviso*.Restriction on use. for any other purpose shall be included in any such district except with the approval of the head of the department having jurisdiction thereof. Nothing in this Act shall be construed in any way toValid claims not impaired. diminish, restrict, or impair any right which has been heretofore or may be hereafter initiated under existing law validly affecting the public lands, and which is maintained pursuant to such law except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, nor to affect any land heretofore or hereafter surveyed which, except for the provisions of this Act, would be a part of any grant to any State, nor as limiting or restricting the power or authority 1270Rights-of-way for stock driveway granted when grazing district established.of any State as to matters within its jurisdiction. Whenever any grazing district is established pursuant to this Act, the Secretary shall grant to owners of land adjacent to such district, upon application of any such owner, such rights-of-way over the lands included in such district for stock-driving purposes as may be necessary for the convenient access by any such owner to marketing facilities or to lands not within such district owned by such person or upon which such person has stock-grazing rights. Neither this Act nor the Act of December 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 862; U.S.C., title 43, secs. 291 and following), commonly known as the “Stock Raising Homestead Act”, shall be construed as limiting the authority or policy of Congress or the President to include in national forests public lands of the character described in section 24 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1103; U.S.C., title 16, sec. 471), as amended, for the purposes set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 35; U.S.C., title 16, sec. 475), or such other purposes as Congress may specify. Before grazing districts are created in any State as herein Rearing to be held before districts created.provided, a hearing shall be held in the State, after public notice thereof shall have been given, at such location convenient for the attendance of State officials, and the settlers, residents, and livestock owners of the vicinity, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior. No such district shall be established until the expiration of ninety days after such notice shall have been given, nor until *Proviso*.Notice thereof to affect withdrawing of all lands within exterior boundary of grazing district.twenty days after such hearing shall be held: *Provided, however*, That the publication of such notice shall have the effect of withdrawing all public lands within the exterior boundary of such proposed grazing districts from all forms of entry of settlement. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as in any way altering or restricting Hunting, etc., restricted.the right to hunt or fish within a grazing district in accordance with the laws of the United States or of any State, or as vesting in any permittee any right whatsoever to interfere with hunting or fishing within a grazing district. Sec. 2. Provision for carrying Act into effect. The Secretary of the Interior shall make provision for the protection, administration, regulation, and improvement of such grazing districts as may be created under the authority of the foregoing section, and he “shall make such rules and regulations and establish such service, enter into such cooperative agreements, and do any and all things necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act and to insure the objects of such grazing districts, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use, to preserve the land and its resources from destruction or unnecessary injury, to provide for the orderly use, improvement, and development of the range; and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to continue the study of erosion and flood control and to perform such work as may be necessary amply to protect and rehabilitate the areas subject to the provisions of this Act, through such funds as may be made available for that purpose, and any willful violation of the provisions of this Act or of such rules and regulations thereunder after actual notice thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Sec. 3. Permits. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to Livestock grazing, authorized.issued or cause to be issued permits to graze livestock on such grazing districts to such bona fide settlers, residents, and other stock owners as under his rules and regulations are entitled to participate in the Fees.use of the range, upon the payment annually of reasonable fees in *Proviso*.Restriction on issuing permits.each case to be fixed or determined from time to time: *Provided*, grazig permits shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or to those who have filed the necessary declarations of intention to become such, as required by the naturalization laws and to groups, associations, or corporations authorized to conduct business 1271under the laws of the State in which the grazing district is located. Preference shall be given in the issuance of grazing permits to thosePreferences. within or near a district who are landowners engaged in the livestock business, bona fide occupants or settlers, or owners of water or water rights, as may be necessary to permit the proper use of lands, water or water rights owned, occupied, or leased by them, except that until July 1, 1935, no preference shall be given in the issuance of such permits to any such owner, occupant, or settler, whose rightsRights acquired during 1934. were acquired between January 1, 1934, and December 31, 1934, both dates inclusive, except that no permittee complying with the rules and regulations laid down by the Secretary of the Interior shall be denied the renewal of such permit, if such denial will impairRenewals. the value of the grazing unit of the permittee, when such unit is pledged as security for any bona fide loan. Such permitsDuration. shall be for a period of not more than ten years, subject to the preference right of the permittees to renewal in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall specify from time to time numbers of stock and seasons of use. During periodsEmergency remission, reduction, etc., of grazing fees. of range depletion due to severe drought or other natural causes, or in case of a general epidemic of disease, during the life of the permit, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion to remit, reduce, refund in whole or in part, or authorize postponement of payment of grazing fees for such depletion period so long as the emergency exists: *Provided further*, That nothing in thisWater rights not impaired. Act shall be construed or administered in any way to diminish or impair any right to the possession and use of water for mining, agriculture, manufacturing, or other purposes which has heretofore vested or accrued under existing law validly affecting the public lands or which may be hereafter initiated or acquired and maintained in accordance with such law. So far as consistent withGrazing privileges to be protected. the purposes and provisions of this Act, grazing privileges recognized and acknowledged shall be adequately safeguarded, but the creation of a grazing district or the issuance of a permit pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall not create any right, title, interest, or estate in or to the lands. Sec. 4. Fences, wells, reservoirs, and other improvements necessaryImprovements necessary for care of livestock permitted. to the care and management of the permitted livestock may be constructed on the public lands within such grazing districts under permit issued by the authority of the Secretary, or under such cooperative arrangement as the Secretary may approve. Permittees shallCompliance with State laws, as to partition fences. be required by the Secretary of the Interior to comply with the provisions of law of the State within which the grazing district is located with respect to the cost and maintenance of partition fences. No permit shall be issued which shall entitle the permittee to the useUse of prior constructions, etc. of such improvements constructed and owned by a prior occupant until the applicant has paid to such prior occupant the reasonable value of such improvements to be determined under rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior. The decision of the Secretary in such cases is to be final and conclusive. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior shall permit, underLimited free grazing permitted in districts kept for domestic purposes. regulations to be prescribed by him, the free grazing within such districts of livestock kept for domestic purposes; and provided that so far as authorized by existing law or laws hereinafter enacted, nothing herein contained shall prevent the use of timber, stone,Use of material deposits by settlers, miners, etc. gravel, clay, coal, and other deposits by miners, prospectors for mineral, bona fide settlers and residents, for firewood, fencing, buildings, mining, prospecting, and domestic purposes within areas subject to the provisions of this Act. 1272 Sec. 6. Rights-of-way within grazing districts not restricted. Nothing herein contained shall restrict the acquisition, granting or use of permits or rights-of-way within grazing districts under existing law; or ingress or egress over the public lands Prospecting, etc., minerals.in such districts for all proper and lawful purposes; and nothing herein contained shall restrict prospecting, locating, developing, mining, entering, leasing, or patenting the mineral resources of such districts under law applicable thereto. Sec. 7. Lands more suitable for agriculture within districts to be classified. That the Secretary is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to examine and classify any lands within such grazing districts which are more valuable and suitable for the production of agricultural crops than native grasses and forage plants, and to open such lands to homestead entry in tracts not exceeding three hundred and Prior settlement forbidden.twenty acres in area. Such lands shall not be subject to settlement or occupation as homesteads until after same have been classified and opened to entry after notice to the permittee by the Secretary of the Interior, and the lands shall remain a part of the grazing district until patents are issued therefor, the homesteader to be, after *Proviso*.Areas open in tracts exceeding 320 acres.his entry is allowed, entitled to the possession and use thereof: *Provided*, That upon the application of any person qualified to make homestead entry under the public-land laws, filed in the land office of the proper district, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause any tract not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in any grazing district to be classified, and such application shall entitle the applicant to a preference right to enter such lands when opened to entry as herein provided. Sec. 8. Exchange with private ownership in public interest, allowed. That where such action will promote the purposes of the district or facilitate its administration, the Secretary is authorized and directed to accept on behalf of the United States any lands within the exterior boundaries of a district as a gift, or, when public interests will be benefited thereby, he is authorized and directed to accept on behalf of the United States title to any privately owned lands within the exterior boundaries of said grazing district, and in exchange therefor to issue patent for not to exceed an equal value of surveyed grazing district land or of unreserved surveyed public land in the same State or within a distance of not more than fifty miles *Proviso*.Notice of contemplated exchange to be given.within the adjoining State nearest the base lands : *Provided*, That before any such exchange shall be effected, notice of the contemplated exchange, describing the lands involved, shall be published by the Secretary of the Interior 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 the same manner in some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands to be given in such exchange; Lands conveyed to United States to become public lands.lands conveyed to the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become public lands and parts of the grazing district within whose exterior boundaries they are located: *Provided further*, That either party to an exchange may make reservations of Easements may be reserved by either party.minerals, easements, or rights of use, the values of which shall be duly considered in determining the values of the exchanged lands. Where reservations are made in lands conveyed to the United States, Conditions imposed.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. Where mineral reservations are made in lands conveyed by the United States, it shall be so stipulated in the patent, and any person Miner may occupy surface required.who acquires the right to mine, and remove the reserved mineral deposits may enter and occupy so much of the surface as may be required for all purposes incident to the mining and removal of the minerals therefrom, and may mine and remove such minerals, upon1273payment to the owner of the surface for damages caused to the land and improvements thereon. Upon application of any State toApplication by a State to exchange lands within or without a grazing district. exchange lands within or without the boundary of a grazing district the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, in the manner provided for the exchange of privately owned lands in this section, to proceed with such exchange at the earliest practicableLands in another State excluded. date and to cooperate fully with the State to that end, but no State shall be permitted to select lieu lands in another State. Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Interior shall provide, by suitableRules for cooperating with local stockmen associations to be provided. rules and regulations, for cooperation with local associations of stockmen, State land officials, and official State agencies engaged in conservation or propagation of wild life interested in the use of the grazing districts. The Secretary of the Interior shall provide byLocal hearings or views provided for. appropriate rules and regulations for local hearings on appeals from the decisions of the administrative officer in charge in a manner similar to the procedure in the land department. The Secretary ofAcceptance of contributions for district improvements. the Interior shall also be empowered to accept contributions toward the administration, protection, and improvement of the district, moneys so received to be covered into the Treasury as a special fund, which is hereby appropriated and made available until expended, as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, for payment of expensesAppropriation. incident to said administration, protection, and improvement, and for refunds to depositors of amounts contributed by them in excess of their share of the cost. Sec. 10. That, except as provided in sections 9 and 11 hereof, allDeposit of grazing receipts; exceptions. moneys received under the authority of this Act shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts, but 25Portion for range improvements. per centum of all moneys received from each grazing district during any fiscal year is hereby made available, when appropriated by the Congress, for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior for the construction, purchase, or maintenance of range improvements, andApportionment to State for benefit of countries having grazi ng districts. 50 per centum of the money received from each grazing district during any fiscal year shall be paid at the end thereof by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State in which said grazing district, is situated, to be expended as the State legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the county or counties in which the grazing dist rict is situated: *Provided*, That if any grazing district in more than*Proviso*.If district in more than one county. one State or county, the distributive share to each from the proceeds of said district shall be proportional to its area therein. Sec. 11. That when appropriated by Congress, 25 per centum of allIndian lands ceded to United States. moneys received from each grazing district on Indian lands ceded to the United States for disposition under the public-land laws duringUse of grazing fees received from. any fiscal year is hereby made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior for the construction, purchase, or maintenance of range improvements; and an additional 25 per centum ofRange improvements. the money received from grazing during each fiscal year shall be paid at the end thereof by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State in which said lands are situated, to be expended as the StateBenefit of public schools and public roads. legislature may prescribe for the benefit of public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which such grazing lands are situated. And the remaining 50 per centum of all money received from such grazing lands shall be deposited to the credit of the Indians pending final disposition under applicable laws, treaties, or agreements. The applicable public land laws as to said Indian cededContinuance of public land laws. lands within a district created under this Act shall continue in operation, except that each and every application for nonmineral title to said lands in a district created under this Act shall be allowed only if in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior the land is of 1274the character suited to disposal through the Act under which application is made and such entry and disposal will not affect adversely the best public interest, but no settlement or occupation of such lands shall be permitted until ninety days after allowance of an application. Sec. 12. Cooperative administration with other departments. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to cooperate with any department of the Government in carrying out Coordination of range administration.the purposes of this Act, and in the coordination of range administration, particularly where the same stock grazes part time in a grazing district and part time in a national forest or other reservation. Sec. 13. Unappropriated lands within water-sheds of national forests.President may place, under national forest administration. That the President of the United States is authorized to reserve by proclamation and place under national-forest administration in any State where national forests may be created or enlarged by Executive order any unappropriated public lands lying within watersheds forming a part of the national forests which, in his opinion, can best be administered in connection with existing national-forest administration units, and to place under the Interior Department administration any lands within national forests, principally valuable for grazing, which, in his opinion, can best be administered *Proviso*.Legal rights maintained.under the provisions of this Act: *Provided*, That such reservations or transfers shall not interfere with legal rights acquired under any public-land laws so long as such rights are legally maintained. Jurisdiction of lands.Lands placed under the national-forest administration under the authority of this Act shall be subject to all the laws and regulations relating to national forests, and lands placed under the Interior Department administration shall be subject to all public-land laws and regulations applicable to grazing districts created under authority of this Act. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to limit the powers of the President (relating to reorganizations Vol. 47, p. 1517.in the executive departments) granted by title 4 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes ”, approved March 3, 1933. Sec. 14. [R. S. sec. 2455, p. 449](/us/rs/2455/449); [U.S.C., p. 1411](/us/usc/p1411).Vol. 45, p. 253.Sale of isolated or disconnected tracts. That section 2455 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 2455. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2357 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 43, sec. 678) and of the Act of August [R. S. sec. 2357, p. 432](/us/rs/2357/432); [U.S.C., p. 1375](/us/usc/1375).30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391), it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Interior to order into market and sell at public auction, at the land Vol. 26, p. 391.office of the district in which the land is situated, for not less than the appraised value, any isolated or disconnected tract or parcel of the public domain not exceeding seven hundred and sixty acres which, in his judgment, it would be proper to expose for sale after at least thirty days’ notice by the land office of the district in which *Provisos*.Preferential right to owner of contiguous property.such land may be situated: *Provided*, That for a period of not less than thirty days after the highest bid has been received, any owner or owners of contiguous land shall have a preference right to buy the offered lands at such highest bid price, and where two or more persons apply to exercise such preference right the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make an equitable division of the land among such applicants, but in no case shall the adjacent land owner or owners be required to pay more than three times the appraised price: *Provided further*, Sale of tracts unsuitable for cultivation.That any legal subdivisions of the public land, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, the greater part of which is mountainous or too rough for cultivation, may, in the discretion of the said Secretary, be ordered into the market and sold pursuant to this section upon the application of any person who owns land or holds a valid entry of lands adjoining such tract, regardless of the fact that such tract may not be isolated or disconnected within the 1275meaning of this section: *Provided further*, That this section shallPrior rights not impaired. not defeat any valid right which has already attached under any Pending entry or location. The word ‘person’ in this section shall“Person” defined. be deemed to include corporations, partnerships, and associations.” " Sec. 15. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized in hisDisconnected or isolated tract may be leased to owners of contiguous lands. discretion, where vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved lands of the public domain are situated in such isolated or disconnected tracts of six hundred and forty acres or inore as not to justify their inclusion in any grazing district to be established pursuant to this Act, to lease any such lands to owners of lands contiguous thereto for grazing purposes, upon application. therefor by any such owner, and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. Sec. 16. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as restricting theState laws, etc., not restricted. respective States from enforcing any and all statutes enacted for police regulation, nor shall the police power of the respective States e, by this Act, impaired or restricted, and all laws heretofore enacted by the respective States or any thereof, or that may hereafter be enacted as regards public health or public welfare, shall at all times be in full force and effect: *Provided, however*, That nothing*Proviso*.No limitation on Federal authority. in this section shall be construed as limiting or restricting the power and authority of the United States. Approved, June 28, 1934. To place the tobacco-growing industry on a sound financial and economic basis, to prevent unfair competition and practices in the production and marketing of tobacco entering into the channels of interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes. 1934-06-28 866 Chapter 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 2024-12-11 48 Stat. 1275 73 2 public [CHAPTER 866.] AN ACT To place the tobacco-growing industry on a sound financial and economic basis, to prevent unfair competition and practices in the production and marketing of tobacco entering into the channels of interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes.June 28, 1934.[[H.R. 9690](/us/bill/73/hr/9690).][

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