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SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 348. 1924. 655 such size or so located as to be capable of economical administration as national forests either separately or jointly with other lands acquired under this section, or jointly with an existing national forest. All lands to which title is accepted under this section shall, upon ,,,,S,’§“°s$,°,§§f,’;}‘°°g,f°},’§,’ acceptance of title, become national forest lands, subject to all laws ¢*°¤¤1f¤mS¢¤i¤wS· applicable to lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (Thirt - v°'·”· "·‘{‘”· sixth Statutes at Large, page 961), and amendments thereto. ie ,i§{,°g,{?"§}‘,,°§,,‘“,,",§*',,§§,‘§ the sale of timber from national forest lands acquired under this lamesection preference shall be given to appllicants who will furnish the products desired therefrom to meet the necessities of citizens of the United States engaged in agriculture in the States in which P, . such national forest is situated: Provided, That all property, rights, regiy, ew., re. easements, and benefits authorized by this section to be retained §§,‘{}°,‘}, *g§',,,‘},°'@§{‘1§§,‘gj by or reserved to owners of lands donated or devised to the United States shall be subject to the tax laws of the States where such lands are located. _ SEO. 8. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to ‘di1tiii1(§!it0i,val. ascertain and determine the location of public lands chiefly valuable §;(§*°¤;g;[gtg$)¤¤g_:§$e‘;£ for stream-flow protection or for timber production, which can be Reservation CommB· economically administered as arts of national forests, and to report Sm"' his iindin to the National llzorest Reservation Commission established undzr the Act of March 1, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at _ Large, page 961), and if the commission shall determine that the e1ell°i°grtbe°ie¤l;1°i1,1eiTeL:§ administration of said lands by the Federal Government will protect §B*$g’°$S W °”° *7**** the ilow of streams used for navigation or for irrigation, or will ' promote a future timber suppl , the President shall la the findings of the commission before the (lrongress of the United Siates. Y , Sec. 9. That the ryeeiaeet, in his eieereeee, is hereb authorized ‘£§,E‘.§’,,“"‘.,l°,.{,j°,§,‘*;,e,... to establish as national forests, or parts thereof, any lands within {Q}; °g,‘j,°,¥;§‘§, §@‘;f; the boundaries of Government reservations, other than national ¤ueub¤ert1mber,mev parks, reservations for phosphate and other mineral deposits or i’§e°;?,Y§l§g§g€? 85* by water—power purposes, national monuments, and Indian reservations, which in the opinion of the Secretary of the department now administering the area and the Secretary of Agriculture are suitable for the production of timber, to be administered bg the Secretary of Agriculture under such rules and regulations an in accordance with such general (plans as may be jointly approved by the Secretary of Agriculture an the Secreta formerly administering the area, for the use and occu ation of suleh lands and for the sale of products H I ds ed therefrom. That where such national forest is established on land for .d-ia;} riigvrm previously reserved for the Arm or Na for purposes of national {‘,§_§‘{{{';‘,0‘§°';u‘;”§·p§,‘}j defense the land shall remain subject to the unhampered use of the ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢r¤\1¤¤¤i¤¤¤<i- War or Navy Department for said purposes, and nothing in this section shall be construed to relinquish the authority over such lands for purposes of national defense now vested in the Department Hi d for which the lands were formerly reserved. Any moneys available ueqeihwfrseém r& for the maintenance, improvement, protection, construction of *“'°"’*"'°‘°'°‘*’°”"°‘· lnghwa and general administration of the national forests shall be evailabllg for expenditure on the national forests created under this Rm, {mm M_ section. All receipts from the sale of roducts from or for the use ucts eevtiifeu into ieee: of lands in such national forests shall lib covered into the Treasury "’“""’°"“""‘ as miscellaneous receipts, forest reserve fund, and shall be disposed of II} like manner as the receipts from other national forests as Pun., t mm provided by existin law. An person who shall violate any rule users. or_ regulation promiilgated umger this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Approved, June 7, 1924. 45S22°·—25T·———~44