960 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 179-181. 1911. timber in the locality to be appraised, and the board of appraisers thus constituted shall proceed to an examination and appraisal of the present commercial stumpage value of the timber on the public lands within the drainage basin of Cedar River in the area withdrawn by section one of this Act, the cost of such examinatioa and appraisal to be paid
- ’·Y¤g¤g;tg; °¤· out of the appropriation for public·land surveys. pon the complemm Y tion of such examination and appraisal and its approval by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agricu ture a sum sufficient
to pay the cost thereof shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the appropriation for public—land surveys, out of the sum deposited therefor by the city of Seattle, and the remainder of such sum, if any, shall be repaid to said city. S€¤m¤· WM- Sec. 4. That within one year after the approval of the survey and bg-;*g;·{]*;odd’,j)·f¤*¢° appraisaldprovided for in this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorize to patent to the city of Seattle all of the public lands within the drainage basin of Cedar River in the area withdrawn under section P¤Y¤°¤*~ one of this Act, upon the payment by the said city of Seattle of the sum estimated by the board of appraisers provided for in section two of this Act as being the (present commercial stumpage value of the §,‘;’,L’*uiu mm timber on the public lan s within such area: Provided, That if the sum of such estimate shall be less than the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for all of the lands to be patented the city of Seattle shall pay the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per Minerals reserved. acre for said lands: And provided further, That there is hereby reserved to the United States all mineral de sits in said lands and the right to dispose thereof and to use such land:) for such purpose. , Approved, February 28, 1911. F¢b¤1¤f!·‘ 28. 19U· CHAP. 180,——An_Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior,to grant further .._@L extensions of time within which to make proof on esert-land entries in the counties [Pubuc, No. 432.] of Benton, Yakima, and Klickitat. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §'g_§},{§§°,fg‘·€n,,,88 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the migaannnxctggggiiesior Interior may, in his discretion, grant to an entryman under the complgtiiig. desert—land laws in the counties of Benton, Yaliima, and Klickitat, in the State of Washington, a further extension of the time within which they are required to make iinal roof, provided such entryman shall, by his corroborated aiiidavit, tiled) in the land office of the district where such land is located, show to the satisfaction of the Secretary that because of unavoidable delay in the construction of irrigation works intended to convey water to the land embraced in his entry, he is, without fault on his dpart, unable to make proof of the reclamation and cultivation of said lands as required by law within the time limited therefor; but such extension shall not be granted for a period of more than three years, and this Act shall not affect contests initiated for a valid existing reason. Approved, February 28, 1911. F¤5]ru§ry3g%{31r Fo$gtAP. 181.-An Act To consolidate certain forest lands in the Kansas National Public, No. 433. _ [ V U I Be tt enacted the Senate and House of Representatives oft/ee United K¤¤¤¤¤ >·¤¤<>¤¤1 States ofAm.erzed an Congress assembled That the Secretarmiigieiimge or xmas Interior, for the purpose of consolidatin’ the forest lands bdldif
- °"· to the United States within the Kansas ilational Forest be and he
hereby is, authorized and empowered, upon the rccomniendhtion of the_ Secretary of Agriculture, to exchange lands belonging to the United States which are part of the Kansas National Forest for pri-
