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74TH CONGRESS. SESS . II. CHS . 841, 842 . JUNE 26, 1936 . Appropriation r im bu au- thorized ; reimbursable. SEC . 2 . There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the reclamation fund the sum of $5,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this Act, the amounts expended from such appropriations to be reimbursable unde r the r eclamati on law . Approved, June 26, 1936 . [CHAPTER 842 .1 Sane 26, 1036 . AN ACT [H. R . 10094 .] To amend the Act entitled "An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by [Public, No. 827.] preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, i mprove ment, and d evelo pment, to s tabili ze th e live stock indus try d epende nt u pon the public range, and for ot her purposes", approved Ju ne 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269) . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Overgrazing and soil United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the first landsioration, public sentence of section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to stop injury to u l. C, p2ss3 . the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deteri- Area to be included oration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and develop- in grazing districts enla rged . ment, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, a nd for other pu rposes" , approv ed June 28, 193 4, is a mended by striking out the words "eighty million" and inserting in lieu thereof the wor ds "one hundred and for ty-two million" . SEC. 2 . Section 7 of such Act is amended to read as follows : Classification of "SEC. 7. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in lands . his discretion, to examine and classify any lands withdrawn or reserved by Executive order of November 26, 1934 (numbered 6910), and amendments thereto, and Executive order of February 5, 1935 Lands more valuable (numbered 6964), or within a grazing district, which are more val- for other purposes . uable or suitable for the production of agricultural crops than for the production of native grasses and forage plants, or more valuable or suitable for any other use than for the use provided for under this Act, or proper for a cquisition in satisfactio n of any outstanding lieu , Homeste ad entries; exchange or script rights or land grant, and to open such lands to limitation. entry, selection, or location for disposal in accordance with such classi- fication under applicable public-land laws, except that homestead entries shall not be allowed for tracts exceeding three hundred and Settlement res tric - twenty acres in area . Such lands shall not be subject to disposition, tion .
settlement, or occupation until after the same have been classified Provisos .
and opened to entry : Provided, That locations and entries under the Locations, etc ., under mi ning laws .
mining laws, including the Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, vol . 41, p. 437. may be made upon such withdrawn and reserved areas without regard to classification and without restrictions or limitation by any provision of this Act. Where such lands are located within graz- ing district s reaso nable no tice sh all be g iven by the Sec retary of the Interior to any grazing permittee of such lands . The applicant, after his entry, selection, or location is allowed, shall be entitled to Preference right of the possession and use of such lands : Provided, That upon the appli- entry . cation of any applicant qualified to make entry, selection, or loca- tion, under th e public-land laws, filed in the land office of th e proper district, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause any tract to be classified, and such application, if allowed by the Secretary of the Interior, shall entitle the applicant to a preference right to enter, select, or locate such lands if opened to entry as herein provided ." SEC . 3 . Section 8 of such Act is amended to read as follows Acce ptance of lan ds "SEC . 8 . (a) That where such action will promote the purposes of withinexteriorbounds
the district or facilitate its administration, the Secretary is author- i zed aries of grazing districts , for the purpose of this Act only, to accept on behalf of the United States any lands within the exterior boundaries of a grazing district as a gift .
