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16 U.S.C. § 485 — Exchange of lands in national forests; cutting timber in national forests in exchange for lands therein
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When the public interests will be benefited thereby, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands within the exterior boundaries of the national forests which, in his opinion, are chiefly valuable for national-forest purposes, and in exchange therefor may patent not to exceed an equal value of such national-forest land, in the same State, surveyed and nonmineral in character, or he may authorize the grantor to cut and remove an equal value of timber within the national forests of the same State; the values in each case to be determined by him. Before any such exchange is effected notice of the contemplated exchange reciting the lands involved shall be published 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 some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands or timber to be given in such exchange. Timber given in such exchanges shall be cut and removed under the laws and regulations relating to the national forests, and under the direction and supervision and in accordance with the requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Lands conveyed to the United States under this section and [section 486 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section486&num=0&edition=prelim) shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the national forest within whose exterior boundaries they are located.
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When the public interests will be benefited thereby, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands within the exterior boundaries of the national forests which, in his opinion, are chiefly valuable for national-forest purposes, and in exchange therefor may patent not to exceed an equal value of such national-forest land, in the same State, surveyed and nonmineral in character, or he may authorize the grantor to cut and remove an equal value of timber within the national forests of the same State; the values in each case to be determined by him. Before any such exchange is effected notice of the contemplated exchange reciting the lands involved shall be published 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 some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands or timber to be given in such exchange. Timber given in such exchanges shall be cut and removed under the laws and regulations relating to the national forests, and under the direction and supervision and in accordance with the requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Lands conveyed to the United States under this section and [section 486 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section486&num=0&edition=prelim) shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the national forest within whose exterior boundaries they are located.
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Either party to an exchange may make reservations of timber, minerals, or easements, 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 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 Agriculture; where mineral reservations are made in lands conveyed by the United States it shall be so stipulated in the patents, and that any person who acquires the right to mine and remove the reserved 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 upon payment to the owner of the surface for damages caused to the land and improvements thereon. All property, rights, easements, and benefits authorized by this section to be retained by or reserved to owners of lands conveyed to the United States shall be subject to the tax laws of the States where such lands are located.
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There shall be at the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition, in the most general and comprehensive sense of those terms, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
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The provisions of [section 485 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section485&num=0&edition=prelim) shall continue to be applicable to the areas included within the Yellowstone National Park by [section 21a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section21a&num=0&edition=prelim), and any lands within such areas acquired by exchange thereunder shall thereupon become a part of the Yellowstone National Park.
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Title to State, county, and private lands situated north of the line between townships 27 and 28 north, Willamette base and meridian, Washington, and within the boundaries of the Olympic National Park as now or hereafter established by proclamation of the President of the United States, shall be subject to acceptance under the provisions of [section 485 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section485&num=0&edition=prelim), and such lands when vested in the ownership of the United States shall be a part of the Olympic National Park subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 485
feet wide on each side of the center line of the
right-of-way thereof; shall confer on the locator
the right to occupy and use so much of the sur-
face of the land covered by the location as may
be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting,
mining, and beneficiation of ores, including the
taking of mineral deposits and timber required
by or in the mining and ore-reducing operations,
and no permit shall be required or charge made
for such use or occupancy: Provided, however,
That the cutting and removal of timber, except
where clearing is necessary in connection with
mining operations or to provide space for build-
ings or structures used in connection with min-
ing operations, shall be conducted in accordance
with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining
national-forest land, or rules and regulations
issued by the Secretary of the Interior under
sections 482o to 482q of this title with respect to
public domain lands under his jurisdiction, and
no use of the surface of the claim or the re-
sources therefrom not reasonably required for
carrying on mining and prospecting shall be al-
lowed except under the national-forest rules and
regulations or rules and regulations of the Sec-
retary of the Interior, as the case may be, nor
shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occu-
pancy of the surface or use of surface resources
under authority of such regulations, or permits
issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is
not in conflict with mineral development.
(July 12, 1951, ch. 222, § 1, 65 Stat. 118.)
§ 482p. Patents affecting lands within forest
On and after July 12, 1951, all patents issued
under the United States mining laws affecting
lands within the above-described area shall con-
vey title to the m
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