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16 U.S.C. § 38 — Exchange for State or private lands authorized
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in his discretion to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to any lands held in private or State ownership within the townships described in [section 37 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section37&num=0&edition=prelim), and in exchange therefor may patent not to exceed an equal value of national forest land in the State of Montana, surveyed and nonmineral in character, or the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the grantor to cut and remove not to exceed an equal value of timber within the national forests of said State, the values in each case to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That 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 exchange shall be cut and removed from national forests 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.
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in his discretion to accept, on behalf of the United States, title to any lands held in private or State ownership within the townships described in [section 37 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section37&num=0&edition=prelim), and in exchange therefor may patent not to exceed an equal value of national forest land in the State of Montana, surveyed and nonmineral in character, or the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the grantor to cut and remove not to exceed an equal value of timber within the national forests of said State, the values in each case to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That 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 exchange shall be cut and removed from national forests 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.
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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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As a means of providing within township 8 south, ranges 7 and 8 east, and township 9 south, ranges 7, 8, and 9 east, Montana principal meridian, the winter range and winter feed facilities indispensable for the adequate and proper protection, preservation, and propagation of the elk, antelope, and other game animals of the Yellowstone National Park and adjacent lands, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, and subject to the limitation hereinafter prescribed may, and is, authorized to perform the following acts:
**(a)** Accept and deposit in a special fund in the Treasury, and expend for the acquisition of lands as herein authorized, private funds donated for such purpose.
**(b)** Acquire by purchase, or by acceptance of donations or bequests, such lands in private or State ownership within the townships above described as he may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of sections 37 to 40 of this title.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 40
zoos, zoological gardens, and parks. He may sell
or otherwise dispose of the surplus buffalo of the
Yellowstone National Park herd, and all moneys
received from the sale of any such surplus buf-
falo shall be deposited in the Treasury of the
United States as miscellaneous receipts.
(Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1214.)
§ 36a. Disposition of surplus elk
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in
his discretion, and under regulations to be pre-
scribed by him, to sell or otherwise dispose of
the surplus elk from the Yellowstone National
Park herd, and all moneys received from the
sale of any such surplus elk shall be deposited in
the Treasury of the United States as miscella-
neous receipts.
(Mar. 4, 1929, ch. 707, 45 Stat. 1644.)
§ 37. Provision of feed and range facilities for
game animals
As a means of providing within township 8
south, ranges 7 and 8 east, and township 9 south,
ranges 7, 8, and 9 east, Montana principal merid-
ian, the winter range and winter feed facilities
indispensable for the adequate and proper pro-
tection, preservation, and propagation of the
elk, antelope, and other game animals of the
Yellowstone National Park and adjacent lands,
the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion,
and subject to the limitation hereinafter pre-
scribed may, and is, authorized to perform the
following acts:
(a) Accept and deposit in a special fund in the
Treasury, and expend for the acquisition of
lands as herein authorized, private funds do-
nated for such purpose.
(b) Acquire by purchase, or by acceptance of
donations or bequests, such lands in private or
State ownership within the townships above de-
scribed as he may deem necessary to carry out
the purpose of sections 37 to 40 of this tit
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