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16 U.S.C. § 518 — Acquisition of lands not defeated by rights-of-way, easements, and reservations
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Such acquisition by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of located or defined rights of way, easements, and reservations, which, from their nature will, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, in no manner interfere with the use of the lands so encumbered, for the purposes of this Act. Such rights of way, easements, and reservations retained by the owner from whom the United States receives title, shall be subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture for their occupation, use, operation, protection, and administration, and such rules and regulations shall be expressed in and made part of the written instrument conveying title to the lands to the United States; and the use, occupation, and operation of such rights of way, easements, and reservations shall be under, subject to, and in obedience with the rules and regulations so expressed.
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Such acquisition by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of located or defined rights of way, easements, and reservations, which, from their nature will, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, in no manner interfere with the use of the lands so encumbered, for the purposes of this Act. Such rights of way, easements, and reservations retained by the owner from whom the United States receives title, shall be subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture for their occupation, use, operation, protection, and administration, and such rules and regulations shall be expressed in and made part of the written instrument conveying title to the lands to the United States; and the use, occupation, and operation of such rights of way, easements, and reservations shall be under, subject to, and in obedience with the rules and regulations so expressed.
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Consent of the Congress of the United States is given to each of the several States of the Union to enter into any agreement or compact, not in conflict with any law of the United States, with any other State or States for the purpose of conserving the forests and the water supply of the States entering into such agreement or compact.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 517
poses of this Act, and in exchange therefor to convey
by deed not to exceed an equal value of such national
forest land in the same State, or he may authorize the
grantor to cut and remove an equal value of timber
within such national forests in the same State, the val-
ues in each case to be determined by him: Provided,
That before’’ for ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture is au-
thorized to purchase, in the name of the United States,
such lands as have been approved for purchase by the
National Forest Reservation Commission at the price
or prices fixed by said commission. No deed or other in-
strument of conveyance shall be accepted or approved
by the Secretary of Agriculture under this section until
the legislature of the State in which the land lies shall
have consented to the acquisition of such land by the
United States for the purpose of preserving the naviga-
bility of navigable streams. With the approval of the
National Forest Reservation Commission as provided
by this section and section 515 of this title, and when
the public interests will be benefited thereby, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to
accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands
within the exterior boundaries of national forests ac-
quired under said sections which, in his opinion, are
chiefly valuable for the purposes as therein stated, and
in exchange therefor to convey by deed not to exceed
an equal value of such national forest land in the same
State, or he may authorize the grantor to cut and re-
move an equal value of timber within such national for-
ests in the same State, the values in each case to be de-
termined by him. Before’’.
1925—Act Mar. 3, 1925, inserted provisions covering
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