43 U.S.C. § 2605 — Oregon and California land-grant fund;

Page 645 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 2606 tions, to consult with the Oregon State Board of Forestry, representatives of timber owners and operators on or contiguous to said revested and reconveyed lands, and other persons or agencies interested in the use of such lands. In formulating regulations for the protection of such timberlands against fire, the Secretary is authorized, in his discretion, to consult and advise with Federal, State, and county agencies engaged in forest-fire-protection work, and to make agreements with such agencies for the co- operative administration of fire regulations therein: Provided, That rules and regulations for the protection of the revested lands from fire shall conform with the requirements and prac- tices of the State of Oregon insofar as the same are consistent with the interests of the United States. (Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, title I, § 5, 50 Stat. 875.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the origi- nal ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, 50 Stat. 874, which is classified principally to this sub- chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1181e of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. § 2605. Oregon and California land-grant fund; annual distribution of moneys On and after March 1, 1938, all moneys depos- ited in the Treasury of the United States in the special fund designated the ‘‘Oregon and Cali- fornia land-grant fund’’ shall be distributed an- nually as follows: (a) Fifty per centum to the counties in which the lands revested under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), are situated, to be payable on or after June 30, 1938, and each year thereafter to each of said counties in the proportion that the total assessed value of the Oregon and California grant lands in each of said counties for the year 1915 bears to the total assessed value of all of said lands in the State of Oregon for said year, such moneys to be used as other county funds: Provided, however, That for the purposes of this subsection the portion of the said revested Or- egon and California railroad grant lands in each of said counties which was not assessed for the year 1915 shall be deemed to have been assessed at the average assessed value of the grant lands in said county. (b) Twenty-five per centum to said counties as money in lieu of taxes accrued or which shall ac- crue to them prior to March 1, 1938, under the provisions of the Act of July 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 915), and which taxes are unpaid on said date, such moneys to be paid to said counties sever- ally by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, upon certification by the Sec- retary of the Interior, until such tax indebted- ness as shall have accrued prior to March 1, 1938, is extinguished. From and after payment of the above accrued taxes said 25 per centum shall be accredited an- nually to the general fund in the Treasury of the United States until all reimbursable charges against the Oregon and California land-grant fund owing to the general fund in the Treasury have been paid: Provided, That if for any year after the extinguishment of the tax indebtedness accruing to the counties prior to March 1, 1938, under the provisions of Forty-fourth Statutes, page 915, the total amount payable under sub- section (a) of this section is less than 78 per cen- tum of the aggregate amount of tax claims which accrued to said counties under said Act for the year 1934, there shall be additionally payable for such year such portion of said 25 per centum (but not in excess of three-fifths of said 25 per centum), as may be necessary to make up the deficiency. When the general fund in the Treasury has been fully reimbursed for the ex- penditures which were made charges against the Oregon and California land-grant fund said 25 per centum shall be paid annually, on or after September 30, to the several counties in the manner provided in subsection (a) hereof. (c) Twenty-five per centum to be available for the administration of this subchapter, in such annual amounts as the Congress shall from time to time determine. Any part of such per centum not used for administrative purposes shall be covered into the general fund of the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That moneys cov- ered into the Treasury in such manner shall be used to satisfy the reimbursable charges against the Oregon and California land-grant fund men- tioned in subsection (b) so long as any such charges shall exist. (Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, title II, 50 Stat. 875; June 24, 1954, ch. 357, § 1(b), 68 Stat. 271; Pub. L. 94–273, § 2(28), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 376.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Act of June 9, 1916, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 9, 1916, ch. 137, 39 Stat. 218, which is not classified to the Code. Act of July 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 915), Forty-fourth Stat- utes, page 915, and said Act, referred to in subsec. (b), mean act July 13, 1926, ch. 897, 44 Stat. 915, which is not classified to the Code. This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 876, 50 Stat. 874, which is classified principally to this sub- chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1181f of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. Section comprises all of title II of act Aug. 28, 1937, except the last par. which is set out as a Repeals note under section 2601 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1976—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–273 substituted ‘‘Sep- tember’’ for ‘‘June’’. 1954—Subsec. (a). Act June 24, 1954, inserted proviso relating to determination of assessment. § 2606. Oregon and California Railroad revested lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road reconveyed lands (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to the Oregon and California Rail-