16 U.S.C. § 577f — Exchange of lands

Page 1075 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 577g Township 64 north, range 9 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: North half of sections 25 to 30, inclusive. Township 64 north, range 10 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 19 to 24, inclusive; north half of sections 25, 26, and 27; sections 28 to 33, inclusive. Township 64 north, range 11 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 8, 17, 21 to 28, inclusive; sections 33 to 36, inclusive. Township 64 north, range 13 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 14 and 23; north half northwest quarter, southwest quarter northwest quarter section 26; section 27. Township 65 north, range 3 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Section 18. Township 65 north, range 4 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: South half section 6; sections 7, 18, 19, and 30. Township 65 north, range 5 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 1 to 5, inclusive; sec- tions 8 to 17, inclusive. Township 65 north, range 12 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 18, 19, 28, 29, 30, 32, and 33. Township 65 north, range 13 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 4 to 9, inclusive; sec- tions 13, 14, 16, 17, and 24. Township 65 north, range 14 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 1 to 3, inclusive. Township 66 north, range 4 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 4 to 8, inclusive; sec- tions 17 to 20, inclusive. Township 66 north, range 5 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Section 1; sections 3 to 7, inclu- sive; sections 10 to 15, inclusive; sections 21 to 29, inclusive; sections 32 to 35, inclusive; west half section 36. Township 66 north, range 14 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 29 and 30. Township 66 north, range 15 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 18 and 19; sections 25 to 30, inclusive. Township 66 north, range 16 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Sections 13, 24, and 25. Township 67 north, range 4 west, fourth prin- cipal meridian: Entire township. (June 22, 1956, ch. 425, § 1, 70 Stat. 326.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE The act of June 22, 1956, ch. 425, 70 Stat. 326, as amended, which is classified to sections 577d–1, 577g–1 and 577h of this title, is popularly known as the ‘‘Hum- phrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act’’. § 577e. Approval by National Forest Reservation Commission for acquisition of additional lands Lands shall be acquired by purchase or con- demnation under the supplemental authority granted in section 577c of this title only with prior approval of the National Forest Reserva- tion Commission created by section 4 of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended, and lands so acquired shall become parts of the Superior Na- tional Forest and be subject to the provisions of said Act, as amended, and of such other laws as apply to land acquired under the provisions of said Act, as amended, except as hereinafter pro- vided. (June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 3, 62 Stat. 570.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The National Forest Reservation Commission, re- ferred to in text, was created by section 4 of act Mar. 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 513). Section 4 of the 1911 Act was re- pealed, and all functions of the National Forest Res- ervation Commission were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture, by section 17(a)(1) of Pub. L. 94–588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2961. Said Act, referred to in text, means act Mar. 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which enacted former sections 513 and 514 and sections 515 to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title and amended sec- tions 480 and 500 of this title. For complete classifica- tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 552 of this title and Tables. § 577f. Exchange of lands Upon finding and determination by the Sec- retary of Agriculture that the public purposes and objectives explicit and implicit in sections 577 to 577b of this title, more effectively can be accomplished by exchanging lands of the United States situated within the boundaries described in said sections for other lands in State, county, or private ownership situated within the said boundaries which are more suitable for public ownership, management, and use, for the pur- poses contemplated by said sections, such lands of the United States shall be subject to ex- change under the provisions of sections 485 and 486 of this title, or the provisions of section 516 of this title. (June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 4, 62 Stat. 570.) § 577g. Payment for additional lands acquired in northern Minnesota The Secretary of the Treasury, upon the cer- tification of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall pay to the State of Minnesota, at the close of each fiscal year from any national-forest re- ceipts not otherwise appropriated a sum of money equivalent to three-quarters of 1 per cen- tum of the fair appraised value of such national- forest lands as may be situated within the area described in section 577d of this title at the end of each fiscal year; and the payments made here- under shall be distributed to each of the three aforesaid counties in conformity with the fair appraised value of such national-forest lands in each county: Provided, That the fair appraised value of the lands shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture at ten-year intervals and his determination shall be conclusive and final: Provided further, That the first payment to the State of Minnesota under the provisions of this section shall not be due until the close of the first full fiscal year after June 22, 1948: And provided further, That the provisions of section 500 of this title, shall not be applicable to the national-forest lands to which this section ap- plies. (June 22, 1948, ch. 593, § 5, 62 Stat. 570.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, as amended by act June 22, 1956, ch. 425, § 2, 70 Stat. 328, is set out as section 577g–1 of this title.