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 994 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 377. 1899. one hundred and seventeenth, are hereby dedicated and set apart as a public park, to be known and designated as the Mount Ramer National Park, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; and all persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the same, or any part thereof, except as hereafter provided, shall be considered trespassers and be · removed therefrom. 8s•¤¤¢¤y ¤f the I¤- Sec. 2. That said public park shall be-under the exclusive control of °&`,°§_":{,_"°k° "g° 1* the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be to make and publish, as soon as practicable, such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural cnriosities, or wonders within tems, disposition said park, and their retention in their natural condition. The Secre- "“““‘“· tary may, in his discretion, grant parcels of ground at such places in . said park as shall require the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors; all of the proceeds of said leases, and all other revenues that may be derived irom any source connected with said park, to be expended under his direction in the management of the same, and the Blew gd Km tg construction of roads and bridle paths therein. And through the lands i>°Ici€i°$°rm¤t 15. of the Pacinc Forest Reserve adjoining said park rights of way are ·°"°· hereby granted, under such restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may establish, to any railway or tramway company or companies, through the lands of said Pacinc Forest Reserve, and also into said park hereby created, for the purpose of building, constructing, and operating a railway, constructing and operating a rail- . way or tramway line or lines, through said lands, also into said park. rmmaau of mn He shall provide against the wanton destruction of the nsh and game "“* g*"“°· found within said park, and against their capture or destruction for ’1‘r•¤i>¤¤¤·r¤- the purposes of merchandise or pront. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same after the passage of this Act to be removed therefrom, and generally shall be authorized to take all such measures x shall be necessary to nilly carry out the objects and purposes of this ct. ¤¤¤* of lm! Fe Sec. 3. That upon execution and nlin with the Secretar of the Wiggignxxé Interior, by the Northern racist Railroagtl Company, of propfer deed '”*"’°”¤‘1“*°**°'*· releasing and conveying to the United States the lands in the reservation hereby created, also the lands in the Pacinc Forest Reserve which have been heretofore granted by the United States to said company, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, and which lie opposite said company’s constructed road, said company is hereby authorized to select an equal quantity of nonmineral public lands, so classified as nonmineral at the time of actual Government survey, which has been or shall be made, of the United States not reserved and to which no adverse right or claim shall have attached or have been initiated at the time of the making of such selection, lying within any State into or through which the railroad of said Northern Pacific Railroad Company runs, to the extent of the lands so relinqui hed and released to the United mma. States: Provided, That any settlers on lands in said national park may uggfu l·¤°¤ *° ·°°· relinquish their rights thereto and take other public lands in lieu thereof, to the same extent and under the same limitations and conditions as are provided by law for forest reserves and national parks. rum. Sec. 4. That upon the nling by the said railroad company at the local land ofnce of the land district in which any tract of land selected and the payment of the fees prescribed by law in analogous cases, and the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, he shall cause to be executed, in due form of law, and deliver to said company, a patent of Descriptioniuselec- the United States conveying to it the lands so selected. In case the };‘;,’[,f,fc‘f‘°¤¤“"°¥°d tract so selected shall at the time of selection be unsurveyed, the list nled by the company at the local land office shall describe such tract in such manner as to designate the same with a reasonable degree of certainty; and within the period of three months after the lands including such tract shall have been surveyed and the plats thereof nled by said local land entice, a new selection list shall be nled by said company,