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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 472-474. 1925. 1215 Sec. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ex- —‘—¤¤°¤d¤¤¤¤¤· pressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1925. CHAP. 473.-An Act To amend section 7 of an Act entitled "An Act to ig.? iigggli enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, tor_the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conservin the navi- Ellnlity of navigable nvers," approved March 1, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at ge, page 961). Lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembgbd, That section 7 ,g§,‘{§’§,',Q','f,§;°h'§,,§’j ’§;‘ of an Act entitled "An Act to enable any State to cooperate with V¤1·36.1>·9¤2»¤r¤ie¤d$ any_ other State or States, or with the United States, for the pro- °dAequmno¤ ¤11ma.¤. tection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acciuisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigabilityl 0 navigable rivers," approved March 1, 1911, ge, arid the same is ereby, amended by adding the following proviso ere 0: " Provided further, That with the approval of the National ,,,’;‘§,‘§',§},‘},,"‘}$,,‘,§f,,§’f“"“ Forest Reservation Commission as provided b sections 6 and 7 of this Act, and when the public interests will be benefited thereb, the Secretary of Agriculture be, and hereby is, authorized, in his dliscretion, to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands within the exterior boundaries of national forests acquired under this Act which, in his opinion, are chiefly valuable for the purposes of this Act, and in exchange therefor to convey by deed not to exceed an 1¤ri]d?i»iy;·uu°?:°¢ir°ifii!ii equal value of such national forest land in the same State, or he "°" “‘°'°‘°’· may authorize the grantor to out and remove an equal value of timber within such national forests in the same State, the values 111 each case to be determined by him: And prorated further, That p£e‘},'§;;‘,§§,';,*{,€;" Pm before any such exchange is eifected notice of the contemplated ` exchange reciting the lands involved shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which may e situated the lands to be accepted, and in some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands or tim er to be given in suc _1 I _ exchange. Timber given in such exchanges shall be cut and re- be§`iep}°¤'X$’;ij`tr$ °"“` moved under the laws and regulations relating to such national forests, and under the direction and supervision and in accordance A ml d dd with the requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Lands so ed ci? iue°°¤§'af»mi accepted by the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon acceptance, '°'°°”- become parts of the national forests within whose exterior boungarigs they are located, and be subject to all the provisions of this ct. Approved, March 3, 1925. March 3, 1925. CHAP. 474.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a bridge across the Grand Calumet River on the north and south center line [P¤bl*°· l`*°· ml of section 33, township 37 north, and range 9 west of the second principal meridian ill Lake County, Indiana, where said river is crossed by what is known as Kennedy Avenue. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the G d C United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent mejfu “""“" cf Congress is hereby granted to the board of commissionersof the m;·;3k§Kf,@¤Ig;; County of Lake, State of Indiana. to construct and maintain and gaizsggnd me im: operate a bridge across the Grand Calumet River at a point suitable ‘ 45822°——25'i——-79