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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 881 . 1930 . 1021 the United States on the shore lines of Burntside Lake and Lake Vermilion, State of Minnesota, are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry or appropriation under the public land laws of the United States, subject to prior existing legal rights initiated under the public land laws, so long as such claims are maintained as required by the applicable law or laws and subject to such permits and licenses as may be granted or issued by the Department of Agriculture under laws or regulations generally applicable to national forests. SEC. 2. That the principle of conserving the natural beauty of shore Conservation of nat- lines for recreational use shall apply to all Federal lans which li Ira l nes, beauty of shore border upon any boundary lake or stream contiguous to this area, or any other lake or stream within this area which is now or eventually to be in general use for boat or canoe travel, and that for the purpose of carrying out this principle logging of all such shores to a depth Logging prohi bited, of four hundred feet from the natural water line is hereby forbidden, except as the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture may Exception. see fit in particular instances to vary the distance for practical reasons : Provided, That in no case shall logging of any timber other Loggi ng w ithi n 200 than diseased, insect infested, dying, or dead be permitted closer to feet of shoreline. the natural shore line than two hundred feet, except where necessary to open areas for banking grounds, landings, and other uses connected with logging operations. SEC. 3 . That in order to preserve the shore lines, rapids, waterfalls Alter ation of natur al s water level to flood beaches, and other natural features of the region in an unmodified lands near superior National Forest, pro- state of nature, no further alteration of the natural water level of bibited. any lake or stream within or bordering upon the designated area shall be authorized by any permit, license, lease, or other authoriza- tion granted by any official or commission of the United States, which will result in flooding lands of the United States within or imme- diat e) ad j acent to the Superior National Forest, unless and until Act cto of Con onl y by y ~ gress . specific authority for granting such permit, license, lease, or other authorization shall have first been obtained by special Act from the Congress of the United States covering each such project : Provided, Duties, ete .,ofInt er- That nothing in this section shall be construed as interfering with national Joint Com- ission, not interfered the duties of the International Joint Commission created pursuant w m ith' to the convention concerning the boundary waters between the United States and C anada and c onclud ed bet ween t he Un ited S tates and Great Britain on January 11, 1909, and action taken or to be taken Vol.36,p .2448. in accordance with provisions of the convention protocol and agree- Vol 44, p .2108 . Inent between the United States and Canada, which were signed at Washington on February 24, 1925, for the purpose of regulating the levels of the Lake of the W oods : Pr ovided , That with the written approval and consent of the Forest Service of the Department artment of Reser voirs for tran s- e portatio trans- portation of l ogs, etc. , Agriculture, reservoirs not exceeding one hundred acres in area may a uthor ized. be constructed and maintained for the transportation of logs or in connection with authorized recreational uses of national-forest lands, and maximum water levels not higher than the normal high water mark may be maintained temporarily where essential strictly for logging purposes, in the streams between lakes by the construction Homestead entries, and operation of small temporary dams : Provided, however, That maybeauthorizedy nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Agri- culture from listing for homestead entry under the provisions of the Vos34 P2 Act of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat . 233), any of the above-described lands found by him to be chiefly valuable for agriculture and not needed Application for de- for public purposes : Provided further, That the provisions of this velopment of water- section shall not apply to any proposed development for water-power power unaffected. purposes for which an application for license was pending under the Vol.41, p. loss. terms of the Federal Water Power Act on or before January 1, 1928. Approve d, July 10, 1 930.

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