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 1270 Rights-of-way for stock driveway granted wh en grazing district established. Hearing to be held before districts created. Proviso. Notice thereof to af- fect withdrawing of all lands witbin exterior boundary of grazing district. Hunting, etc ., not r estri cted. Provision for carry- ing Act into effect. Permits. L ivest ock graz ing, au thor ized. Fees. Provisos. Restriction on issuing permits . 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 865. JUNE 28, 1934 . of any State as to matters within its jurisdiction. Whenever any grazing district is established pursuant to this Act, the Secre- tary shall grant to owners of land adjacent to such district, upon application of any such owner, such rights-of-way over the lands included in such dist rict for stoc k-driving purp oses as may be necessary for the convenient access by any such owner to market- ing facilities or to lands not within such district owned by such person or upon which such person has stock-grazing rights. Neither this Act nor the Act of December 29, 1916 (39 Stat . 862 ; U .S .C ., title 43, sees . 291 and following), commonly known as the " Sto ck Raising Homestead Act ", shall be construed as limiting the authority or policy of Congress or the President to include in national forests public lands of the character described in section 24 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat . 1103 ; U .S .C ., title 16, sec . 471), as amended, for the purposes set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat . 35 ; U.S .C ., title 16, sec . 475), or such other purposes as Congress may specify. Before grazing districts are created in any State as herein provided, a hearing shall be held in the State, after public notice thereof shall have been given, at such location convenient for the attendance of State officials, and the settlers, residents, and livestock owners of the vicinity, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior. No such district shall be established until the expiration of ninety days after such n otice shall h ave been given, nor until twenty days after such hearing shall be held : Provided, however, That the publication of such notice shall have the effect of with- drawing all public lands within the exterior boundary of such pro- posed grazing districts from all forms of entry of settlement. Noth- ing in this Act shall be construed as in any way altering or restrict- ing the right to hunt or fish within a grazing district in accordance with the laws of the United States or of any State, or as vesting in any permittee any right whatsoever to interfere with hunting or fishing within a grazing district. SEc. 2 . The Secretary of the Interior shall make provision for the protection, administration, regulation, and improvement of such grazing districts as may be created under the authority of the fore- going section, and he shall make such rules and regulations and establish such service, enter into such cooperative agreements, and do any and all things necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act and to insure the objects of such grazing districts, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use, to preserve the land and its resources from destruction or unnecessary injury, to provide for the orderly use, improvement, and development of the range ; and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to continue the study of erosion and flood control and to perform such work as may be neces- sary amply to protect and rehabilitate the areas subject to the provi- sions of this Act, through such funds as may be made available for that purpose, and any willful violation of the provisions of this Act or of such rules and regulations thereunder after actual notice thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500. SEc. 3 . That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue or cause to be issued permits to graze livestock on such grazing distric ts to s uch bon a fide settle rs, res idents, and o ther st ock ow ners as under his rules and regulations are entitled to participate in the use of the range, upon the payment annually of reasonable fees in each case to be fixed or determined from time to time : Provided, That grazing permits shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or to those who have filed the necessary declarations of inten- tion to become such, as required by the naturalization laws and to groups, associations, or corporations authorized to conduct business