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 1274 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. OH. 865. JUNE 28, 1934 . the character suited to disposal through the Act under which appli- cation is made and such entry and disposal will not affect adversely the best public interest, but no settlement or occupation of such lands shall be permitted until ninety days after allowance of an application. Cooperative admi n- SEC. 12. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to istration wi th other de- part ment s. cooperate with any department of the Government in carrying out Coordinationofrange the purposes of this Act, and in the coordination of range adminis- administrat ion. tration, particularly where the same stock grazes part time in a graz- ing district and part time in a national forest or other reservation. Unappropriated SEC. 13. That the President of the United States is authorized to lands wit hin water- sheds of national for- reserve by proclamation and place under national-forest admlnistra- ests. President m ay place, lion in any State where national forests may be created or enlarged under national forest by Executive order any unappropriated public lands lying wit iin administrat ion. watersheds forming a part of the national forests which, in his opin ion, c an bes t be admini stered in co nnect ion wi th exi sting national-forest administration units, and to place under the Interior Department administration any lands within national forests, prin- cipally valuable for grazing, which, in his opinion, can best be admin- Pro vis o. istered under the provisions of this Act : Provided, That such reser- Legal rights main- tai ned. vations or transfers shall not interfere with legal rights acquired under any public-land laws so long as such rights are legally main- Jurisdiction o f lands. tained. Lands placed under the national-forest administration under the authority of this Act shall be subject to all the laws and regulations relating to national forests, and lands placed under the Interior Department administration shall be subject to all public- land laws and regulations applicable to grazing districts created under authority of this Act. Nothing in this section shall be con- strued so as to limit the powers of the President (relating to reorgan- Vol.47,p. 1517. izations in the executive departments) granted by title 4 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other purposes ", approved March 3, 1933. U S.C., sec 125, p 449, SEC. 14 . That section 2455 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, is Vol .45,p.253. amended to read as follows Sale of isolated or dis- " SEC . 2455. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2357 of the connected tracts . Revised Statutes (U.S.C ., title 43, sec . 678) and of the Act of August R.S.sec2357,p.432; 30, 1890 (26 Stat . 391), it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the U.S. C ., p.1375. Interior to order into market and sell at public auction, at the land Vol. 26, p. 391. office of the district in which the land is situated, for not less than the appraised value, any isolated or disconnected tract or parcel of the p ublic domain not exceed ing se ven hu ndred and s ixty a cres which, in his judgment, it would be proper to expose for sale after at least thirty days' notice by the land office of the district in which provisos. such land may be situated : Provided, That for a period of not less Preferential right to owner of co ntiguous than thirty days after the highest bid has been received, any owner property or owners of contiguous land shall have a preference right to buy the offered lands at such highest bid price, and where two or more per- sons apply to exercise such preference right the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make an equitable division of the land among such applicants, but in no case shall the adjacent land owner or owners be required to pay more than three times the appraised price Sale of tracts unsuit- Provided further, That any legal subdivisions of the public land, not able for eultivation. exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, the greater part of which is mountainous or too rough for cultivation, may, in the discretion of the said Secretary, be ordered into the market and sold pursuant to this section upon the application of any person who owns land or holds a valid entry of lands adjoining such tract, regardless of the fact that such tract may not be isolated or disconnected within the