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 382 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 261. JUNE 15, 1935. be satisfactory to the Attorney General, but the acquisition of such area s by the United States shall i n no case be d efeated because of Rights-of-way, ease- righ ts-of-way, ease ments, and rese rvations which from their nat ure ments, etc . will in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture in no manner interfere with the use of the areas so encumbered for the purposes of th i s A ct ; bu t such right s-of-w ay, eas ements, and reserv ations retain ed by the grantor or lessor from whom the United States receives title under this or any other Act for the acquisition by the Secretary of Agriculture of areas for wildlife refuges shall be subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture for the occu- pation, use, operation, protection, and administration of such areas as inviolate sanctuaries for migratory birds or as refuges for wild- Reservations to be life ; and it shall be expressed in the deed or lease that the use stat ed in instru ment o f I conve y ance. occupation, and operation of such rights-of-way, easements, and reservations sh all be subordin ate to and subj ect to such ru les and regulations as are set out in such deed or lease or, if deemed necessary by the Secretary of Agriculture, to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him from time to time ." permi t . Exchanges of lan ds SEc . 302 . That when the public interests will be benefited thereby the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, in his discretion, to accept on behalf of the United States title to any land which he deems chiefly valu able for wildl ife refuges, an d in exchange t herefor to convey by deed on behalf of the United States an equal value of lands acquired by him for like purposes, or he may authorize the grantor to cut and-remove from such lands an equal value of timber, hay, or other products, or to otherwise use said lands, when com- patible with the pr otecti on of t he wil dlife thereo n, the values in ea ch Removal of timber case to be determined by said Secretary . Timber or other products under regulation. s o granted shall be cut and removed, and other uses exercised, under the laws and reg ulat ions app lica ble to s uch refu ges and unde r th e direction of the Secretary of Agriculture and under such supervision and restrictions as he may prescribe. Any lands acquired by the Administration o f ac- Secretary of Agriculture under the terms of this section shall imme- quired areas. diately become a part of the refuge or reservation of which the lands, timber, and other products or uses given in exchange wer e or are a part and sha ll be admini stered under the la ws and regula tions applicable to such refuge or reservation. Exchange publ ic non- SEc. 303 . That when the public interests will be benefited thereby mineral public lands, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept on be half o f the U nited States title to any lands which, in t he opi nion of the Secretary of Agriculture, are chiefly valuable for migratory bird or other wildlife refuges, and in exchange therefor may patent not to exceed an equal value of surveyed or unsurveyed, unappro- pria ted, a nd unr eserved nonmi neral p ublic lands of the United States in the same State, the value in each case to be determined by Notice thereof to be the Secretary of Agriculture. Before any such exchange is effected published. notice thereof, reciting the lands involved, shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulat ion in the coun ty or counties in which may b e situated the lands proposed to be granted by the United States in such exchange . Administrati on of ac- Lands conveyed to the United States under this section shall be held ° Vol. 4sp. 1224; u. S. and administered by the Secretary of Agriculture under the terms C.,P.68S. of section 10 of the aforesaid Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929, and all the provisions of said section of said Act are hereby extended to and shall be applicable to the lands so acquired. Existing provisions SEC. 3 0 4 . That all the provisions of s ection 6 of the aforesaid affecting transfers, etc ., e nti ed . . 12er Migratory Bird Conservation Act, as hereby amended, relating to rights-o f-way, easement s, and reserva tions shall app ly equally to exchanges effected under the provisions of this Act, and in any such