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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 389-JULY 27, 1939 of the people of the city of Ketchikan, a municipal corporation of Description, the Territory of Alaska, as follows, to wit: (a) Starting at the east end of the Ketchikan Public Utilities Dam, situated at lower end of the lower Ketchikan Lake, and extending thence in a north- westerly direction, following the divide to the summit of Minerva Mountain; thence in a northerly direction along the divide to the summit of Diana Mountain; thence following the high divide around the Ketchikan Lakes and Granite Basin over the summits of Dude Mountain and John Mountain; and thence in a southerly direction along the divide to the summit of Sylvis Mountain to the summit of Deer Mountain; thence in a westerly direction along the small divide to Ketchikan Creek at a point approximately four thousand eight hundred feet below the dam; thence along Ketchikan Creek to the dam, the place of beginning; said area being the drainage area of Ketchikan Lakes and Granite Basin above the Ketchikan city water supply. (b) And starting at the east end of the Ketchikan Public Utilities Dam at lower end of Carlanna Lake, and extending thence along the small divide in a northerly direction to the summit of Ward Mountain; thence along the high divide in an easterly direction to the summit of Juno Mountain; thence along the same divide in a southeasterly direction to the summit of Minerva Mountain; thence in a southerly direction along the small divide to the eastern side line of United States Survey 1229, of E. A. Heath, approximately two thousand eight hundred and fifty feet from the northeast corner of said survey; thence along said side line to the northeast corner; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary the northhe northwest corner of said survey; thence in a northerly direction along the divide to Carlanna Lake Dam, the point of beginning; said area being the drainage area of Carlanna Lake and Hoadley Creek above the Ketchikan city water supply. Jnisrditionnd ad- SEC.2. The public lands heretofore described and reserved for municipal water-supply purposes, not a part of the Tongass National Forest, shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, and those within the Tongass National Forest shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, for the purpose of storing, conserving, and protecting from pollution the said water supply, and preserv- ing, improving, and increasing the timber growth on said lands, to more fully accomplish such purposes; and to that end said munici- pality shall have the right, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, to the use of any and all parts of the lands reserved for the storage and conveying of water and construction and maintenance thereon of all improve- 'rovoime. ments for such purposes: Provided, That the merchantable timber on the land to be used by the said municipality which is under the juris- diction of the Secretary of the Interior may be sold by the said Secretary under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him: And ,eversionary pro proided further, That the right to the use by the city of Ketchikan of the lands reserved by this Act shall terminate upon the abandon- ment of the use by such municipality in accordance with the terms of this Act, and upon a finding of such nonuse or abandonment, for a period of two years, by the head of the department having juris- diction over the land involved, whereupon the reservation created by this Act shall terminate to the extent of such lands involved. pReguatiodd t ebe SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri- forced. culture are hereby authorized to prescribe and enforce such regula- tions as may be found necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act, including the right to forbid persons other than those authorized 1132 [53 STAT.

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