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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 691, 696-DEC. 7, 8, 1942 lands within the national forests so accepted by said Secretary of the Interior thereafter to be subject to the provisions of the Act of February 1, 1905 (33 Stat. 628), in respect to the surveying, prospect- ing, locating, appropriating, entering, relinquishing reconveying, cer- tifying, or patenting of lands reserved from the public domain. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri- culture are authorized to make conveyances, on behalf of the United States, to the State of Minnesota of any lands under their respective jurisdictions to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided, That all conveyances of public domain in national forests shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior as provided for by the Act of February 1, 1905 (33 Stat. 628). SEC. 4. The conveyance of any land by the State of Minnesota, under the provisions of this Act, may be made subject to such reser- vations and conditions as such State shall prescribe, and the convey- ance of any land by the United States, under the provisions of this Act, may be made subject to such reservations and conditions as the United States shall prescribe; but such reservations and conditions shall be duly considered in determining the value of the lands for the purposes of making any exchange of lands under this Act. Any exchange of lands under the provisions of this Act shall be made only after a determination that such exchange will be in the public interest. Such determination may be made by the Secretary of the Interior if the lands to be conveyed by the United States are under his jurisdic- tion and the lands to be acquired by the United States are to be under his jurisdiction after their acquisition. Such determination may be made by the Secretary of Agriculture if the lands to be conveyed by the United States are under his jurisdiction and are to be conveyed by him and the lands to be acquired by the United States are to be under his jurisdiction after their acquisition. In all other cases, such determination shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, jointly. SEC. 5. Lands acquired by the United States pursuant to any such exchange shall become a part of the national park, national forest, land utilization project, or other Federal reservation to which they may be contiguous or within the exterior boundaries of which they may be located and shall be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto. Approved, December 7, 1942. [CHAPTER 696] A AN ACT To amend the Nationality Act of 1940, to preserve the nationality of a natural- ized wife, husband, or child under twenty-one years of age residing abroad with husband or wife a native-born national of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter IV of the Nationality Act, 1940, section 406, is amended by adding at the end a new subsection. "(g) Who is the wife, husband, or child under twenty-one years of age of, and is residing abroad for the purpose of being with a spouse or parent who is an American national by birth and such spouse or parent during minority for a period or periods totaling ten years has resided in the United States.' Approved, December 8, 1942. 1043 Federal convey- ances. Proiso. Conveyances by State. Reservations and conditions. Determination of public interest. Additions to Fed- eral reservations. December 8, 1942 [H. R . 5554] [Public Law 793] Nationality Act of 1940, amendment. 54 Stat. 1170 . 8U.S.C.§806. Post, p. 1085 . No expatriation by residence abroad in designated case.

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