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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 146-MAR. 29,1944 shall be given by publication once weekly for four consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the vicinity of the place where the timber is located, and the costs incident to such publication may be paid out of any funds available for the protection or management of federally owned or administered forest land within the unit concerned. This notice shall state: (1) the quantity and Public hearing appraised value of the timber; (2) the time and place of a public hearing to be held not less than thirty days after the first publication of said notice if requested by the State or county where the timber is located or by any other person deemed to have a reasonable interest in the proposed sale or in its terms; and (3) the place where any request for a public hearing shall be made. Such requests need be considered only if received at the place designated in the notice not later than fifteen days after the first publication of such notice. If a request for a hearing is received within the time designated, notice of the holding of the hearing shall be given not less than ten days before the time set for such hearing, in the same manner as provided for the original notice. Reords of hearings. The determination made by the Secretary having jurisdiction upon the proposals considered at any such hearing, which determination may include the modification of the terms of such proposals, together with the minutes or other record of the hearing, shall be available for public inspection during the life of any coordinated plan of manage- ment or agreement entered into in consequence of such determination. witlre to comly SEC. 6. In addition to any other remedy available under existing ment. law, upon failure of any private owner of forest land which is subject to a cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this Act to comply with the terms of such agreement, or upon failure of any purchaser of timber or other forest products from such land to comply with the terms and conditions required by such agreement to be included in the nstitution of uit. contract of sale, the Attorney General, at the request of the Secretary concerned, is authorized to institute against such owner or such pur- chaser a proceeding in equity in the proper district court of the United States, to require compliance with the terms and conditions of said Jarsdction cooperative agreement; and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said district courts to hear and determine such proceedings, to order com- pliance with the terms and conditions of cooperative agreements entered into pursuant to this Act, and to make such temporary and final orders as shall be deemed just in the premises. As used in this "oer." section the term "owner" shall include the heirs, successors, and assigns of the landowner entering into the cooperative agreements. oFderl oRedd SEC. 7. Whenever used in this Act, the term "federally owned or " administered forest land" shall be construed to mean forest land in which, or in the natural resources of which, the United States has a legal or equitable interest of any character sufficient to entitle the United States to control the management or disposition of the timber or other forest products thereon, except land heretofore or hereafter reserved or withdrawn for purposes which are inconsistent with the exercise of the authority conferred by this Act; and shall include trust or restricted Indian land, whether tribal or allotted, except that such land shall not be included without the consent of the Indians concerned. A ptogicultuf Sec. 8. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte- esetry of the rior may severally prescribe such rules and regulations as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. Each Secretary may delegate any of his powers and duties under this Act to other officers or employees of his Department. SEc. 9. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to abrogate or curtail any authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture 134 [58 STAT,

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