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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 593-JUNE 22, 1948 June 22, 1948 [S. 1090] [Public Law 733] Superior National Forest, Minn. Acquisition of lands. 16U. S. C. §§577- 577b. Restriction on con- demning land. Areas of authority. [CHAPTER 593] AN ACT To safeguard and consolidate certain areas of exceptional public value within the Superior National Forest, State of Minnesota, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to protect and administer more effectively the publicly owned lands within certain parts of the area described in section 1 of the Act approved July 10, 1930 (46 Stat. 1020), and to accomplish certain public purposes explicit and implicit in sections 2 and 3 of said Act, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to acquire any lands or interest in lands, and appurtenances thereto, situated within the area described in section 2 of this Act, where in his opinion development or exploita- tion, or the potentialities for development or exploitation, impair or threaten to impair the unique qualities and natural features of the remaining wilderness canoe country: Provided however, That under the authority of this Act no contiguous tract of land in one ownership, not exceeding five hundred acres in the aggregate, shall be condemned if at the time of the approval of this Act it is encumbered with a structure or structures of a permanent type suitable for human occu- pancy and if the owner thereof files written objections before expira- tion of the time for answering the petition in the proceedings. SEC. 2. That the authority granted in section 1 of this Act shall be supplemental to the authority granted by existing Acts relating to the acquisition of lands for national-forest purposes and shall not be deemed as repealing any portions of those Acts except as provided hereinafter; and said supplemental authority granted by section 1 of this Act, but not the authority granted by existing Acts, shall be confined to the following described areas in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, State of Minnesota: Township 63 north, range 2 west, fourth principal meridian, sections 5 to 8, inclusive. Township 63 north, range 3 west, fourth principal meridian, sections 1 to 12, inclusive. Township 63 north, ranges 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 west, fourth principal meridian entire townships. Township 63 north, range 9 west, fourth principal meridian, south half section 19 and sections 20 to 36, inclusive. Township 63 north, range 13 west, fourth principal meridian, section 6. Township 63 north, range 14 west, fourth principal meridian, sections 1 to 12, inclusive, and 14 to 22, inclusive. Township 63 north, range 15 west, fourth principal meridian, sections 1 to 24, inclusive. Township 63 north, range 16 west, fourth principal meridian, sections 1 to 3 inclusive, 10 to 15, inclusive, and 22 to 24, inclusive. Township 64 north, range 3 east, fourth principal meridian, south half section 7. Township 64 north, range 2 east, fourth principal meridian, sections 1 to 12, inclusive. Township 64 north range 1 east, fourth principal meridian, sections 1 to 4, inclusive, south half section 7, sections 8 to 12, inclusive, 15 to 17 inclusive, and east half section 18. township 64 north, range 1 west, fourth principal meridian, sec- tions 17 to 20, inclusive, and 29 to 32, inclusive. Township 64 north, range 2 west, fourth principal meridian, sections 7 to 11, inclusive, and 13 to 36, inclusive. Township 64 north, range 3 west, fourth principal meridian, sections 7 to 36, inclusive. 568 [62 STAT.

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