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STAT.]

PUBLIC

LAW 87-869-OCT. 23, 1962

1157

Public Law 87-869 AN ACT

To facilitate the work of the Forest Service, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate a^id House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That where lands under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service have been acquired and are being administered under laws which contain no provision for their exchange, the Secretary of Agriculture may convey such lands and in exchange therefor may accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands which in his opinion are suitable for use in connection with activities of the Forest Service. The value of the lands so conveyed by the Secretary of Agriculture shall not exceed the value of the lands accepted by him. SEC. 2. The Act of July 8, 1943 (57 Stat. 388), as amended (5 U.S.C. 567), is further amended by striking out the words "within twenty years". SEC. 3. Not to exceed $35,000 annually of funds available to the Forest Service may be expended for providing recreation facilities, equipment, and services for use by employees of the Service located at isolated situations and, where deemed to be in the public interest, by members of the immediate families of such employees. SEC. 4. The Act of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat. 233), as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 506-508, 509), is hereby repealed. SEC. 5. The provision of the Act of August 10, 1912 (37 Stat. 269, 287; 16 U.S.C. 489), which reads, "That the Secretary of Agriculture, under such rules and regulations as he shall establish, is hereby authorized and directed to sell at actual cost, to homestead settlers and farmers, for their domestic use, the mature, dead, and down timber in national forests, but it is not the intent of this provision to restrict the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the free use of timber a^ provided in the Act of June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven" is repealed. SEC. 6. The Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 35; 16 U.S.C. 551) i? amended by deleting from the second full paragraph on page 35 the portion thereof reading "as is provided for m the Act of June fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, amending section fifty-three hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States" and inserting in lieu thereof "by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both". SEC. 7. Section 32(f) of the Act of July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 526; 7 U.S.C. 1011(f)) is amended to make the last sentence thereof read as follows: "Any violation of such rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both". SEC. 8. Section 2 of the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 387; 16 U.S.C. 574) is amended by changing the amount in the proviso from $500 to $2,500. SEC. 9. Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available for expenses of, or payment of assessment for, construction of sidewalks, curbs, or street paving along the boundary of Government-owned residential or otherwise improved lots. SEC. 10. Section 13 of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1034; 16 U.S.C. 579b) is hereby amended by deleting from the second sentence thereof the comma after the word "assets" and the words "but such capitalization shall not exceed $25,000,000." Approved October 23, 1962.

October 23, 1962

[H. R. 12434] Forest service, gf'^and"^^*'^"""

ee Stat. 11. Recreation faunities.

Repeal.

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