Public Law 74–21

That if any of the

Forest reservation lands in Forrest and Perry Counties, Miss.

Transfer of, authorized.

U. S. C., p, 665.

lands purchased or to be purchased by the United States under the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended (U. S. C., title 16, sees. 513–521, inclusive; Supp, VII, title 16, secs. 513–521, inclusive), within the limits of townships 1, 2, and 3 north, ranges 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, in Forrest and Perry Counties, State of Mississippi, are determined to be chiefly valuable and necessary for a National Guard encampment and related military purposes, the Secretary of Agriculture, with the consent and approval of the National Forest Reservation Commission established by section 4

Conveyance of title.

of said Act of March 1, 1911, may, and he hereby is, authorized to convey full title to said lands to the State of Mississippi or the War Department of the United States: Provided, That there is paid into

Proviso.

Payment, etc.

the Treasury of the United States, or made available by transfer on the books of said Treasury, sums of money equal to the full amounts expended by the Department of Agriculture for the purchase of said lands, and the money so paid into or transferred on the books of the Treasury shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purchase of other lands under the provisions of said Act of March 1, 1911, as amended.