Volume 49
Public Law 74–424
To authorize the adjustment of the boundaries of the Chelan National Forest in the State of Washington.
Approved August 2, 1935
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the adjustment of the boundaries of the Chelan National Forest in the State of Washington.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ' United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 20, 1922 (42 Stat. 465 ; U. S. C., title 16, sec. 485), be, and the same are hereby, extended and made applicable to any lands within four miles of the present boundaries of the Chelan National Forest. Lands conveyed to the United States under this Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the Chelan National Forest and subject to all laws relating thereto. Any lands in public ownership lying within the area described in this Act and found to be valuable for national-forest purposes may, upon recommendation of the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior, be added to the Chelan National Forest by
Proviso.
Existing rights.
proclamation of the President: Provided, however, That nothing contained herein shall affect prior valid existing claims or entries or prior existing withdrawals or reservations.
Approved, August 2, 1935.