Public Law 74–494

That for the purpose of forest management and municipal watershed protection, the following-described lands are hereby added to and made a part of the Rogue River National Forest in the State of Oregon and shall hereafter be administered subject to all the laws and regulations

Description.

governing the national forests: Sections 31 to 35, inclusive, township 39 south, range 1 west; sections 2 to 11, inclusive, and sections 14 to 36, inclusive, township 40 south, range 1 west; section 1, and sections 11 to 36, inclusive, township 40 south, range 2 west, all

Proviso.

Prior legal rights not affected.

Willamette base and meridian: Provided, That this action shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public-land laws or reserved for any purpose, be subject to and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purposes of lands so reserved so long as such appropriation is legally maintained or such reservation remains in force.

Sec. 2.

That when the Secretary of Agriculture finds that

Cutting of merchantable timber on revested lands.

merchantable timber may be cut without detriment to the purity or depletion of the water supply from such of the above-described lands title to which has been revested in the United States under the Act of Congress approved June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), said Secretary is

Vol. 39, p. 218.

hereby authorized to dispose of such merchantable timber on such

Disposal of.

lands in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture for the national forests and the entire proceeds of any such sale shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States

Deposit of receipts.

in a special fund designated “The Oregon and California Land Grant Fund”, referred to in section 10 of the said Act of June 9, 1916, and be disposed of in the manner therein designated.