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Volume 54 · 403

Public Law 76–392

To extend the provisions of the Forest Exchange Act, as amended, to certain lands, so that they may become parts of the Whitman, Malheur, or Umatilla National Forests.

Approved June 17, 1940

Statutory text

AN ACT

To extend the provisions of the Forest Exchange Act, as amended, to certain lands, so that they may become parts of the Whitman, Malheur, or Umatilla National Forests.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That any lands in private, State, or county ownership within the following described area, which are found by the Secretary of Agriculture to be chiefly valuable for national forest purposes, may be offered in exchange under the provisions of the Act approved March 20, 1922, as amended (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 485, 486), and upon acceptance of title shall

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become parts of the Whitman, Malheur, or Umatilla National Forests, Oregon, and shall thereafter be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to national forests: Provided, That such exchanges

Proviso.

Approval by county commissioners.

are approved by the board of county commissioners of the county or counties in which said lands are situated.

To the Whitman National Forest: The east half of section 1; the

Whitman National Forest.

southeast quarter of section 11; the south half and the northeast quarter of section 12; section 13; the east half of section 14; the east half of section 23; sections 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36; township 1 north, range 40 east.

Sections 6, 7, 18,19, 30, and 31; township 1 north, range 41 east.

The south half of section 12; section 13; the east half of section 14; sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36; township 1 south, range 39 east.

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; the south half of section 6; sections 7 to 36, inclusive; township 1 south, range 40 east.

Section 1; township 2 south, range 39 east.

Sections 5 and 6; the north half of section 7; sections 8 and 16; the southwest quarter of section 35; township 2 south, range 40 east.

The east half of section 11; the southwest quarter of section 12; section 13; the east half of section 14; the east half of section 23; sections 24, 25, and 26; the east, half of section 27; sections 35 and 36; township 3 south, range 40 east.

The west half of section 30; section 31; the southwest quarter of section 32; township 3 south, range 41 east.

Sections 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 23; township 4 south, range 38 east.

Section 1; the east half of section 2; the east half and the northwest quarter of section 12; the northeast quarter of section 13; township 4 south, range 40 east.

Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8; the west half of section 9; sections 16 to 21, inclusive, and 28 to 33, inclusive; the west half of section 34; town-ship 4 south, range 41 east.

Section 36; township 5 south, range 37 east.

Sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 26, and 27; the east half of section 28; the southwest quarter of section 31; sections 33, 34, and 35; township 5 south, range 38 east.

The south half of section 1; the south half of section 2; sections 11, 12,13, and 14; the east half of section 23; sections 24 and 25; the east half of section 26; township 5 south, range 40 east.

The west half of section 3; sections 4 to 10, inclusive; the southwest quarter of section 14; sections 15 to 36, inclusive; township 5 south, range 41 east.

Section 19; the north half of section 30; township 5 south, range 42 east.

Sections 31 and 32; portions of sections 33, 34, 35, and 36, which lie south of the North Fork John Day River; township 6 south, range 31 east.

Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,17,18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, and 32; township 6 south, range 38 east.

Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, and 8 to 12, inclusive; township 6 south, range 41 east.

Section 1; portions of sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, which lie south of North Fork John Day River; sections 7 to 25, inclusive; township 7 south, range 30 east.

Sections 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9,16,17,18,19, 20, 21, 28,29, 30, 31, 32, and 33; township 7 south, range 38 east.

Section 3; township 8 south, range 31 east

The south half of section 3; section 4; the north half of section 5; sections 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, and 35; township 8 south, range 38 east.

Section 1; township 9 south, range 38 east.

The north half of section 8; township 9 south, range 39 east.

The south half of section 2; the southwest quarter of section 4; the southwest quarter of section 10; the south half of section 23; section 25; township 10 south, range 37 east.

The south half of section 29; the south half of section 30; township 10 south, range 38 east.

The east half, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of section 3; sections 16 and 21; the west half of section 28; section 33; township 10 south, range 39 east.

Sections 31, 32, and 33; township 11 south, range 37 east.

The north half of section 10; the west half of section 11; the north half, the south half of the south half, and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 30; township 11 south, range 39 east.

Section 1; the south half of section 2; the southwest quarter of section 4; the southeast quarter of section 5; the east half of section 8; sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36; township 11 south, range 40 east.

The south half of section 2; the south half of section 3; section 7; the west half of section 8; sections 10 to 21, inclusive; the west half of section 22; the north half of section 28; sections 29, 30, 31, and 32; township 11 south, range 41 east.

Sections 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23. and 24; the north half of section 29; township 12 south, range 32 east

Sections 1 to 12, inclusive; sections 17,18, and 19; the north half of section 30; township 12 south, range 33 east.

Sections 7 and 8; the northwest quarter and the south half of section 9; the south half of section 10; the west half of section 15; sections 16, 17, 18, 20, and 21; the west half of section 22; sections 27 and 34; township 12 south, range 34 east.

Section 16; the northeast quarter of section 17; the north half of section 21; sections 22, 26, 27, 34, and 35; township 12 south, range 36 east.

Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8; township 12 south, range 37 east.

The northeast quarter of section 4; township 12 south, range 39 east.

Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, and 11; the north half of section 12; the west half of section 15; the north half of section 19; the north half of section 20; the north half of section 21; the northwest quarter of section 22; township 12 south, range 40 east.

Sections 6 and 7; township 12 south, range 41 east.

Sections 1 and 2; the north half of section 3; sections 11, 12, and 13; the north half of section 14; the north half of section 24; town-ship 13 south, range 34 east.

The west half of section 19; the northwest quarter of section 30; the west half of section 31; township 13 south, range 35 east.

The north half of section 2; sections 3, 10, 15, 16, 22, 27, and 34; township 13 south, range 36 east.

Malheur National Forest.

To the Malheur National Forest:

Sections 14, 15, 16, and 23; the west half of section 26; the west half of section 35; township 9 south, range 31 east.

The south half of section 27; sections 31, 32, 33, and 34; township 9 south, range 32 east.

Sections 1 and 2; township 10 south, range 31 east.

The west half of the west half of section 4; section 5; the north half of section 6; township 10 south, range 32 east.

Sections 31 and 32; the south half of section 33; the south half of section 34; the south half of section 35; township 11 south, range 29 east.

The south half of section 10; the north half of section 15; section 16; the east half of section 29; the south half of section 32; township 11 south, range 30 east.

To the Umatilla National Forest:

Umatilla National Forest.

Sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, and 22; the west half of section 28; the west half of section 33; township 1 north, range 38 east.

Sections 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, and 17; township 2 north, range 39 east.

The south half of section 13; sections 23, 24, and 34; township 3 north, range 39 east.

Sections 19, 20, 21, and 22; the northwest quarter of section 29; section 30; township 3 north, range 40 east.

All Willamette base and meridian.

Approved, June 17, 1940.

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