created are not completed at the expiration of their term of service: And it is further provided, That it shall be the duty of said board of forest lands to determine from the results of said surveys and other information as rapidly as possible what lands on the public domain are more valuable for agriculture than for forest uses, in order that such lands may be opened for settlement and entry by Executive proclamation. For the purpose of commencing and prosecuting this survey there is hereby appropriated the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to make such an allotment from this sum as he may deem necessary to meet the expenses of said board of forest lands as herein provided: And it is further provided, That the members of the board of forest lands herein established shall be allowed a per diem in lieu of subsistence at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, and that they shall be allowed actual necessary expenses for transportation. SEC. 7. That all acts or parts of acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. No. 4. A BILL to set apart certain lands in the State of Washington as a public park, to be known as the Mount Ranier National Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby reserved, dedicated, and set apart as a public park, to be known and designated as the Mount Ranier National Park, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, all that tract of land lying and being situate in the State of Washington, embraced within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of township nineteen north, range seven east, Willamette base and meridian, Washington; thence easterly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between townships eighteen and nineteen north, to its point of intersection with the crest of the Cascade Range; thence in a southerly direction along the crest of said range of mountains to the Cowlitz Pass; thence down the right bank of the principal stream flowing from the Cowlitz Pass to its confluence with the Cowlitz River; thence down the middle of the channel of the Cowlitz River to the point where it will be intersected by the unsurveyed township line between townships twelve and thirteen north; thence westerly along said unsurveyed township line to the point for the southwest corner of township thirteen north, range seven east; thence northerly along the unsurveyed and surveyed range line between ranges six and seven east, subject to the proper offsets on the fourth standard parallel north, and on the township line between townships seventeen and eighteen north to the southwest corner of township nineteen north, range seven east, the place of beginning. And all persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the same, or any part thereof, except as hereafter provided, shall be considered trespassers and be removed therefrom. SEC. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be to make and publish, as soon as practicable, such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition. The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases for building purposes, for terms not exceeding twenty-five years, of small parcels of ground at such places in said park as shall require the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors, all of the proceeds of said leases, and all other revenues that may be derived from any source connected with said park, to be expended under his direction in the management of the same and the construction of roads and bridle paths therein. He shall provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within said park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and, generally, is hereby authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary or proper to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized and directed to make the necessary details of troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the park for the purpose of destroying the game or objects of curiosity or the timber therein, or for any other purpose prohibited by law, and to remove such persons from the park if found therein. SEC. 4. That the United States court for the district of Washington shall take cognizance of all violations of the terms of this act and of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior prescribed hereunder. SEC. 5. That upon execution and filing with the Secretary of the Interior by the Northern Pacific Railway Company of proper deed releasing and reconveying to the United States the lands in the national park hereby created, which have been heretofore granted by the United States to said company, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, said company is hereby authorized to select in lieu thereof, and receive patent therefor, an equal quantity of unreserved nonmineral public land, so classified as nonmineral at the time of actual Government survey which has been or shall be made, and to which no adverse right or claim shall have attached or have been initiated at the time of the making of such selection, lying within any State into or through which the railroad of said Northern Pacific Railway Company runs. No. 5. A BILL to set apart certain lands in the Territory of Arizona as a public park, to be known as the Grand Canyon National Park. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby reserved, dedicated, and set apart as a public park, to be known and designated as the Grand Canyon National Park, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, all of that part of the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve in the Territory of Arizona, created by the President's proclamation of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, lying north of the parallel of thirty-six degrees of north latitude; and all persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the same, or any part thereof, except as hereafter provided, shall be considered trespassers and be removed therefrom. SEC. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be to make and publish, as soon as practicable, such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition. The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases for building purposes, for terms not exceeding twenty-five years, of small parcels of ground at such places in said park as shall require the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors, all of the proceeds of said leases, and all other revenues that may be derived from any source connected with said park, to be expended under his direction in the management of the same and the construction of roads and bridle paths therein. He shall provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within said park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and, generally, is hereby authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary or proper to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act. SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized and directed to make the necessary details of troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the park for the purpose of destroying the game or objects of curiosity or the timber therein, or for any other purpose prohibited by law, and to remove such persons from the park if found therein. SEC. 4. That the United States court for the Territory of Arizona shall take cognizance of all violations of the terms of this act and of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior prescribed hereunder. SEC. 5. That upon execution and filing with the Secretary of the Interior, by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, of proper deed releasing and reconveying to the United States the lands in the national park hereby created, which have been heretofore granted by the United States to said company, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, said company is hereby authorized to select in lieu thereof, and receive patent therefor, an equal quantity of unreserved nonmineral public land, so classified as nonmineral at the time of actual Government survey, which has been or shall be made, and to which no adverse right or claim shall have attached or have been initiated at the time of the making of such selection, lying within any State or Territory into or through which the railroad of said Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company runs. |