Arizona silver belt., 1905-02-23
FOREST RESERVES TRANSFER
Now Under the Administration of
 Depsrimsut of Agriculture

interest to those living on or near the various forest reserves
 TTnited States Department of Agri.
 culture, Oflice of the Secretary
 Washington, DC, February l.
 1905.
 The Forester, Forest Service.
 Sir-The President has attached his signature to the following act:
 "An Act Providing for the transfer of
 Forest Reserves from the Depart
 ment of the Interior to the De-
 partment of Agriculture.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America iu congress assembled, That the secretary of the department of agriculture shall, from and after the passage of this act, exc. cute or cause to be executed all laws affecting public lands heretofore or hereafter reserved under the provis. ions of section 2I of the act entitled, An Act to repeal the timber culture laws, and for other purposes, approv ed March 3, 1891, and acts supplement tai to and smendatory thereof, after such lands have been so reserved, ex. cepting such laws as affect the survey ing. prospecting, locating, appropri- ating, entering, relinquishiug, recon veyng certifying or patenting of said lands.
 Sec. }. That pulp wood or wood pulp manufactured from timber in the district of Alaska may be exported therefrom.
 Sec. ,. That forest supervisors and rangers shall bs selected, when prac. ticdble, from qualified citizsnS of the states or territories in which the said reserves, respectively, are situated.
 "Sec. |. That rights-of-way for the construction and maintenance Of dams, reservoirs, water plan ts, ,ditcheS, fumes, pipes, tunnels aud canals, with in and across the forest reserves of the IlltN DLlNtN dic S duOtu bO citizens and corporations of the United States for municipal or mining pur. poses, and for the purposes of the milling aud reduction of ores, during the period or their beneficial use, un- der such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the secretary of the interior and snbject to the laws of the state or territory in which said re- serves are respectively situated.
 ''Sec. ,. That all money received from the sale O, any products or the use of any land or resources of said forest reserves shall be covered into the treasury of the United States, and for a period of five years from the passage Of this act shall constitute a special fund available, until expended, as the secretary of agriculture may direct, for the protection, administra- tiOn, improvement, and extension of federal forest reserves.
 Approved, February l, 1905"
 Bythis act the administration of the federal forest reserves is transferred tO this department. Its provisions will be carried out through the forest service, under your i'm n sdiate super. vision. You have already tentatively negotiated the transfer with the com. missioner of the general land office, whose powers and duties thus trans ferred assign to you. Until other wise instructed, you will submit to me for approval all questions Of or ganization, sales, permits, and priv ilegeS, except such as are entrusted by the present regulations to field of ficerS on the ground. All officers of the forest reserve service transferred will be subject to your instructions and will re port directly to you. You will at once issue tO tlem the neces sary notice to this eff sct.
 In order to facilitate the promp transaction of business upon the for est reserves aud to give effect to th, general policy outlined below, you ar, instructed to reco nmend at the ear Hest practicable date whateve changes may be necessary in the rule and regulations governing the reserves so that I may, iu accordance with tn provisions of the above act delegat to you and forest reserve officer il the field, sD much of my authority a may be es siential to the prompt trans action of business, and t1 the admin iStratiOn of the reserves in accord ance with local needs. Until such re vision is made, the present. rules an, regulations will remain in force, ey cep5 those tting tO the receipt ant transmittal of modsys, in which cas, special iscdl agents of this depar6 meut will perform the duties h sreto fore rendered by the receivers of loca land offices in accordance with exist ing laws and regulations. Tae chie