16 U.S.C. § 166 — Exchange of timber for private holdings; valuations

submitted 109 years ago by ch. 164 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 230 words · no verdicts yet

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When private land inside Glacier National Park is traded for park or national forest timber in Montana under section 164(1), the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture jointly decide how to value everything. Landowners pay the valuation costs and must prove title before trading. Land the government gets becomes part of Glacier National Park.

This section covers land exchanges described in section 164(1) of this title. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture jointly decide, at their discretion, how to value: any privately owned, patented land inside the park (including its timber) offered for trade, and the timber on park land or on government land within Montana's national forests offered in exchange. The owners of the private land must pay all costs of figuring out these values. Before any trade happens, the owners must give the Secretary of the Interior satisfactory proof that they hold title to the private land. If the value of the timber offered by the government is more than the value of the private land given up, the landowners must pay the difference to the Secretary of the Interior before any timber is removed; that payment goes into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Land transferred to the government under this section and section 164(1) becomes part of Glacier National Park.

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For purposes of subdivision (1) of section 164 of this title the value of all patented lands within said park, including the timber thereon, offered for exchange, and the value of the timber on park lands, or on Government lands within the metes and bounds of the national forests within the State of Montana, proposed to be given in exchange for such patented lands, shall be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may jointly in their discretion direct, and all expenses incident to ascertaining such values shall be paid by the owners of said patented lands. Such owners shall, before any exchange is effective, furnish the Secretary of the Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to the patented lands offered in exchange; and if the value of timber on park lands or on the Government lands in the national forests within the State of Montana exceeds the value of the patented lands deeded to the Government in exchange, such excess shall be paid to the Secretary of the Interior by the owners of the patented lands before any timber is removed, and shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The lands conveyed to the Government under this section and subdivision (1) of section 164 of this title shall become a part of the Glacier National Park.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 164, § 2, 39 Stat. 1122.)

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1917Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 164 · 39 Stat. 1122

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 164 on 1917-03-03.

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