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§ 795. Exchange for State or private lands authorized

The Secretary of the Interior may accept, on behalf of the United States, title to any lands held in private or State ownership within the townships described in section 794, and in exchange therefor may patent not to exceed an equal value of national forest land in the State of Montana, surveyed and nonmineral in character, or the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the grantor to cut and remove not to exceed an equal value of timber within the national forests of said State, the values in each case to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture jointly. Before any such exchange is effected, notice of the contemplated exchange reciting the lands involved shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which may be situated the lands to be accepted and in some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands or timber to be given in such exchange. Timber given in exchange shall be cut and removed from national forests under the laws and regulations relating to the national forests and under the direction and supervision and in accordance with the requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture.

§ 796. Reservation of timber, minerals, or easements by owners on exchange

Reservations of timber, minerals, or easements, the values of which shall be duly considered in determining the values of the lands conveyed, may be made by the owner or owners thereof in lands conveyed to the United States under the provisions of sections 794 to 796 of this title. Where such reservations are made, the right to enjoy them shall be subject to such reasonable conditions respecting ingress and egress and the use of the surface of the land as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, whichever may be responsible for the handling and use of the land as provided in said sections. All property, rights, easements, and benefits authorized by this section to be retained by or reserved to owners of land conveyed to the United States shall be subject to the tax laws of the States where such lands are located.

§ 797. Private use of electricity from lighting and power plant Private parties or companies doing business in the Yellowstone National Park under authority from the United States may be permitted, in the discretion of the Secretary, to use electricity furnished by the electric lighting and power plant of Fort Yellowstone and

Mammoth Hot Springs at actual cost to the Government for operation, maintenance, and depreciation of the plant and 10 per centum additional, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary. § 798. Reimbursement of school district furnishing facilities for dependents of park employees

Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary, payments may be made, as provided herein, in advance or otherwise, from any revenues received by the United States from visitors to Yellowstone National Park, to the appropriate school district or districts serving that park, as reimbursement for educational facilities (including, where appropriate, transportation to and from school) furnished by the said district or districts to pupils who are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of the park, and living at or near the park upon real property of the United States not subject to taxation by the State or local agencies and upon which payments in lieu of taxes are not made by the United States. However, the payments for any school year for the aforesaid purpose shall not exceed that part of the cost of operating and maintaining such facilities which the number of such pupils, in average daily attendance during that year, bears to the whole number of pupils in average daily attendance at those schools for that year.

§ 799.

Cooperation with local agencies in operation and construction of school facilities

If the Secretary is of the opinion that the educational facilities described in section 798 of this title can not be provided adequately and payment made therefor on a pro rata basis, he may enter into cooperative agreements with States or local agencies for

(a) the operation of school facilities,

(b) for the construction and expansion of local facilities at Federal expense, and

(c) for contribution by the Federal Government, on an equitable basis satisfactory to the Secretary,

to cover the increased cost to local agencies for providing the educational services required for the purposes of section 798 of this title. § 800. Funds for reimbursement of school district

For the purposes of sections 798 and 799 of this title, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to maintain in a special fund a sufficient portion of the park revenues, based upon estimates to be submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, and to expend the same upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior.

§ 801. Detail of troops for protection of park

The Secretary of the Army, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, shall 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 therein, or for any other purpose prohibited by law, and to remove such persons from the park if found therein.

§ 802. Jail

The Secretary shall cause to be erected in Yellowstone National Park a suitable building to be used as a jail.

CHAPTER 59-YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK—

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821. Continuance; areas included.

822. Addition of certain lands to park authorized.

823. Acquisition of certain lands for protection of park deer.

824. Land purchases authorized.

825. Exchange of privately owned lands in park.

826. Value of lands and timber to be exchanged; lands added to park.

827. Cutting and removal of timber.

828. Jurisdiction of California and United States over lands within park; state taxes and licenses.

829. Fugitives from justice.

830. Detail of troops to Yosemite National Park.

§ 821. Continuance; areas included

The Yosemite National Park, established as a national park February 7, 1905, shall continue as a national park, embracing the area within the following boundaries:

Beginning at the quarter-section corner between sections 21 and 22, township 3 south, range 20 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian; thence northerly along section lines through the middle of township 3 south, range 20 east, to the northwest corner of section 3, township 3 south, range 20 east; thence westerly along township line to the southwest corner of section 33, township 2 south, range 20 east; thence northerly along section lines to the northwest corner of section 28, said township; thence westerly along section lines to the southwest corner of section 23, township 2 south, range 19 east; thence northerly along section lines to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section 14, said township; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 14, said township; thence northerly along section line to the northwest corner of section 13, said township; thence easterly along section line to the northeast corner of section 13, said township; thence northerly along range line to the northwest corner of section 7, township 2 south, range 20 east; thence easterly to the southwest corner of

the southeast quarter of section 6, said township; thence northerly to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section 6, said township; thence easterly along township line to the southwest corner of section 32, township 1 south, range 20 east; thence northerly along section lines to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section 30, said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 30, said township; thence northerly to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 30, said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 30, said township; thence northerly along range line to the northwest corner of section 6, said township; thence westerly along Mount Diablo base line to the southwest corner of section 34, township 1 north, range 19 east; thence northerly along section lines through the middle of townships 1 and 2 north, range 19 east, to the point of intersection with the summit of the divide between Cherry Creek on the west and Eleanor and Fall Creeks on the east; thence along the summit of said divide in a northeasterly direction to the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence southeasterly along the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the divide between the Merced and San Joaquin Rivers; thence southwesterly along said divide to the point of intersection with the south boundary of township 4 south, range 23 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian; thence westerly along township line to the point of intersection with the middle of the channel of the South Fork of the Merced River; thence westerly down the middle of said river to its intersection with the section line between sections 4 and 5, township 5 south, range 22 east; thence southerly to the southeast corner of section 8, said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of section 8, said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of section 8, said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of section 7, said township; thence southerly along range line to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 13, township 5 south, range 21 east; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 15, said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section 15, said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section 10, said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section 10, said township; thence westerly to the

north west corner of the southwest quarter, section 10, said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of section 3, said township; thence westerly to the southeast corner of section 32, township 4 south, range 21 east; thence northerly to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section 32, said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section 32, said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 32, said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of section 29, said township; thence northerly to the northwest corner of section 20, said township; thence easterly to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter, section 17, said. township; thence north through the middle of sections 17, 8, and 5 to the quartersection corner of north boundary of section 5 on township boundary, all in township 4 south, range 21 east; thence north through the middle of section 32, township 3 south, range 21 east, to the center thereof; thence west through the middle of section 32, said township, and section 36, township 3 south, range 20 east, to the quarter-section corner between sections 35 and 36; thence north on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections 25 and 26; thence east through the middle of section 25 to the center thereof; thence north through the middle of sections 25 and 24 to the center of section 24; thence west through the middle of sections 24, 23, and 22 to the place of beginning; with additions thereto as follows:

The tracts of land embracing the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, described as the "Cleft" or "Gorge" in the granite peak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, situated in the county of Mariposa, in the State of California, and the headwaters of the Merced River, and known as the Yosemite Valley, with its branches or spurs, in estimated length fifteen miles, and in average width one mile back from the main edge of the precipice, on each side of the valley, and the tracts embracing what is known as the "Mariposa Big Tree Grove", not to exceed the area of four sections, and taken in legal subdivisions of one quarter section each; together with lot 1 and east half lots 6, 7, and 10, section 4, township 5 south, range 21 east, and lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, section 17, township 5 south, range 22 east; Mount Diablo base and meridian.

§ 822. Addition of certain lands to park authorized

For the purpose of preserving and consolidating timber stands along the western boundary of the Yosemite National Park the Presi

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