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  • I I 6ioV STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. :goi. States by purchase or gift, or by condemnation according to law, of such forest lands' or such other property as it may acquire by purchase or deed or otherwise in this State as in the opinion of the Federal Government may be needed for the establishment of such national forest reserve in that region: Provided, that the State shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State against any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this Act had not jr- been passed. Congress.given Sec. 2. That power is hereby conferred upon Congress to pass such laws as it may deem necessary to the acquisition, as hereinbefore provided for incorporation in said national forest reserve such forest-covered lands lying in the State as in the opinion of the Federal Government may be needed for this purpose : Provided, That the power of condemnation proceedings herein provided for shall not be applied to territory south of a line ten miles north of the Southern Railway from Charlotte to Atlanta, and, Provived, further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as giving the right to condemn any building, dwelling house or cultivated or pasture lands. Sec. 3. Power is hereby conferred upon Congress to pass such laws and to make or provide for the making, of such rules . Id- and regulations of both civil and criminal nature, and provide punishment for violation thereof, as in its judgment may be necessary for the management, control and protection of such lands as may be from time to time acquired by the United States under the provisions of this Act. Sec. 4. This Act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Approved the 21st day of February, A. D. 1901.
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