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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in relation to the forests, rivers, and mountains of the southern Appalachian region

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  • SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. 175 Whereas the proposal to establish this forest reserve has been approved and urged by the leading scientific societies and forestry associations of this country and by the general press; and ^ Whereas this general assembly has before it a bill granting the State's consent to the acquisition of lands in eastern Tennessee by the Federal Government for incorporation in such a forest reserve, believing the reserve to be one of great importance to the people of this State; and Whereas a bill is now before the Federal Congress providing for the purchase of lands for this purpose: Resolved, That the Senators and Representatives in Congress from this State are hereby requested to urge upon Congress the importance of prompt and favorable action in behalf of this measure. Adopted February 1, lt)01. E. B. Wilson, Speaker of House of Representatives. Newton H. White, Speaker of Senate. AX ACT to give consent by the State of Tennessee to the acquisition by the United States of such lands as may be needed for the establishment of a national forest reserve in the said State. Whereas it is proposed that the Federal Government establish in the high mountain regions of eastern Tennessee and adjacent States a national forest reserve, which will perpetuate these forests and forever preserve the headwaters of many important streams, and which will thus prove of great and permanent benefit to the people of this State. And whereas a bill has been introduced in the Federal Congress providing for the purchase of such lands for said purpose: Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, Section 1. That the consent of the State of Tennessee be, and is hereby, given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift, or condemnation according to law, of such land in this State as in the opinion of the Federal Government may he needed for the establishment of such a national forest reserve in that region: Provided, That the State shall retain the 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 been passed: Provided further, That this act shall apply to lands in Tennessee lying within 20 miles of the North Carolina Sbite line; that all condemnation proceedings herein provided shall be limited to lands now
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