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Senate Bill 5518 introduced by Senator Pritchard

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  • 56th CONGRESS, 2d Session. S. 5518. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. January 10, 1901. Mr. Pritchard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game. A BILL For the purchase of a national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. . 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 fives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered and 4 directed to purchase land, suited to the purposes of a national 5 forest reserve, in the Appalachian Mountains within the States 6 of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala- 7 bama, and Tennessee, in total extent not to exceed two mil- 8 lion acres, and to care for, protect, use, and make accessible 9 the said forest reserve, or any part of it, when so purchased. 10 Sec. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 11 empowered and directed to make such rules and regulations 12 and establish such service as he may deem necessary for the 13 care, protection, and use of such forest reserve, and to sell 14 such wood and timber as may be removed without injury to
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