§166 Exchange of timber for private holdings; valuations

Summary

Owners who want to trade privately owned patented land inside Glacier National Park for timber on park lands or on Government lands in Montana’s national forests must have both the private land and the timber appraised in the way the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture agree. The landowners must pay for the appraisal and must give proof that they own the patented land before the exchange counts. If the timber is worth more than the private land being given, the owners must pay the extra value before any timber is taken. That payment is put into the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Land turned over to the Government this way becomes part of Glacier National Park.