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Show 625 For lands acquired under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, the Secretary of Agriculture has the author- ity to permit the use of such lands for "any public purpose."709 Specific authority exists to protect, improve, develop, and administer any property so acquired and to construct such structures thereon as may be necessary to adapt it to its most beneficial use.710 Lands included in the national forests are "to be adminis- tered by the Secretary of Agriculture under such rules and reg- ulations and in accordance with such general plans as may be jointly approved by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec- retary formerly administering the area, for the use and occu- pation of such lands and for sale of such products therefrom." m Further indication of the permissible uses to which such lands may be put is inherent in the provision for the disposition of moneys received on account of permits for hunting, fishing, or camping on certain forest lands.712 The Secretary of Agriculture may permit the use of national forest areas adjacent to mineral, medicinal, or other springs, for the purpose of erecting upon such leased grounds sanatoriums or hotels to be opened for the reception of the public.713 He is further authorized to permit the use of national forest lands for the construction of summer homes, hotels, stores, or other structures needed for recreation or public convenience, not ex- ceeding five acres to any one person or association.714 The Taylor Grazing Act applies to land chiefly valuable for grazing and the raising of forage crops.715 However, the Secre- tary of the Interior is directed to provide for suitable rules and regulations, for cooperation with local associations of stockmen, state land officials, and official state agencies engaged in con- servation or propagation of wildlife, or interested in the use of 708 Act of July 22,1937, § 32(d), 32(f), 50 Stat. 522, 526, 7 U. S. C. 1011(d), 1011(f). 710 § 32 (b), 50 Stat. 526, 7 U. S. O. 1011 (b). 711 Act of June 7,1924, § 9, 43 Stat. 653, 655, 16 U. S. C. 471 (b). 712 Act of March 4, 1917, 39 Stat. 1134, 1149, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 499. m Act of February 28, 1899, § 1, 30 Stat. 908, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 495. 714 Act of March 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1086, 1101, 16 U. S. C. 497. 715 Act of June 28, 1934, § 1, 48 Stat. 1269, as amended, 43 U. S. O. 315. See also supra, pp. 364-366. |