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Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 473), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the following-described lands now parts of the Bitterroot National Forest as defined by proclamation of April 30, 1912 (37 Stat. 1738-1739), and the Missoula National Forest as defined by proclamation of January 31, 1929 (45 Stat. 2989), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Lolo National Forest.

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Executive Order 5761—Transfer of Lands from the Bitterroot and the Missoula to the Lolo National Forest, Montana

12/15/1931

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