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The Wrangell Sentinel
Wrangell, Alaska
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On February 20, 1947, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior signed a public land order excluding 11 tracts from Alaska's Chugach and Tongass National Forests, restoring them to public entry. The tracts were occupied as homesites by permittees including Dominick Kelly and others. A congressional bill by Delegate Bartlett seeks to abolish a related 1898 land provision.
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JUNEAU - Word has been received by Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzleman that the Assistant Secretary of the Interior signed a public land order on February 20, 1947, excluding 11 tracts of land from the Chugach and Tongass National forests in Alaska and restoring them to entry under the applicable land laws.
The permittees and general location of their homesites are Dominick Kelly, Lakeview group, Kenai Lake; Carl Anderson, Tee Harbor group, Juneau; J. E. Trucano, Triangle group, Juneau; Knute Langseth, Hood Bay group, Hood Bay; E. L. Morke, Sawmill section, Sitka highway; H. A. Wells, Wrangell group, Wrangell; C. W. Wilson, Wrangell group, Wrangell; Carl Jacobson, Herring Cove-Mountain Point group, Ketchikan; E. F. Brady, Scow Bay-Mountain Point group, Ketchikan; Karl Sullivan, Clover Pass group, Ketchikan; Lawrence Pawsey, So. Tonga highway, Ketchikan.
These tracts have been occupied as homesites under permit from the Forest Service and requests for their elimination were made by the Secretary of Agriculture in 1913 and 1944. The Interior Department delayed final action because of the Act of May 14, 1898, which requires a reservation of at least 80 rods in width between claims on shore waters in Alaska.
A bill has recently been introduced in Congress by Delegate Bartlett, H. R. 172, which, if passed, will abolish this provision.
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Alaska
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February 20, 1947
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11 tracts of land excluded from chugach and tongass national forests and restored to entry under applicable land laws.
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Word received in Juneau by Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzleman that Assistant Secretary of the Interior signed public land order on February 20, 1947, excluding 11 occupied homesite tracts from national forests in Alaska and restoring them to public entry. Requests for elimination made by Secretary of Agriculture in 1913 and 1944; delayed due to Act of May 14, 1898, requiring 80-rod width reservation between shore water claims. Bill H. R. 172 introduced by Delegate Bartlett to abolish this provision.