Section, acts June 4, 1897, ch. 2, § 1,
30 Stat. 35; June 9, 1900, ch. 804,
31 Stat. 661; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1,
33 Stat. 628; June 30, 1906, ch. 3913,
34 Stat. 684; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 457, § 3,
43 Stat. 1132; May 27, 1952, ch. 337,
66 Stat. 95, authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to sell timber from national forests. See section
472a of this title.