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who was also pven authority to make, subject to the approval of 

 the Secretary, such chanojes in the methods of accountiiiji; and dis- 

 bursino^ in the Forest Service as mi<]^ht be deemed necessary from time 

 to time. By the same order the fiscal accents of the Forest Service, 

 both in Washinfrton and at the district centers in Missoula, Mont., 

 Denver, Colo., Albuquerque, N. Mex., Ogden, Utah, San Francisco, 

 Cal., Portland, Orej^:;., ancl ^ladison, Wis., were made subject to the 

 instructions of the Chief of the Division of Accounts in all matters 

 pertainino^ to accounts and disbursements. The a(]jricultural appro- 

 priation act of May 26, 1910 (36 Stat., 416), supplemented the Secre- 

 tary's action by transferring these fiscal agents from the Forest 

 Service to the statutory roll of the Division of Accounts and Dis- 

 bursements, thus completing the change which places the Forest 

 Service on an equal footing with the other Bureaus in regard to fiscal 

 matters, and brmging its accounting and disbursing work under the 

 immediate supervision and direction of the Chief of the Division 

 of Accounts and Disbursements, who is by statute the administrative 

 oflicer of the fiscal aiTairs of the Department of Agriculture. 



The follo\vdng statement, furnished by the fiscal agents of the 

 Forest Service, is printed: 



