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4. To use every proper means to bring about the active 

 cooperation of the owner with respect to all private forest 

 lands afforded protection against fire under this agreement, in- 

 cluding aid from him in the hire of lookout watchmen, patrol- 

 men or fire-fighters, construction of improvements, and the like. 



ARTICLE II. The Secretary agrees : 



1. To fix the sum to be allotted for expenditure by the 

 Federal Government during any calendar year or during other 

 periods as the occasion may require, including emergency al- 

 lotments ; 



To approve the areas on which such sum or sums shall be 

 expended ; and 



To stipulate in times of emergency any waiver in the manner 

 of expenditure herein prescribed which he may deem best. 



2. To appoint the Commissioner a Collaborator in the Forest 

 Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture at a Salary of 

 One Dollar ($1.00) a month; 



To authorize him to select the Federal men employed under 

 this agreement in accordance with a standard of qualifications 

 to be prescribed by the Forester, which is made a part of this 

 agreement and marked Exhibit "A ;" 



To authorize him to employ them, with the approval of the 

 Secretary, at not to exceed Ninety Dollars ($90.00) for a 

 thirty-day month, or its equivalent of Three Dollars ($3.00) 

 per diem, and to certify such employment on properly executed 

 vouchers to the Fiscal Agent, Forest Service, Washington, D. 

 C, at the end of each calendar or fractional month ; 



To require him to hire at a monthly rate of pay men who are 

 expected to perform continuous service in excess of 30 days ; 



(The men paid at a monthly rate will receive pay for Sun- 

 days and legal holidays* whether or not any service is actually 

 performed on such days and for days when because of incle- 

 ment weather no outdoor service can be performed. Men em- 

 ployed and paid by the month may be granted 1 1-4 days leave 

 with pay, for each month of continuous service, beginning with 

 the third month. When such men are absent from duty, except 

 as noted above, such time must be deducted from their salary 



♦January 1, February 22, May 30, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving 

 Day, and December 25. 



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