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dollars ($....); provided that they shall be employed exclu- 

 sively in the protection of areas on the watersheds of navigable rivers 

 which shall have been approved by the said secretary. 



6. The total snm to be expended by the Federal government during 

 the term of this agreement for the purposes of this agrement may equal 



but shall not exceed dollars ($ ); but in no case shall the 



amount expended by the Federal government in any Federal fiscal year 

 exceed the amount appropriated by the said state for and expended by 

 it during the same period for the purpose of protecting from fire for- 

 ested watersheds of navigable streams in said state. 



7. Payment for the services of Federal patrolmen employed under 

 this agreement shall be made at the end of each calendar or fractional 

 month on vouchers certified by the State forester as collaborator, and 

 forwarded to the Forester, Forest Service, Washington, D. C, pro- 

 vided that no patrolmen will be employed except during the real danger 

 season from forest fires on the watersheds and areas approved by the 

 Secretary under this agreement. 



8. The said secretary and his authorized representative shall have 

 full authority to inspect the protective areas and the force herein 

 authorized, and at his option, by giving the state commission written 

 notice, may withdraw his approval of any such area or portion thereof, 

 or terminate the-employment of any Federal patrolman or patrolmen or 

 of the State forester as collaborator in the Forest Service. 



9. The State forester shall be responsible for seeing that each pa- 

 trolman keeps a vigilant lookout for forest fires in or threatening his 

 district, and that he makes every possible effort to extinguish such fires 

 as occur whether they are on lands belonging to the State, the Federal 

 government, or a private owner, provided that during the patrol period 

 when in the judgment of the State Forester patrol is unnecssary the 

 patrolmen may be used on other fire-protection work. The State for- 

 ester or his representative shall from time to time make such personal 

 inspection of the cooperative fire-protection work done under this 

 agreement as may be necessary to promote the effectiveness of said work. 



10. The said State forester shall, with respect to all private forest 

 land afforded protection against fire under this agreement, use every 

 proper means to bring about the active cooperation of the owner in such 

 protection, including aid from him in the form of hire of one or more 

 patrolmen, construction of permanent improvements, and the like. 



11. Both the State commission and the Forest Service of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture shall have equal right to publish the 

 results of the cooperation under this agreement: Provided, that any 

 results intended for publication, except press notices of momentary or 

 local interest, be approved by the commission and by the secretary. In 

 all such publications it shall be plainly stated that the results were se- 

 cured through cooperation between the commission -and the secretary. 



