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Agricultural appropriation act of August 10, 1912 (37 Stat, 269). 



That an additional ten per centum of all moneys received from Additional 

 the National Forests during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, n en t inSro^e- 

 nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be available at the end thereof, ments. 

 to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the construction 

 and maintenance of roads and trails within the National Forests in 

 the States from which such proceeds are derived; but the Secretary cooperation 

 of Agriculture may, whenever practicable, in the construction and with states, 

 maintenance of such roads, secure the cooperation or aid of the proper 

 State or Territorial authorities in the furtherance of any system of 

 highways of which such roads may be made a part. 



Agricultural appropriation act of August 10, 1912 (37 Stat., 269). 



That no part of the appropriation made by this act shall be used Buildings on 

 for the construction, repair, maintenance, or use of buildings or im- 6 



provements made for forest-ranger stations within the inclosed fields 

 of bona fide homestead settlers who have established residence upon 

 their homestead lands prior to the date of the establishment of the 

 forest reservation in which the homestead lands are situated, without 

 the consent of the homesteader. 



Agricultural appropriation act of March 4, 1907 (34 Stat., 1256). 



[1270] * * * and hereafter he [Secretary of Agriculture] may Photographs 

 dispose of photographic prints (including bromide enlargements), may be sold, 

 lantern slides, transparencies, blue prints, and forest maps at cost 

 and ten per centum additional, and condemned property or materials Condemned 

 under his charge in the same manner as provided by law for other property, 

 bureaus. 



DECISIONS AFFECTING THE WORK OF "OPERATION." 



An appropriation for the "improvement of the National Forests," 

 with a provision that the money appropriated may be expended as the 

 Secretary of Agriculture may direct, authorizes him to cooperate with 

 county commissioners in the construction of a county road through a 

 National Forest, by contributing money for that purpose. (1 Sol. 

 Op., 154.) 



The Forest Service may legally enter into an agreement for the * 



cooperative construction of a telephone line where under the terms of 

 such agreement the United States- is to retain title to all timber taken 

 from the National Forests used either in the construction or maintenance 

 of said line, the other contracting party to furnish all other materials 

 and labor necessary. (2 Sol. Op., 999.) 



Secretary of Agriculture is not authorized to grant timber to^a tele- 

 phone company free of charge as an inducement to its construction of a 

 telephone line on a National Forest. (2 Sol. Op., 1026.) 



The limitation of $500 on the cost of buildings, contained under 

 "General expenses" in the appropriation for 1911, applies also to 

 ranger cabins erected under the appropriation for "Improvement of 

 the National Forests." (Comp. Dec. of May 23, 1911, unpublished.) 



Under the provision in the appropriation act for 1912 an existing 

 ranger cabin may be enlarged to meet the present needs of the Forest 

 Service, provided the total cost of the enlarged building does not 

 exceed $650. (2 Sol. Op., 679.) 



The foregoing provision does not, however, authorize additional 

 expenditures on old cabins merely for the purpose of making them 

 more comfortable and commodious for the same number of rangers and 

 the same amount of business as they were originally constructed to 

 provide for. (2 Sol. Op., 679.) 



Government property in the nature of fixtures such as cabins, fences, 

 etc., may be sold as personal property either before or after the land to 

 which they are attached is released from withdrawal for administrative 

 use of the Forest Service. (1 Sol. Op., 272.) 



Logs from deserted cabins on National Forests can be sold by the 

 forest supervisors under authority of Revised Statutes, section 3618. 

 (1 Sol. Op., 109.) 



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