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of such lon-.-i .-lull t>e proportional in it.- an-a therein: Provided further, 

 That there shall not !< paid to any State for any county an amount 

 equal to more than forty per centum of the total income of such county 

 from all other sources. 



Expenses of SEC. II. That a sum sufficient to pay the necessary expenses of the 

 "' comnii-ion and its ineml.er.- not to exceed an annual expenditure of 

 twenty-live thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money 

 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Said appropriation shall 

 t>6 immediate!) available, and shall be paid out on the audit and order 

 of the president of the said eomniission. whirli audit and order shall be 

 conclusive and binding upon all departments a- to the correctlH 

 the accounts of said 



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



Appropriations And in order to carry out the purposes mentioned in section three of 

 lands P conUnued f the Act of March first > nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An 

 ' Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or 

 with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of naviga- 

 ble streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands 

 for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers," 

 there is hereby appropriated and made available until expended so 

 much of the maximum sums mentioned in said section for the fiscal 

 years nineteen hundred and twelve to nineteen hundred and fifteen, 

 inclusive, as shall remain unexpended at the close of each of said fiscal 

 years. 



Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat., 225), for the preservation of American antiquities. 



Objects of his- SEC. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby author 

 interest ^ay^be i ze d, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic 

 as na- landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of 



tional monu- historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned 

 or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national 

 monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land the 

 limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area com- 

 patible with the proper care and management of the objects to be pro- 

 tected: Provided, That when such objects are situated upon a tract 

 covered by a bona fide unperfected claim or held in private ownership, 

 the tract, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the proper care 

 and management of the object, may be relinquished to the Govern- 

 ment, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to accept 

 the relinquishment of such tracts in behalf of tne Government of the 

 United States. 



Permits for ex- g EC> 3. That permits for the examination of ruins, the excavation 



vSion, 10 Md. e3 co f archaeological sites, and the gathering of objects of antiquity upon 



lection'. the lands under their respective jurisdictions may be granted by the 



Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and War to institutions which 



they may deem properly qualified to conduct such examination, exca- 



vation, or gathering, subject to such rules and regulations as they may 



prescribe: Provided, That the examinations, excavations, and gather- 



ings are undertaken for the benefit of reputable museums, universities, 



colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, with 



a view to increasing the knowledge of such objects, and that the gather- 



ings shall be made for permanent preservation in public museums. 



Uniform rules SEC. 4. That the Secretaries of the Departments aforesaid shall make 



ls - and publish from time to time uniform rules and regulations for the 



purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. 1 



The purpose of this act is to permanently preserve objects of antiquity and historic 

 interest for the instruction and enjoyment of the people, and the three Secretaries are, 

 not authorized to make regulations which will in effect prohibit access thereto by the 

 general public. They can not, therefore, restrict access to those only who are accom- 

 panied by accredited guides and pay a reasonable charge for such services. (1 Sol. 

 Op., 224.) 



(Section one of the above act, which is purely penal in character, is printed under 

 Trespass, p. 67, infra.) 



