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for legal and fiscal officers while performing Forest Service work; and 

 for rent outside of the District of Columbia, as follows: 



For salaries and field and station expenses, including the mainte- 

 nance of nursericH, collecting seed, and planting, necessary for the use, 

 maintenance, improvement, and protection of the National Forests 

 named below: 



Absaroka National Forest, Montana, eight thousand two hundred 

 and thirteen dollars; 



II ere follows an enumeration of all the National Forests, with the amounts appro- 

 priated for each; also certain provisions in the nature of permanent legislation, which 

 will be found under the appropriate headings. 



For fighting forest fires and for other unforeseen emergencies, one 

 hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 



For the purchase and maintenance of necessary field, office, and labo- 

 ratory supplies, instruments and equipment, one hundred and fifty- 

 five thousand dollars; 



For investigations of methods for wood distillation and for the pre- 

 servative treatment of timber, for timber testing and the testing of 

 such woods as may require test to ascertain if they be suitable for 

 making paper, and for other investigations and experiments to promote 

 economy in the use of forest products, one hundred and seventy thou- 

 sand dollars, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall investigate the 

 best methods of distillation of Douglas fir and other northwestern 

 species of fir and timber, and ascertain the yield of distillates of various 

 species, and the refining and commercial use of the distillates; 



For experiments and investigations of range conditions within 

 national forests, and of methods for improving the range by reseeding, 

 regulation of grazing, and other means, twenty thousand one hundred 

 and eighty dollars; 



For the purchase of tree seed, cones, and nursery stock, for seeding 

 and tree planting within National Forests, and for experiments and 

 investigations necessary for such seeding and tree planting, one hun- 

 dred and sixty-five thousand six hundred and forty dollars: Provided, 

 That the Secretary of Agriculture may procure such seed, cones, and 

 nursery stock by open purchase without^advertisements for proposals, 

 whenever in his discretion such method is most economical and in the 

 public interest, and when the cost thereof will not exceed five hundred 

 dollars; 



For silvicultural, dendrological, and other experiments and investi- 

 gations independently or in cooperatior* with other branches of the 

 Federal Government, with States and with individuals, to determine 

 the best methods for the conservative management of forests and 

 forest lands, eighty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty -eight 

 dollars; 



For market and other miscellaneous forest investigations, and for 

 collating, digesting, recording, illustrating, and distributing the 

 results of the experiments and investigations herein provided for, 

 thirty-one thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; 



For the construction and maintenance of roads, trails, bridges, fire 

 lanes, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements neces- 

 sary for the proper and economical administration, protection, and 

 development of the National Forests, four hundred thousand dollars; 



Provided, That no part of the money herein appropriated shall be 

 used to pay the transportation or traveling expenses of any forest 

 officer or agent except he be traveling on business directly connected 

 with the Forest Service and in furtherance of the works, aims, and 

 objects specified and authorized in and by this appropriation: Pro- 

 vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be paid or used for 

 the purpose of paying for, in whole or in part, the preparation or publica- 

 tion of any newspaper or magazine article, but this shall not prevent the 

 giving out to all persons without discrimination, including newspaper 

 and magazine writers and publishers, of any facts or official informa- 

 tion of value to the public. 



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

 National Forests during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen 

 hundred and twelve, shall be available at the end thereof to be expended 





