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The appropriation for general expenses of the Forest Service can not 

 be used to pay for the support of a prisoner confined in a State jail for 

 violation of the rules and regulations relating to the forest reserves 

 under a commitment issued by United States Commissioner. Such 

 payments are chargeable to the judiciary appropriation. (14 Comp. 

 Dec., 113.) 



The appropriation for the general expenses of the Forest Service 

 can not be used to pay an impounding fee under a village ordinance 

 for horses of the Government taken up and impounded by the village 

 authorities. (1 Sol. Op., 642.) 



A forest officer keeping a privately owned automobile for official busi- 

 ness cannot receive compensation for carrying another forest officer in 

 the car, both being on an official trip. (2 Sol. Op., 782.) 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



The expense of transporting horses of employees of the Forest Service, 

 needed in the performance of their official duties, is payable from the 

 appropriation for general expenses. (1 Sol. Op., 350.) 



The expenses of identification and eradication of poisonous plants 

 within the National Forests may be paid from general expenses under 

 the appropriation for 1910. (1 Sol. Op., 199.) 



The fire-fighting fund provided under general expenses in the act of 

 March 4, 1911, is available for paying the cost of repairs to a vehicle 

 unavoidably damaged while under hire to the Forest Service for con- 

 veying men to a forest fire, with the express agreement to be respon- 

 sible for damages. (2 Sol. Op., 740.) 



Salaries of stream gangers working under cooperative agreement with 

 the Geological Survey are payable from the appropriation for general 

 expenses of the Forest Service. (2 Sol. Op., 719.) 



Telephone lines consisting of insulated wire laid upon the ground 



and temporarily used in one part of the forest and then removed and 



used in the same way in another part should be charged, under general 



expenses, for the "purchase and maintenance of all necessary field 



' T supplies," etc. (1 Sol. Op., 651.) 



Labor employed in constructing such lines should be paid for from 

 the appropriation for general expenses, as a field expense of the par- 

 ticular forest. (1 Sol. Op., 651.) 



Expenses of a forest officer in attending, in his official capacity, the 

 examination or trial of a person charged with violation of the laws 

 relating to timber trespass on National Forests are payable from the 

 general expenses for the Forest Service. (1 Sol. Op., 383.) 



The appropriation for the construction and maintenance of roads, 

 trails, bridges, etc., in the appropriation act of August 10, 1912, is not 

 exclusive, but is interchangeable with the item for general expenses 

 "to pay all expenses necessary to protect, administer, and improve the 

 National Forests." (Solicitor to his Assistant at San Francisco, Sept. 

 7, 1912.) 



IMPROVEMENTS. 

 Enlargement and improvement of ranger stations. See under "Operation," page 17 



The installation for the first time of bathroom fixtures in the Fort 

 Valley experiment station, in the same manner as similar fixtures are 

 usually installed in the ordinary city house, are not repairs in the 

 meaning of the appropriation act. (2 Sol. Op., 768.) 



Fruit trees, grapevines, and rose bushes purchased for planting on 

 ranger stations can not be paid for out of any appropriation for the 

 Forest Service made in the appropriation act of 1911. (1 Sol. Op., 556.) 



FIRE-FIGHTING FUND. 



Fees of an employment agency for services in securing fire fighters 

 may be paid from the appropriation for fighting forest fires and other 

 unforeseen emergencies. (1 Sol. Op., 349.) 





