ACTS OF CONGRESS 357 



REVENUES TO STATES. SECS. 634-635 



without injury to the forest reserves, and which are not needed for 

 public purposes, and may list and describe the same by metes and 

 bounds, or otherwise, and file the lists and descriptions with the 

 Secretary of the Interior, with the request that the said lands be opened 

 to entry in accordance with the provisions of the homestead laws and 

 this act. (Act Jun. 11, '06; 34 Stat. L., p. 233; amended, Act May 30, 

 '08; 35 Stat. L., p. 554; '09 Supp. Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 662; '11 Supp. 

 Comp. Stat, p. 649.) 



See remainder of act for entry of lands so opened. 



See Act of Aug. 10, '12, (37 Stat. L., p. 287), which directs the immediate 

 selection, classification and restoration of such lands. 

 Cited : 37 Land Dec. 359 ; 38 L. D. 278 ; 40 L. D. 316. 



SEC. 634. SHARE OF REVENUES TO STATES. 



Hereafter twenty-five per centum of all money received from each 

 forest reserve during any fiscal year * * * shall be paid at the end 

 thereof by the Secretary of the Treasury to the state or territory in 

 which said reserve is situated, to be expended as the state or territorial 

 legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and 

 public roads of the county or counties in which the forest reserve is 

 situated: Provided, That when any forest reserve is in more 

 than one state or territory or county the distributive share to 

 each from the proceeds of said reserve shall be proportional to its area 

 therein. (Act May 23, '08; 35 Stat. L., p. 260; '09 Supp. Fed. Stat 

 Ann., p. 666; '11 Supp. Comp. Stat, p. 649.) 



Former Acts : 34 Stat. L., 684 ; id., 1270. 



SEC. 635. LANDS PURCHASED FOR RESERVES REVENUES. 



Five per centum of all moneys received during any fiscal year from 

 each national forest into which the lands acquired under this act may 

 from time to time be divided shall be paid, at the end of such year, by 

 the Secretary of the Treasury to the state in which such national 

 forest is situated, to be expended as the state legislature may prescribe 

 for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or 

 counties in which such national forest is situated: Provided, That 

 when any national forest is in more than one state or county the dis- 

 tributive share to each from the proceeds of such forest shall be 

 proportional to its area therein: Provided further, That there shall 

 not be 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. (Act Mar. 1, '11; 36 Stat L., p. 963, sec. 13; '12 Supp. Fed. 

 Stat. Ann., p. 393; '11 Supp. Comp. Stat, p. 655.) 



This section is from the act providing for the acquisition by the govern- 

 ment of timbered lands for national forests. 



