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protection. Thereby extension of national and state cooperation in 

 fire protection is contemplated to the end that ultimately the Federal 

 Government will provide $2,500,000 a year toward this work 

 of protection. 



In Section III authorization is given for an appropriation of 

 $2,500,000 a year to carry out this and the two preceding sections. It 

 also authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to expend such sums 

 under the appropriation as he deems advisable to study the effect of 

 tax laws on forest perpetuation and renewal and to cooperate with the 

 states in devising such laws to encourage timber production. 



By Section IV authority is given for appropriation of $100,000 a 

 year to be expended in cooperation with any state in the procurement 

 and distribution of seeds and seedlings for reforesting denuded lands. 

 This section is designed to aid states that have already started this 

 work and cannot supply the present demands and to encourage such 

 activity on the part of other states. 



Section V of the bill authorizes another $100,000 to be matched, 

 at least, with state appropriations, for the purposes of advising and 

 assisting farmers and other owners of land in establishing and improv- 

 ing woodlots, shelter-belts and other valuable forest growth. It seeks 

 to fill the need of education about forestry values among farmers 

 in particular. 



In Section VI the bill seeks to amend the Weeks Law by authoriz- 

 ing the Secretary to examine and recommend for purchase, subject to 

 approval by the National Forest Reservation Commission, any forested, 

 cut-over or denuded lands within the watersheds of navigable streams 

 whose acquisition is necessary either for regulating the flow of 

 navigable streams or for the production of timber. It seeks to pro- 

 mote the acquisition of denuded lands on the lower portions of the 

 watersheds of navigable streams whose restoration to timber growth 

 is essential but is so difficult or costly that it cannot be performed by 

 private ownership. 



Under Section VII the Secretary of Agriculture would be per- 

 mitted to accept title in behalf of the United States to lands chiefly 

 valuable for timber production. By Section VIII the Secretary would 

 be authorized to determine the location of vacant public lands chiefly 

 valuable for the protection of streams and capable of being easily 

 merged with the National Forests, and incorporate such lands with 



