62 FOREST LANDS FOB THE PROTECTION OF WATERSHEDS. 



SEC. 14. That twenty-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 distributive 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 40 per cen- 

 tum of the total income of such county from all other sources. 



SEC. 15. That a sum sufficient to pay the necessary expenses of the commis- 

 sion and its members, not to exceed an annual expenditure of twenty-five thou- 

 sand dollars, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 

 otherwise appropriated. Said appropriation shall be immediately available, 

 and shall be paid out on the audit and order of the president of the said com- 

 mission, which audit and order shall be conclusive and binding upon all depart- 

 ments as to the correctness of the accounts of said commission. 



Amend the title so as to read " An act to enable any State to co- 

 operate with any other State or States, or with the United States, 

 for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to 

 appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of 

 conserving the navigability of navigable rivers." 



Thereupon, by vote of the committee, it was ordered that Mr. Weeks 

 and Mr. Lever be requested to report the bill to the House. 



It was further ordered that the paper upon " Forests and reser- 

 voirs in relation to stream flow with particular reference to navigable 

 rivers," read before the American Society of Civil Engineers, by 

 Lieut. Col. H. M. Chittenden, of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 

 be incorporated in these hearings, together with the comments of 

 Dr. George F. Swain thereon, and a letter from Colonel Chittenden 

 to the chairman of the committee in reply to Doctor Swain's com- 

 ments; and also the majority and minority reports on the bill S. 

 4825. 



The documents referred to appear as an appendix to this volume. 



