240 AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1924. 



Mr. MacDon'ald. I neror thought of that ouestion before. Mv 

 own behef has been that those authorizations nold until expended. 



Mr. Anderson. My recollection is that there was a three-year 

 authorization in the general program. 



Mr. MacDonali). Yes. sir. 



Mr. Anderson. That would only carry appropriations for the 

 three years for which the authorization was made. I was wonder- 

 ing whether this S6.o00.000 was carried under language which would 

 Eermit making the appropriation for any one of three years covered 

 y the general proposition, or whether this only covered one year. 



Colonel Greeley. I have here the act itseff. This is section 4. 

 paragraph 2, of the act approved June 19, 1922, as follows: 



For the purpose of carrving out the T)ro\-isions of section 23 of the Federal high- 

 way act. approved November 9, 1921, triere is hereV)y authorized to be appropriated 

 for forest roads and trail.«, out of any money in the Treasury not other\\i.«e ajjpro- 

 priated, the following additional sums, to be made available until expended, in 

 accordance with the provisions of said section 23: The sum of six million five hun- 

 dred thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924. The sum of six million 

 five hundred thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925. 



Mr. Anderson. That only covers two years. 



Mr. Buchanan. It expires with the appropriation for that fiscal 

 year. 



Colonel Greeley. That would bo my impression. 



Mr. JcTMP. If it said "during" the fiscal year 1923. 



Mr. Buchanan. The very wording of the act, making one appro- 

 priation for one year, 1924, and another appropriation for the follow- 

 mg year, 1925, shows that it was intended to have that for each year. 



Mr. Jump. Our impression was that they intended to make that 

 amount of money available until the rate of expenditures required 

 further appropriations under the authorization. 



Mr. Buchanan. It says in accordance with section 23. AVhat is 

 section 23 ? 



Colonel Greeley. Tliat is section 23 of the act of November 19, 

 1921. It is a section that covers a printed page of the act. I have it 

 here and will read it, if you desire to have it read. 



1 might say, Mr. Chairman, that in accordance with the terms of 

 that section, to whicli Mr. Buchanan referred, any appropriation made 

 for the construction of forest roads up to an amount of SO, 000, 000 

 in any year is divided ecpially between roads of primary service to 

 the States, counties, or communities in the national forest regions, 

 and roads and trails of primary service for the protection and adminis- 

 tration of tile national forests themselves. In other words, the legis- 

 lation recognizes the two bio; purposes to be served by forest roads; 

 first, the extension of public hignways. State roads, county roads, 

 and community roads over the national forests, making them contrib- 

 ute a reasonable share toward the comnlelion of the j)ul)lic-road 

 system in their regions; and, second, building on to that public-road 

 systciii the roads and trails needed |)rimarily to protect the national 

 fore>its themselves and to develop their resources. 



Under the terms of the law anv appropriation up to SO, 000, 000 is 

 split e<|ually between those two chusses of roails. Our method of ex- 

 jx-nditurc, as dclincd by regulations of the Secretary of Agi-icultiire, 

 pn.vijjfs for a cooprralivc working out of highway plans >vith the State 



