from other sources was eliminated. Since this proviso was 

 removed, some of the counties' receipts from national forest 

 \lands have equalled their income from all other sources. 



In August, 1912, the agricultural appropriation act for the 

 year made available an additional 10 per cent of the money 

 received from national forests to build and maintain roads 

 and trails within national forests for the benefit of the public, 

 in the states from, which these proceeds are derived. This 10 

 per cent "road item," as it is called, is expended by the secre- 

 tary of agriculture, who may, according to the act, "whenever 

 practicable in the construction and maintenance of such roads, 

 secure the co-operation or aid of the proper state or terri- 

 torial authorities in the furtherance of any system of high- 

 ways of which such roads may be made a part." The total 

 amount expended under this provision from the receipts of 

 the fiscal year 1912 is $207,295. This was apportioned among 

 the states as follows: Alaska $4,675, Arizona $24,645, Ar- 

 kansas $2,283, California $24,821, Colorado $21,503, Florida 

 $981, Idaho $23,809, Kansas $489, Michigan $2, Minnesota $503, 

 Montana $23,926, Nebraska $1,630, Nevada $6,034, New Mexico 

 $11,850, North Dakota $28, OKlahoma, $351, Oregon $17,023, 

 South Dakota $4,226, Utah $13,504, Washington $12,758, Wyo- 

 ming $12,254. 



The Weeks law of March 1, 1911, providing for the acquisi- 

 tion of lands in the Appalachians, provides that five per cent 

 of moneys received from each national forest into which the 

 lands acquired are divided, be turned over to the state for its 

 public schools and roads. New Mexico and Arizona, besides 

 the sums before mentioned, are entitled to approximately 11 

 per cent of the gross proceeds of all national forests in those 

 states in return for the state school sections within national 

 forests. This provision is embodied in the act of June 20, 

 1910, authorizing the admission of the two new states. 



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