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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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dred and five, entitled "An Act provid- 

 ing for the transfer of forest reserves 

 from the Department of the Interior to 

 the Department of Agriculture," shall 

 continue until otherwise provided by 

 law ; but after June thirtieth, nineteen 

 hundred and eight, it shall not be ex- 

 pended except in accordance with spe- 

 cific estimates of expenditures to be 

 made from said fund for the succeed- 

 ing fiscal year, to be submitted by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture with the esti- 

 mates of appropriation in the annual 

 Book of Estimates. 



That ten per centum of all money 

 received from each forest reserve dur- 

 ing any fiscal year, including the year 

 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun- 

 dred and six, shall be paid at the end 

 thereof by the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury 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 pro- 

 portional to its area therein : And pro- 

 vided further, That there shall not be 

 paid to any State or Territory for any 

 county an amount equal to more than 

 forty per centum of the total income of 

 such county from all other sources. 



For ascertaining the natural condi- 

 tions upon and for utilizing the na- 

 tional forest reserves ; and the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture may, in his discre- 

 tion, permit timber and other forest 

 products cut or removed from the for- 

 est reserves of the United States, ex- 

 cept the Black Hills Forest Reserve in 

 South Dakota, to be exported from the 

 State, Territory, or the district of 

 Alaska, in which said reserves are re- 

 spectively situated : Provided, That 

 the exportation of dead and insect-in- 

 fested timber only from said Black 

 Hills Forest Reserve shall be allowed 

 until such time as the Forester shall 

 certify that the ravages of the de- 

 structive insects in said reserve are 



practically checked, but in no case 

 after July first, nineteen hundred and 

 eight ; and hereafter sales of timber on 

 forest reserves in the State of Califor- 

 nia shall in every respect conform to 

 the law governing such sales in other 

 States, as set forth in the Act of June 

 sixth, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first 

 Statutes at Large, page six hundred and 

 sixty-one) ; and hereafter all moneys 

 received as deposits to secure the pur- 

 chase price on the sale of any products 

 or the use of any land or resources of 

 the forest reserves shall be covered 

 into Treasury in the manner provided 

 by section five of the Act of Congress 

 approved February first, nineteen hun- 

 dred and five, entitled "An Act provid- 

 ing for the transfer of forest reserves 

 from the Department of the Interior 

 to the Department of Agriculture," 

 and the fund created by that Act shall 

 be available, as the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture may direct, to make refunds to 

 depositors of money heretofore or 

 hereafter deposited by them in excess 

 of amounts actually due to the United 

 States ; and hereafter all moneys re- 

 ceived as contributions toward coop- 

 erative work in forest investigations 

 shall be covered into the Treasury and 

 shall constitute a special fund, which is 

 hereby appropriated and made avail- 

 able until expended, as the Secretary 

 of Agriculture may direct, for the pay- 

 ment of the expenses of said investiga- 

 tions by the Forest Service and for re- 

 funds to the contributors of amounts 

 heretofore or hereafter paid in by them 

 in excess of their share of the cost of 

 said investigations, for the employ- 

 ment of fiscal and other agents, clerks, 

 assistants, and other labor required in 

 practical forestry, in the administra- 

 tion of forest reserves, and in conduct- 

 ing experiments and investigations in 

 the city of Washington and elsewhere, 

 and he may dispose of photographic 

 prints (including bromide enlarge- 

 ments), lantern slides, transparencies, 

 blue prints, and forest maps at cost 

 and ten per centum additional, and 

 condemned property or materials un- 

 der his charge in the same manner as 

 provided by law for other bureaus ; for 



