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from any other source of forest reservation revenue, shall Ix* covered 

 into the Treasury of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt and 

 there is hereb}' appropriated and made available as the Secretary of 

 A^^riculture niay direct out of any funds in the Treasury not other- 

 ■svise appropriated, so much as may be necessary to make refunds to 

 depositors of money heretofore or hereafter deposited by them to 

 secure the purchase price on the sale of any products or for the use 

 of any land or resources of the national forests in excess of amounts 

 found actually due from them to the United States ; * * * 



Act March 4, 1907. c. 2907, 34 Stat. 1270. 



This is a proviso annexed to the agricultural appropriation act for the 

 fiscal year 1908. cited above. 



Previous provisions relating to the disposal of money received from 

 the sjile of any products or the use of any land or resources of the forest 

 reserves, contained iu act Februai-j- 1, 1905, c. 2SS, s. 5, and act June 30. 

 1906, c. 3913. are set forth above. 



These provisions are amended by provisions of act March 4, 1911, c. 

 238. set fortli below. 



ACT MARCH 4, 1911, c. 238. (36 Stat. 1235.) 



Refund of moneys erroneously collected for use of lands or for timber or other 

 resources sold from lands, within but not part of national forests; report 

 of amounts. 



* * * That so much of an Act entitled "An Act making appro- 

 priations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year end- 

 ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight," approved March 

 fourth, nineteen hundred and seven (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, 

 pages twelve hundred and fifty-six and twelve hundred and seventy), 

 ■which provides for refinids by the Secretary of Agriculture to deposi- 

 tors of moneys to secure the purchase price of timber or the use of 

 lands or resources of the national forests such sums as may be found 

 to be in excess of the amounts found actually due the United States, 

 be, and is hereb3% amended hereafter to appropriate and to include so 

 much as may be necessary to refund or pay over to the rightful claim- 

 ants such sums as may be found by the Secretary of Agriculture to 

 have been erroneously collected for the use of any lands, or for timber 

 or other resources sold from lands located within, but not a part of, 

 the national forests, or for alleged illegal acts done upon such lands, 

 ■^•hich nets are subsequently found to have been i^ropor and legal; 

 and the Secretary of Agriculture shall make annual report to Congress 

 of the amounts refunded hereimder. 



Act March, 4, 1911, c. 238, 36 Stat. 1253. 



This is a proviso annexed to the agricultural appropriation act for the 

 fiscal year 1912. cited above. 



The provision of act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, mentioned and amended 

 by this provision, is set forth above. 



ACT MAY 23, 1908, c. 192. (35 Stat. 251.) 



Payment of part of money received from each forest reserve to State or Terri- 

 tory for public schools and public roads. 



That hereafter twenty-five per centum of all money received from 

 each forest reserve during anv fiscal year, including the year ending 

 June thirtieth, nineteen himdred and" eiffht. shall be ])aid at the end 

 thereof by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State or Territory in 

 which said reserve is situated, to be expended as the State or Terri- 

 torial legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools 



