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and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, and 

 methods for the preservative treatment of timber; to seek, through 

 investigations and the pLanting of native and foreio;n species, suitable 

 trees for the treeless regions; to erect necesstiry buildings: Prorided^ 

 That the cost of any building erected shall not exceed six hundred and 

 fifty dollars: And provided further^ That no part of the appropria- 

 tion made by this Act shall be used for the construction, repair, main- 

 tenance or use of buildings or improvements made for forest-ranger 

 stations within the inclosed fields of bona fide homestead settlers who 

 have established residence upon their homestead lands prior to the 

 date of the establishment of the forest reservation in which the home- 

 stead lands are situated, without the consent of the homesteader; to 

 pay all expenses necessary to protect, administer, and improve the 

 national forests; to ascertain the natural conditions upon and utilize 

 the national forests; * * * 



Provisions of this act, here omitted, authorizing the exportation of 

 timber jmd other forest products, cut or removed from national forests, 

 from the State, etc., in which such forests are located, are set forth on 

 p. 92, ante. 



* * * to transport and care for fish and game supplied to stock 

 the national forests or the waters therein; to employ agents, clerks, as- 

 sistants, and other labor required in practical forestrj' and in the 

 administration of national forests, in the city of Washington and 

 elsewhere; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results of 

 experiments and investigations made by the Forest Service; to pur- 

 chase law books, to an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars, 

 necessar}^ supplies. apjDaratus. and office fixtures, and technical books 

 and technical journals for officers of the Forest Service stationed 

 outside of Washington; to pay freight, express, telephone, and tele- 

 graph charges; for electric light and power, fuel, gas, ice, washing 

 towels, and official traveling and other necessary expenses, including 

 traveling expenses for legal and fiscal officers while performing 

 Forest Service w^ork ; and for rent outside of the District of Colum- 

 bia, as follows: 



For salaries and field and station expenses, including the mainte- 

 nance of nurseries, collecting seed, and planting, necessary for the use, 

 maintenance, improvement, and protection of the national forests 

 named below : 



Absaroka National Forest, Montana, eight thousand two hundred 

 and thirteen dollars; 



Alamo National Forest, New Mexico, six thousand five hundred 

 and thirty-five dollars; 



Angeles National Forest, California, thirteen thousand five hun- 

 dred and seventy-seven dollars; 



Apache National Forest, Arizona, thirteen thousand and eighty- 

 eight dollars; 



Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, fourteen thousand seven hun- 

 dred and fifty-eight dollars; 



Arkansas National Forest, Arkansas, fourteen thousand four hun- 

 dred and two dollars; 



Ashley National Forest, Utah and Wyoming, four thousand four 

 hundred and thirty-four dollars; 



Battlement National Forest, Colorado, six thousand five hundred 

 and ninety-three dollars; 



