FOREST SERVICE. 183 



For market and other miscellaneous forest investigations, and for 

 collating, digesting, recording, illustrating, and distributing the 

 results of the experiments and investigations herein provided for, 

 thirty-one thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; 



For the construction and maintenance of roads, trails, bridges, 

 fire lanes, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements 

 necessary for the proper and economical administration, protection, 

 and development of the national forests, four hundred thousand 

 dollars; 



Provided, That no part of the money herein appropriated shall be 

 used to pay the transportation or traveling expenses of any forest 

 officer or agent except he be traveling on businc'^s directly connected 

 with the Forest Service and in furtherance of the works, aims, and 

 objects specified and authorized in and by this appropriation: Pro- 

 ■rided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be paid or 

 used for the purpose of paying for, in whole or in part, the prepara- 

 tion or publication of any newspaper or magazine article, but this 

 shall not prevent the giving out to all persons without discrimina- 

 tion, including newspaper and magazine writers and publishers, of 

 any facts or official information of value to the public. 



That an additional ten per centum of all moneys received from the 

 national forests during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen 

 hundred and twelve, shall be available at the end thereof, to be 

 expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the construction and 

 maintenance of roads and trails within the national forests in the 

 States from which such proceeds are derived; but the Secretary of 

 Agriculture may, whenever practicable, in the construction and main- 

 tenance of such roads, secure the cooperation or aid of the proper 

 State or Territorial authorities in the furtherance of any system of 

 highways of which such roads may be made a part. 



In all. for general expenses, three million one hundred and seven 

 thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars. 



Not to exceed fifteen per centum of the total of all sums appropri- 

 ated under " (leneral expenses, Forest Service," may be used in the 

 discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture as provided above under 

 general expenses for Forest Service for all expenses necessary for the 

 general administration of the Forest Service'. 



Total for Forest Service, five million three hundred and forty- 

 three thousand and forty-five dollars. 



Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 279. 



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Fighting and prevtenting forest fires in emergency: For fight- 

 ing and preventing forest fires in cases of extraordinary emergency, 

 two hundred thousand dollars, or so much therof as may be necessary. 



Act August 10, 1912, c. 284. 37 St.it. 300. 



These :ire provisious of the agi'icultural appropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 1913, cited above. 

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A provision, here omitterl, approririating and makinf; available until 

 expended so much of the maximum sums mentioned in act March 1, 1911, 

 c. 1S6. s. 3. for the fiscal years 1912 to 1915. inclusive, as shall remain 

 unexpended at the close of each of said fiscal years, is set forth on p. 102, 

 ante. 



