ADMINISTRATION 45 



estimates from the District Foresters are received, 

 and the Forester in turn sends to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture his estimates by allotments or funds, 

 which in turn are put before Congress. While 

 Congress sometimes makes minor changes in the 

 Forest Service appropriation, in most cases the bill 

 is passed as it stands. 



The District Fiscal Agent. The money appro- 

 priated by Congress is allotted to each district, and 

 in turn to each National Forest and finally to each 

 Ranger district by funds, such as General Ex- 

 penses, Fire Fighting, Improvements, etc. In each 

 district the financial matters are taken care of in the 

 Office of Accounts by the District Fiscal Agent. 

 He is the Assistant of the Chief of the Forest Serv- 

 ice Branch of the Division of Accounts of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture and pays all the bills in- 

 curred by the district and receives all the money 

 which comes in from the sale of National Forest 

 resources. The amount of money appropriated for 

 the district is credited to him and he disburses this 

 appropriation in accordance with the Fiscal Regu- 

 lations of the Department of Agriculture. No 

 other officer is allowed to receive money for the sale 

 of timber, forage, or other resources; in fact no 



