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Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat., 961), toenable any State to cooperate with any other State 

 or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable 

 streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of 

 conserving the navigability of navigable rivers. 



states author- That the consent of the Congress of the United States is hereby given 

 aTements ma to to eac ^ * ^ e severa l States of the Union to enter into any agreement 

 conserve forests or compact, not in conflict with any law of the United States, with any 

 and water sup- other State or States for the purpose of conserving the forests and the 

 P ly - water supply of the States entering into such agreement or compact. 



fire^rotection 



water supply of the States entering 

 SEC. 2. That the sum of two h 



Cooperation SEC. 2. That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby 



appropriated and made available until expended, out of any moneys in 

 the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture to cooperate with any State or group of States, when 

 requested to do so, in the protection from fire of the forested watersheds 

 of navigable streams; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 

 authorized, and on such conditions as he deems wise, to stipulate and 

 agree with any State or group of States to cooperate in the organization 

 and maintenance of a system of fire protection on any private or State 

 forest lands within such State or States and situated upon the watershed 

 of a navigable river: Provided, That no such stipulation or agreement 

 shall be made with any State which has not provided by law for a system 

 of forest-fire protection: Provided further, That in no case shall the 

 amount expended in any State exceed in any fiscal year the amount 

 appropriated by that State for the same purpose during the same 

 fiscal year. 



Purchase of SEC. 3. That there is hereby appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 



rfavftabiirtv 861 ^ J une thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, the sum of one million dol- 



streams. ' lars, and for each fiscal year thereafter a sum not to exceed two million 



dollars for use in the' examination, survey, and acquirement of lands 



located on the headwaters of navigable streams or those which are 



being or which may be developed for navigable purposes: Provided, 



That the provisions of this section shall expire by limitation on the 



thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifteen. 



Appoint m e n t SEC. 4. That a commission, to be known as the National Forest Reser- 

 of commission, vation Commission, consisting of the Secretary of War, the Secretary 

 of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and two Members of the 

 Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, and two Members 

 of the House of Representatives, to be selected by the Speaker, is 

 hereby created and authorized to consider and pass upon such lands 

 as may be recommended for purchase as provided in section six of this 

 act, and to fix the price or prices at which such lands may be purchased, 

 and no purchases shall be made of any lands until such lands have been 

 duly approved for purchase by said commission: Provided, That the 

 members of the commission herein created shall serve as such only 

 during their incumbency in their respective official positions, and any 

 vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the manner as the original 

 appointment. 



Reports to Con- SEC. 5. That the commission hereby appointed shall, through its 

 president, annually report to Congress, not later than the first Monday 

 in December, the operations and expenditures of the commission, in 

 detail, during the preceding fiscal year. 



Duties of Secre- $EC. g. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and 



ture and Geolog- directed to examine, locate, and recommend for purchase such lands 



ical Survey. as in his judgment may be necessary to the regulation of the flow of 



navigable streams, and to report to the National Forest Reservation 



Commission the results of such examinations: Provided, That before 



any lands are purchased by the National Forest Reservation Commis- 



sion said lands shall be examined by the Geological Survey and a report 



made to the Secretary of Agriculture, showing that the control of such 



lands will promote or protect the navigation of streams on whose water- 



sheds they lie. 



Secretary to SEC. 7. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to 

 of state. 6 ' C n purchase, in the name of the United States, such lands as have been 

 approved for purchase by the National Forest Reservation Commission 

 at the price or prices fixed by said commission: Provided, That no deed 

 or other instrument of conveyance shall be accepted or approved by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture under this act until the legislature of the 



