64 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



highway departinent, and the construction on which federal 

 funds are expended must he done under the direct super- 

 vision of that department. The act requires, as conditions 

 precedent to participation hy any State, that the legislature 

 or governor shall formally assent to the terms of the act, 

 that an amount of money at least equal to the federal funds 

 shall be made available by or on behalf of the State, and 

 that the plans, specifications, and estimates for all projects 

 shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. 



The sum appropriated for the construction and mainten- 

 ance of forest roads and trails is to be derived from the 

 sale of forest products. The amount which may be ex- 

 pended under this section of the act in any one State, Terri- 

 tory or county shall not exceed ten per cent of the value of 

 the timber and forage resources which are or will be avail- 

 able for income from the national forest lands within the 

 respective county or counties wherein the roads or trails are 

 constructed. The State, Territory or county is required to 

 enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of 

 Agriculture for the survey, construction, and maintenance 

 of such roads and trails upon an equitable basis. 



The cooperative requirement is the only new feature in 

 this section of the Federal Aid Road Act. At least three 

 other measures-' had been previously passed by Congress 

 providing for the sharing of the receipts from national 

 forests between the federal government on the one hand and 

 the state and county governments on the other. In so far 

 as the funds secured under the operation of these acts are 

 expended for construction and maintenance of roads and 

 trails, the Department of Agriculture is represented by both 

 the Forest Service and the Office of Public Roads and Rural 

 Engineering. Otherwise they are administered by the 

 Forest Service alone. 



The administration of that part of the Federal Aid Road 



2= Act of May 23, 1908, 35 Stat. L. 251; Act of March i, 1911, 36 

 Stat. L. 963; Act of March 4, 1913, zi Stat. L. 828. 



