ADMINISTRATION 47 



provided that this money is to be expended for 

 schools and roads in the county in which the Na- 

 tional Forests lie. Recently a law was passed giv- 

 ing the Secretary of Agriculture authority to ex- 

 pend an additional 10 per cent, of the National For- 

 est receipts for the construction of roads and trails 

 for the benefit of local communities. From the 

 fiscal year 1917 this amounts to about $340,000. 

 These moneys for roads, trails, and schools are of 

 course a great benefit to the mountain communities, 

 since usually the amount of taxable property in 

 such remote localities is small and hence the amount 

 of taxes received is small. These allotments to the 

 counties have helped to develop the communication 

 systems of local communities and have also made 

 the National Forests more accessible and useful. 



THE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOE THE NATIONAL 



FORESTS 



The Property Auditor and Property Clerk. 

 The depot for equipment, supplies, and blank forms 

 is located at Ogden, Utah, and this office furnishes 

 all the Forests in all the districts with most of the 

 equipment necessary. The record of the prop- 

 erty of the United States in the custody of the For- 



