LANDS FOREST HOMESTEADS. 37 



within the boundaries of National Forests that may be opened to set- 

 tlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the na- 

 tional forests, and the sum of $100,000 is hereby appropriated for 

 the purposes aforesaid: Provided. That not to exceed $35,000 of this 

 sum may be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture for the examination, survey, and platting of certain lands now 

 listed or to be listed within Xational Forests chiefly valuable for agri- 

 culture and describing such lands by metes and bounds, as required 

 by the act of June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty- fourth 

 Statute, page two hundred and thirty-three), and the act of March 

 third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (Thirtieth Statute, page ten 

 hundred and ninety-five), and hereafter such surveys, and the plats 

 and field notes thereof, shall be made by employees of the Forest 

 Service, to be designated by the United States surveyor general, and 

 such surveys and the plats and field notes thereof shall be approved 

 by the United States surveyor general: Provided further ', That any 

 unexpended balance of an appropriation of $35,000 to be expended 

 " under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture for survey and 

 listing of lands within the Forest reserves chiefly valuable for agri- 

 culture and describing the same by metes and bounds or otherwise," 

 and so forth, provided by the Act of August tenth, nineteen hundred 

 and twelve, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine- 

 teen hundred and thirteen," be. and the same is, hereby continued 

 and made available for and during the fiscal year ending June thir- 

 tieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, for the purpose of this appro- 

 priation; * * *. 



Act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat., 415). 



For the selection, classification, and segregation of lands within 

 the boundaries of national forests that may be opened to homestead 

 settlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the 

 Xational Forests, $100,000; 



For the survey and platting of certain lands, chiefly valuable for 

 agriculture, now listed or to be listed within the national forests, 

 under the Act of June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty- 

 fourth Statutes, page two hundred and thirty-three), and the Act of 

 March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (Thirtieth Statutes, 

 page one thousand and ninety-five) , as provided by the Act of March 

 fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. $85,000: Provided, That any 

 unexpended balance of an appropriation of $35,000 to be expended 

 " under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture for survey and 

 listing of lands within the forest reserves chiefly valuable for" agri- 

 culture and describing the same by metes and bounds or otherwise," 

 and so forth, provided by the Act of March fourth, nineteen hun- 

 dred and thirteen, entitled * ; An Act making appropriations for the 

 Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 

 nineteen hundred and fourteen." be. and the same is hereby, con- 

 tinued and made available for and during the fiscal year ending June 

 thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, for the purpose of this appro- 

 priation ; 



Act of March 4. 1915 (38 Stat., 1099). 



For the selection, classification, and segregation of lands within 

 the boundaries of Xational Forests that may be opened to homestead 



