28 LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE XATIOXAL FOEESTS. 



Construction of roads and trails. 



Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat., 828). 



That hereafter an additional ten per centum of all moneys received 

 from the national forests during each fiscal year shall be available 

 at the end thereof, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the 

 national forests in the States from which such proceeds are derived ; 

 but the Secretary of Agriculture may. whenever practicable, in the 

 construction and maintenance of such roads, secure the cooperation 

 or aid of the proper State or Territorial authorities in the furtherance 

 of any svstem of hio-hwavs of which such roads may be made a 

 part:' * * * 



Construction of ranger stations on homestead lands. 



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



* * * That hereafter no part of the appropriation made by 

 this act shall be used for the construction, repair, maintenance, or 

 use of buildings or improvements made for forest ranger stations 

 within the inclosed fields of bona fide homestead settlers who have 

 established residence upon their homestead lands prior to the date of 

 the establishment of the forest reservation in which the homestead 

 lands are situated, without the consent of the homesteader ;*-.** 



Contributions toward cooperative work in forest investigations, protection, and 

 improvement. 



Act of June 30, 1914 (3S Stat, 415). 



That hereafter all moneys received as contributions toward coop- 

 erative work in forest investigations, or the protection and improve- 

 ment of the national forests, shall be covered into the Treasury and 

 shall constitute a special fund, which is hereby appropriated and 

 made available until expended, as the Secretary of Agriculture may 

 direct, for the payment of the expenses of said investigations, pro- 

 tection, or improvements by the Forest Service, and for refunds to 

 the contributors of amounts heretofore or hereafter paid in by them 

 in excess of their share of the cost of said investigations, protection, 

 or improvements: Provided. That annual report shall be made to 

 Congress of all such moneys so received as contributions for such 

 cooperative work. 



Reimbursement for property lost, damaged, or destroyed. 



Act of March 4. 1913 (37 Stat, 828). 



That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 

 reimburse owners of horses, vehicles, and other equipment lost, 

 damaged, or destroyed while being used for necessary fire fighting, 

 trail, or official business, such reimbursement to be made from any 

 available funds in the appropriation to which the hire of such equip- 

 ment is properly chargeable. 



Sale or exchange of animals. 



Act of March 4, 1915 (3S Stat, 1095). 



Hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell in the 

 open market or to exchange for other live stock such animals or 



