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inclusive, as shall remain unexpended at the close of each of said fiscal 

 years. 



Easements, reservations, etc. 



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



That section nine of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and 

 eleven (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page nine hundred and sixty-one), 

 entitled "An Act to enable 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," be amended to read as follows : 



"That such acquisition by the United States shall in no case be 

 defeated because of located or defined rights of way, easements, and 

 reservations, which, from their nature will, in the opinion of the 

 National Forest Reservation Commission and the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, in no manner interfere with the use of the lands so encum- 

 bered, for the purposes of the Act : Provided, That such rights of way, 

 easements, and reservations retained by the owner from whom the 

 United States receives title, shall be subject to the rules and regula- 

 tions prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture for their occupation, 

 use, operation, protection, and administration, and that such rules 

 and regulations shall be expressed in and made part of the written 

 instrument conveying title to the lands to the United States ; and the 

 use, occupation, and operation of such rights of way, easements, and 

 reservations shall be under, subject to, and in obedience with the 

 rules and regulations so expressed." 



Fire protection. 



Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat, 855). 



For cooperation with any State or group of States in the protection 

 from fire of the forested watersheds of navigable streams, under the 

 provisions of section two of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred 

 and eleven, entitled "An Act to enable any State to cooperate with 

 any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protec- 

 tion of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a com- 

 mission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving 

 the navigability of navigable rivers," $75,000: Provided, That any 

 and all unused balance of the sum of $200,000 heretofore appropriated 

 by the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, to enable 

 the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes mentioned in 

 said section two, remaining unexpended July first, nineteen hundred 

 and thirteen, shall continue available until the end of the fiscal year 

 nineteen hundred and fifteen for the purpose for which it was appro- 

 priated. 



Amendment of section 13. 



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



That section thirteen of the Act entitled "An Act to enable 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," approved March 



