18 LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE NATIONAL FORESTS. 



further, That in no case shall the amount expended in any State 

 exceed in any fiscal year the amount appropriated by that State for 

 the same purpose during the same fiscal year. 



Purchase of lands. 



Sec. 3. That there is hereby appropriated, for the fiscal year end- 

 ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, the sum of one million 

 dollars, and for each fiscal year thereafter a sum not to exceed two 

 million dollars for use in the examination, survey, and acquirement of 

 lands located on the headwaters of navigable streams or those which 

 are being or which may be developed for navigable purposes: Pro- 

 vided, That the provisions of this section shall expire by limitation 

 on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifteen. 



Appointment of commission. 



Sec. 4. That a commission, to be known as the National Forest 

 Reservation Commission, consisting of the Secretary of "War, the 

 Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and two 

 Members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, 

 and two Members of the House of Representatives, to be selected by 

 the Speaker, is hereby created and authorized to consider and pass 

 upon such lands as may be recommended for purchase as provided 

 in section six of this act, and to fix the price or prices at which such 

 lands may be purchased, and no purchases shall be made of any lands 

 until such lands have been duly approved for purchase by said com- 

 mission : Provided, That the members of the commission herein cre- 

 ated shall serve as such only during their incumbency in their respec- 

 tive official positions, and any vacancy on the commission shall be 

 filled in the manner as the original appointment. 



Reports to Congress. 



Sec. 5. That the commission hereby appointed shall, through its 

 president, annually report to Congress, not later than the first Mon- 

 day in December, the operations and expenditures of the commission, 

 in detail, during the preceding fiscal year. 



Duties of Secretary of Agriculture. 



Sec. 6. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and 

 directed to examine, locate, and recommend for purchase such lands 

 as in his judgment may be necessary to the regulation of the flow of 

 navigable streams, and to report to the National Forest Reservation 

 Commission the results of such examinations: Provided, That before 

 any lands are purchased by the National Forest Reservation Commis- 

 sion said lands shall be examined by the Geological Survey and a 

 report made to the Secretary of Agriculture, showing that the control 

 of such lands will promote or protect the navigation of streams on 

 whose watersheds they lie. 



Secretary to purchase. 



Sec. 7. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to 

 purchase, in the name of the United States, such lands as have been 

 approved for purchase by the National Forest Reservation Commis- 

 sion at the price or prices fixed by said commission: Provided, That 

 no deed or other instrument of conveyance shall be accepted or ap- 



