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ritorial legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools 

 and public roads of the county or counties in which the forest reserve 

 is situated : Provided, That when any forest reserve is in more than 

 one State or Territory or county the distributive share to each from 

 the proceeds of said reserve shall be proportional to its area therein. 



Portion of receipts for roads. 



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 further- 

 ance of any system of highways of which such roads may be made a 

 part; * * * 



Cooperative contribution fund. 



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



That hereafter all moneys received as contributions toward co- 

 operative work in forest investigations, or the protection and im- 

 provement 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, protec- 

 tion, 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 Con- 

 gress of all such moneys so received as contributions for such co- 

 operative work. 



Advances for fire-fighting: purposes. 



Act of May 23, 1908 (34 Stat., 251). 



*' * * and hereafter advances of money under any appropria- 

 tion for the Forest Service may be made to the Forest Service and by 

 authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties for 

 fighting forest fires in emergency cases, who shall give bond under 

 such rules and regulations and in such sum as the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture may direct, and detailed accounts arising under such advances 

 shall be rendered through and by the Department of Agriculture to 

 the Treasury Department. 



Transportation of personal property. 



Act of March 4, 1911 (36 Stat., 1235). 



That hereafter officers and employees of the Department of Agri- 

 culture transferred from one official station to another for perma- 

 nent duty, when authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture, may be 

 allowed actual traveling expenses, including charges for the transfer 

 of their effects and personal property used in official work, under 

 such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. 



