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Sec. 7. That for such experiments and investigations as may be 

 necessary to develop improved methods of management, consistent 

 with the growing of timber and the protection of watersheds, of for- 

 est ranges and of other ranges adjacent to the national forests, at 

 forest or range experiment stations, or elsewhere, there is hereby 

 authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the 

 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $275,000. 



Sec. 8. That for experiments, investigations, and tests with respect 

 to the physical and chemical properties and the utilization and pres- 

 ervation of wood and other forest products, including tests of 

 wood and other fibrous material for pulp and paper making, and 

 such other experiments, investigations, and tests as may be desirable, 

 at the Forest Products Laboratory or elsewhere, there is hereby 

 authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the 

 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $1,000,000, and 

 an additional appropriation of not more than $50,000 annually for 

 similar experiments, investigations, and tests of foreign woods and 

 forest products important to the industries of the United States s in- 

 cluding necessary field work in connection therewith. 



Sec. 9. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized 

 and directed, under such plans as he may determine to be fair and 

 equitable, to cooperate with appropriate officials of each State of 

 the United States, and either through them or directly with private 

 and other agencies, in making a comprehensive survey of the present 

 and prospective requirements for timber and other forest products 

 in the United States, and of timber supplies, including a determina- 

 tion of the present and potential productivity of forest land therein, 

 and of such other facts as may be necessary in the determination 

 of ways and means to balance the timber budget of the United 

 States. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, 

 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not 

 more than $250,000 : Provided, That the total appropriation of Fed- 

 eral funds under this section shall not exceed $3,000,000. 



Sec. 10. That for such investigations of cost and returns and the 

 possibility of profitable reforestation under different conditions in 

 the different forest regions, of the proper function of timber grow- 

 ing in diversified agriculture and in insuring the profitable use of 

 marginal land, in mining, transportation, and in other industries, 

 of the most effective distribution of forest products in the interest 

 of both consumer and timber grower, and for such other economic 

 investigations of forest lands and forest products as may be neces- 

 sary, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of 

 any monev in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more 

 than $250,000. 



CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS 



Act of June 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 319) ; sec. 584, title 16, U. S. C. 



That there is hereby established the Civilian Conservation Corps, 

 hereinafter called the Corps, for the purpose of providing employ- 

 ment, as well as vocational training, for youthful citizens of the 

 United States who are unemployed and in need of employment, and 



