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promulgate the economic considerations which should underlie the 

 establishment of sound policies for the management of forest land 

 and the utilization of forest products : Provided, That in carrying out 

 the provisions of this act the Secretary of Agriculture may cooperate 

 with individuals and public and private agencies, organizations, and 

 institutions, and, in connection with the collection, investigation, and 

 tests of foreign woods, he may also cooperate with individuals and 

 public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions in other 

 countries; and receive money contributions from cooperators under 

 such conditions as he may impose, such contributions to be covered 

 into the Treasury as a special fund which is hereby appropriated 

 and made available until expended as the Secretary of Agriculture 

 may direct, for use in conducting the activities authorized by this 

 act, and in making refunds to contributors : Provided further, That 

 the cost of any building purchased, erected, or as improved in carry- 

 ing out the purposes of this act shall not exceed $2,500, exclusive 

 in each instance of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary 

 system and of connecting the same with any such building: Pro- 

 vided further, That the amounts specified in sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 

 and 10 of this act are authorized to be appropriated up to and includ- 

 ing the fiscal year 1938, and such annual appropriations as may there- 

 after be necessary to carry out the provisions of said sections are 

 hereby authorized: Provided further, That during any fiscal year 

 the amounts specified in sections 3, 4, and 5 of this act making pro- 

 vision for investigations of forest tree and wood diseases, forest 

 insects, and forest wild life, respectively, may be exceeded to provide 

 adequate funds for special research required to meet any serious 

 public emergency relating to epidemics : And provided further, That 

 the provisions of this act shall be construed as supplementing all other 

 acts relating to the Department of Agriculture, and except as specifi- 

 cally provided shall not limit or repeal any existing legislation or 

 authority. 



Sec. 2. That for conducting fire, silvicultural, and other forest 

 investigations and experiments the Secretary of Agriculture is 

 hereby authorized, in his discretion, to maintain the folloAving forest 

 experiment stations for the regions indicated, and in addition to 

 establish and maintain one such station for the intermountain region 

 in Utah and adjoining States, one in Alaska, and one in the tropical 

 possessions of the United States in the West Indies: 



Northeastern forest experiment station, in New England, New 

 York, and adjacent States; 



Allegheny forest experiment station, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 

 Delaware, Maryland, and in neighboring States; 



Appalachian forest experiment station, in the southern Appa- 

 lachian Mountains and adjacent forest regions; 



Southern forest experiment station, in the Southern States; 



Central States forest experiment station, in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 

 Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, and in adjacent States; 



Lake States forest experiment station, in the Lake States and 

 adjoining States; 



California forest experiment station, in California and in adjoining 

 States ; 



