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tion within the cooperative States. (As amended bv act of August 

 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 242).) 



(Authority given under sees. 1 and 2. extended to Territories by Public Resolu- 

 tions Feb. 20, 1931 (46 Stat. 1200, 1516) ) 



Sec. 3. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall expend such por- 

 tions of the appropriations authorized herein as he deems advisable 

 to study the effects of tax laws, methods, and practices upon forest 

 perpetuation, to cooperate with appropriate officials of the various 

 States or other suitable agencies in such investigations and in devis- 

 ing tax laws designed to encourage the conservation and growing 

 of timber, and to investigate and promote practical methods of insur- 

 ing standing timber on growing forests from losses by fire and other 

 causes. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out 

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

 than $2,500,000. to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out 

 the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this act. 



Sec. 4. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and 

 directed to cooperate with the various States in the procurement, 

 production, and distribution of forest-tree seeds and plants, for the 

 purpose of establishing windbreaks, shelter belts, and farm wood 

 lots upon denuded or nonforested lands within such cooperating 

 States, under such conditions and requirements as he may prescribe 

 ("o the end that forest-tree seeds or plants so procured, produced, or 

 distributed shall be used effectively for planting denuded or non- 

 forested lands in the cooperating States and growing timber thereon r 

 Provided. That the amount expended by the Federal Government 

 in cooperation with any State during any fiscal year for such pur- 

 poses shall not exceed the amount expended by the State for the 

 same purposes during the same fiscal year. There is hereby au- 

 thorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treas- 

 ury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $100,000, to enable 

 the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of this 

 section. 



Sec. 5. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and 

 directed, in cooperation with appropriate officials of the various 

 States or, in his discretion, with other suitable agencies, to assist 

 the owners of farms in establishing, improving, and renewing wood- 

 lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, and other valuable forest growth, and 

 in growing and renewing useful timber crops: Provided, That, except 

 for preliminary investigations, the amount expended by the Federal 

 Government under this section in cooperation with any State or other 

 cooperating agency during any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount 

 expended by the State or other cooperating agency for the same pur- 

 pose during the same fiscal year. There is hereby authorized to be 

 appropriated annually out of any money in the Treasury not other- 

 wise appropriated, not more than $100,000 to enable the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to carry out the provisions of this section. 



(Authority given under sees. 3, 4, and 5, above extended to Territories by 

 Joint Resolution April 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 250)) 



Sec. 6. That section 6 of the act of March 1, 1911 (Thirty-sixth 

 Statutes at Large, page 961), is hereby amended to authorize and 



