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Reports. 



Act of November 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 216) ; sec, 20, title 23, U. S. C. 



That on or before the first Monday in December of each year, 

 the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a report to Congress, which 

 shall include a detailed statement of the work done, the status of 

 each project undertaken, the allocation of appropriations, an item- 

 ized statement of the expenditures and receipts during the preceding 

 fiscal year under this act, an itemized statement of the traveling and 

 other expenses, including a list of employees, their duties, salaries, 

 and traveling expenses, if any, and his recommendations, if any, for 

 new legislation amending or supplementing this act. The Secretary 

 of Agriculture shall also make such special reports as Congress may 

 request. 



WEEKS LAW AND AMENDMENTS 



Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961) ; Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 828) ; sees. 

 500, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 521, 552, 563, title 16, U. S. C. 



Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), to enable any State to cooperate with any 

 other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the 

 watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisi- 

 tion of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable 

 rivers. 



That the consent of the Congress of the United States is hereby 

 given to each of the several States of the Union to enter into any 

 agreement or compact, not in conflict with any law of the United 

 States, with any other State or States for the purpose of conserving 

 the forests and the water supply of the States entering into such 

 agreement or compact. 



Cooperation with States for fire protection. 



Sec. 2. That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby 

 appropriated and made available until expended, out of any moneys 

 in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the 

 Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with any State or group of 

 States, when requested to do so, in the protection from fire of the 

 forested watersheds of navigable streams ; and the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture is hereby authorized, and on such conditions as he deems wise, 

 to stipulate and agree with any State or group of States to cooperate 

 in the organization and maintenance of a system of fire protection on 

 any private or State forest lands within such State or States and 

 situated upon the watershed of a navigable river : Provided, That no 

 such stipulation or agreement shall be made with any State which 

 has not provided by law for a system of forest-fire protection: 

 Provided 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 



