PRINCIPAL LAWS RELATING TO NATIONAL FORESTS b7 
Cooperative fund. 
Act of June 30, 1914 (88 Stat. 430) ; Sec. 498, Title 16, U. S. C. 
That hereafter all moneys received as contributions toward coop- 
erative work in forest investigations, or the protection and 
improvement of the national forests, shall be covered into the Treas- 
ury 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, 
protection, 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, pro- 
tection, or improvements: Provided, That annual report shall be 
made to Congress of all such moneys so received as contributions for 
such cooperative work. 
Act March 38, 1925 (43 Stat. 1182) ; Sec. 572, Title 16, U. S. C. 
All moneys received as contributions toward reforestation or 
for the administration or protection of lands within or near the 
national forests, shall be covered into the Treasury and shall consti- 
tute a special fund, which is authorized to be appropriated for the 
payment of the expenses of said reforestation, administration, or 
protection by the Forest Service, and for refunds to the contribu- 
tors of amounts heretofore or hereafter paid in by or for them in 
excess of their share of the costs, but the United States shall not 
be liable for any damage incident to cooperation hereunder. 
Brush disposal. 
Act August 11, 1916 (389 Stat. 462) ; Sec. 490, Title 16, U. S. C. 
Deposits may be received from timber purchasers in such sums 
as the Secretary of Agriculture may require to cover the cost to 
the United States of disposing of brush and other débris resulting 
from cutting operations in sales of national forest timber; such 
deposits shall be covered into the Treasury and shall constitute a 
special fund, which is appropriated and made available until ex- 
pended, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct, to pay the 
cost of such work and to make refunds to the depositors of amounts 
deposited by them in excess of such cost. 
Tree planting. 
Act June 9, 1930 (46 Stat. 527) ; Sec. 576-b, Title 16, U. 8. C. 
The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his judgment such 
action will be in the public interest, require any purchaser of national- 
forest timber to make deposits of money, in addition to the pay- 
ments for the timber, to cover the cost to the United States of 
(1) planting (including the production or purchase of young trees), 
(2) sowing with tree seeds (including the collection or purchase 
of such seeds), or (3) cutting, destroying, or otherwise removing 
undesirable trees or other growth, on the national-forest lands cut 
over by the purchaser, in order to improve the future stand of 
timber: Provided, That the total amount so required to be deposited 
by any purchaser shall not exceed, on an acreage basis, the average 
