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Cooperation with States for fire protection. 
Src. 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. 8. 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 
million dollars for use in the examination, survey, and acquirement 
of lands located on the headwaters of navigable streams or those 
which are being or which may be developed for navigable purposes: 
Provided, That the provisions of this section shall expire by limita- 
tion on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifteen. 
Appecintment of commission. 
Src. 4. That a commission, to be known as the National Forest 
Reservation Commission, consisting of the Secretary of War, the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and two 
Members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, 
and two Members of the House of Representatives, to be selected by 
the Speaker, is hereby created and authorized to consider and pass 
upon such lands as may be recommended for purchase as provided 
in section six of this act, and to fix the price or prices at which such 
lands may be purchased, and no purchases shall be made of any 
lands until such lands have been duly approved for purchase by said 
commission: Provided, That the members of the commission herein 
created shall serve as such only during their incumbency in their 
respective official positions, and any vacancy on the commission shall 
be filled in the manner as the original appointment. 
Reports to Congress. 
Sec. 5. That the commission hereby appointed shall, through its 
president, annually report to Congress, not later than the first Mon- 
day in December, the operations and expenditures of the commis- 
sion, in detail, during the preceding fiscal year. 
