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 684 FIF'I‘Y·NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 9913. 1906. {',g{°*{3#’*;,°°6’{;*°¤‘· That the forest-reserve special fund provided for in section five of ``the Act approved February first, nineteen hundred and five, entitled U "An Act providin for "the transfer of forest reserves from the Department of the dnterior to the Department of AgI'lCUlhUT€," shall rneimsrswbcwv continue until otherwise provided bylaw; but after June_thirt1eth, mm°d' nineteen hundred and eight, it shall not be expended except in accordance with specific estimates of expenditures to be made from said fund for the succeeding fiscal year, to be submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture with the estimates of appropriation in the annual Book I’°Y'“°“* *'°‘“ *“““ Ofillhlttttmtest t f lld f hf t a en r cen um o a money receive rom eac ores reserve M whom md nds. during any Ifiescal year, including the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, shall be paid at the end thereof_ by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State or Territory in which said reserve IS s1tuated, to be expended as the State or Territorial legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the "°"'°'·1," hmm county or counties in which the forest reserve is situated: Prozdded, sum, cm. That when any forest reserve is in more than one State or Territory or count the distributive share to each from the proceeds of said reserve shlall be roportional to its area therein: And prmzidedfurt/ter, ¤¤i¤¤¤¤- That there shalfnot be paid to any State or Territory for any county an amount e ual to more than forty per centum of the total income of such countydrom all other sources. U¤¤=i¤s ¤=¤¤¤¤¤· For ascertaining the natural conditions upon and for utilizing the ““l°'°"*“‘“‘°'· national forest reserves; and the Secretary of A riculture may, in his discretion, permit timber and other forest products cut or removed from the forest reserves of the United States, except the Black Hills . Forest Reserve in South Dakota, to be exported from the State, Territory, or the district of Alaska, in which said reserves are respectively _ gavggillsmwne situated: Provided, That the exportation of dead and insect-infested `timber only from said Black Hills Forest Reserve shall be allowed until such time as the Forester shall certify that the ravages of the destructive insects in said reserve are practically checked, but in no case m;¢¤¤¤¤•si¤€¤**f¤* after July first, nineteen hundred and eight; and hereafter sales of ’ timber on forest reserves in the State og California shall in every _ respect conform to the law governing such sales in other States, as ‘°‘·3l· ***1* set forth in the Act of June sixth, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first D°*’°“""’· Statutes at Large, page six hundred and sixty-one); and hereafter all moneys received as deposits to secure the urchase price on the sale of any products or the use of any land) or resources of the forest reserves shall be covered into the Treasury in the manner V<>1·$3· PWS- provided by section five of the Act of Congress approved February `rst, nineteen hundred and five, entitled “An Act roviding for the transfer of forest reserves from the Department of the lnter1or to the R°*¤¤d· Department of Aglriculture,” and the fund created by that Act shall be available, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct, to make refunds to depositors of money heretofore or hereafter deposited by b£Qggj¤“'° °°“**'*‘ them in excess of amounts actually due to the United States; and Use or. hereafter all moneys received as contributions toward cooperative work in forest investigations shall be covered into the Treasur and shall constitute a special fund, which is hereby appropriatedy and made available until expended, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct, for the payment of the expenses of said investigations by the Forest SGPVICQ and for refunds to the contributors of amounts heretofore or hereafter paid in by them in excess of their share of the cost of Agents, em. said investigations, for the employment of fiscal and other agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in practical forestry, in the administration of forest reserves, and in conducting experiments and invesmsgig, eg- photo- tipations in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and he may dispose o photographic prints (including bromide enlargements), lantern slides,