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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 185. 1922. 519 erty; to ascertain the natural conditions upon and utilize the national forests; and the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, per- sane ummm. mit timber and other forest products cut or removed from the national forests to be exported from the State or Territory in which said forests are respectively situated; to transport and care for fish and game i;r;,°°Sh°:;§ supplied to stock the national forests or the waters therein; to em- sie. ’ ploy agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in practical orestry and m the administration of national forests in the city of Washington and elsewhere; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results of experiments and investigations made b the Forest Service; to purchase necessary su plies, ap aratus, oéce fixtures, S“P¥’““·°°°· law books, and technical books ang technical) journals for officers of the Forest Service stationed outside of Washington, and for medical sulpplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate re of of artisans, laborers, and other employees eng ed in any hazardous work imder the Forest Service; to pay frei-git, express, telephone, and telegrapgi charges; for electric hght and power, fuel, gas, ice, was towe, and official traveling and other necessary expenses, inclu traveling expenses for legal and fiscal officers while performingb orest Service work; and for rent outside of the °“'·’*d°’°¤*· Di?:ricti1ofCol1im ia, as fpllows: d { F ort e em 0 ent 0 orest su ervisors, e ut orestsu ervisors, °'°“ °“ · forest rangers, flolflest guards, and) administraltivg clerical iissistants mgm'gmds’°t°' on the national forests, and for additional alaries and field station expenses, including the maintenance of nurseries, collecting seed, and planting, necessary for the use, maintenance, improvement, and protection of the national forests and of additional national forests created or to be createdunder section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (Thirty- V°*-°°»P·°°* sixth Statutes at Large, page 963), and lands under contract for pu1·- chase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings have been instituted for the purposes of said Act, and for necessary miscellaneous ex nses incident to the general administration of the Forest Service ange of the national forests: In National Forest District One, Montana, Washington, Idaho, ,°&§§f°‘P°°’°°•" South Dakota, $613,155; In National Forest District Two, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota, $241,722; In National Forest District Three, Arizona and New Mexico, $237 ,642; In National Forest District Four, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, $277 ,355; In National Forest District Five, California and Nevada, $399,375; In National Forest District Six, Washmgton and Oregon, $389,*150; In National Forest District Seven, Ar ansas Alabama, Flonda, Oklahoma, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,West Virginia, New Ham shire, Maine, Porto Rico, $146,073; In National Forest District Eight, Alaska, $62,260 ; In the District of Columbia, $118,330; _ In all, for the use, maintenance, improvement, protection, and A¤¢'F¤°°°*¤°“¤°· gperal administration of the national fo1‘<—>StS, $2,485,3621 Prwlded, mzmniugeabie aiat the foregoing amounts appropriated for such £1;rposes shall be '°*¤·=¤¤- available interchangeably in the discretion of the retary of Avriculture for the necess e nditures for fire protection and other _ unforeseen exigencieszal-’5i·mE?d further, That the amount so inter- L“““· changed shall not exceeél in the aggregate 10 per centum of all the amounts so appropriate ;. For ii hting gndp preventing forest fires, $250,000, or so much thereof F‘“m“"°""‘t °'°°‘ as mayie necessary; _ _ _ _ _ Sd buds M For the selection, classification, and segreggtion of lands within the ,,mj°,2§ ,,,,,,,8,, 6,,, boundaries of national forests that may opened to homestead