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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 462. 1925. 1179 tion of physical improvements of Carlsbad Cave National Monu- M§;'*¤*>¤** C“°· N- ment in _New Mexico whenever the State of New Mexico shall surnjendeigl gtk; to section 36, township 24 south, range 24 east, to the mte ta s. For reconstruction, replacement, and repair of roads, trails, mliihiiinaiigiiymaiiby bridges, buildings, and other physical improvements in national parks or national monuments that are damaged or destroyed by Hood, fire, storm, or other unavoidable causes during the fiscal year 1926, _ _ and for fighting forest fires in national parks or other areas admin- F"h°"‘“'°'°"°‘“ 1stered by the National Park Service, or fires that endanger such areas, and for replacing buildings or other physical improvements that have been destroyed by forest fires within such areas, $40,000: Provided, That these funds shall not be used for any precautionary {{,'Z{{'Z,',;,,,,_ iire protection or patrol work prior to actual occurrence of the fire: Provided further, That the allotment of these funds to the various i¤$¤1ii3f¤ix!i1tig¤iii»1¤is.i°i national parks or areas administered by the National Park Service as may be required for fire-fighting pur oses shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior, and then only after the obligation for the expenditure has been incurred. _ Ten per centum of the foregoing amonmts shall be available ,,,{,’ °l° “‘* interchangeably for expenditures in the various national parks named, but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount zippropriagd for any one of said parks or for any particular item wit a par Construction, and so forth, of roads and trails: For the con- §§§§’,,,g‘§,‘}0°,§?§__OL struction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in the national parks and monuments under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $1,500,000, being part of the sum authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1926, by section 2 of the Act approved April 9, 1924, ‘*”“·*"°°‘ of which amoimt not to exceed $6,000 may be expended for rsonal _ services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That the Sggretary §`{,'§§§f§é,, ,0, ,,_ of the Interior may also approve projects, incur obligations, and $3;% v1g<2;:r¤:, gm enter into contracts for additional work not exceeding a total of wm. $1,000,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof, and a propriations hereafter made or the purpose of carrying out tlie provisions of said Act and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental theetobnhall be considergdi available for the ur ose of ischar inc the o igations so crea . _ Agprgpriations hereiii niade for the National Park Service which p,§`.,?°¢£T:..°}i "°°' are available for the purchase of eqlnipment may be used for purchase of water-proof footwear whic shall be regarded and listed as ark e ui ment. _ V lgpprogrialiions herein made for construction of physical 1m- ,,}{§§'§,‘%,°l‘§§§°§(¥;‘§{’é°§,' provements in national parks shall be 1mmed1ately available. ¤”“°*’ °· · BUREAU or nnuckriox “°"*”°‘°° ““'°°“· sanmms For the Commissioner of Education and other personal services °,§c‘§,"},‘,‘}§,§,‘Q,‘,§I°T’ °"° in the District of Columbia in accordance with "t e Classification Act of 1923,” $121,680. umm, m,mg_ cnxnnaz. rzxrrzxsrzs For necessary traveling expenses of the commissioner and em- T’“"°”“‘°"’“°’°s’ ployees acting under his_ direction, includ1ng attendance at nieett mgs of educational associations, societies, and other orgalnizationp, msmbmm dom for purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational ocumen S3 m_,,,,,,,c_ collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus an