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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cas. 347,348. 1924. 653 appropriations for the service of the Post Office De artment for the ¥**°°¤¤*¤¤ ¤¤ lost fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for other pilirposes (Thirty- iiiiiif4°ii°i"¤su;l1¤i)eriil°igl¢i seventh Statutes at Large, pages 557, 558, and 559), applicable to {’§§°°f°“*l°l"'°"'S°"` fourth—class (parcel post) mail: “That the Postmaster General shall make provision by regulation for the indemnification of shippers for shipment injured or lost, by insurance or otherwise, and when desired for the collection on delivery of the postage and price of the article shipped, fixing such charges as may be necessary to pay the cost of such additional service," is hereby extended to cover thirdclass domestic mail. Approved, June 7, 1924. CHAP. 348.-An Act To provide for the protection of forest lands, for the $$4%:] reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for  other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oemgress assembled, That the Secretary of gY,'§,°§2,'§‘§§$,$,m’,$§'§ Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed, in cooperation with §l§*;•;§’;t:gé·‘%¤{,*:g¤¤¢m{ appropriate officials of the various States or other suitable agencies, venues, amber gmto recommend for each forest region of the United States such systems d"°u°°’ °t°‘ of forest fire prevention and sup ression as will adequately protect the timbered and cut-over lands therein with a view to the rotection of forest and water resources and the continuous prociiiction of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor. Sec. 2. That if the Secretary of Agriculture shall find that the S,§,g°g*§g{;<;;. {gg system and practice of forest fire prevention and suppression provided pmm. I by any State substantially promotes the objects described in the P°“'P' m' foregoing section, he is hereby authorized and directed, under such con `tions as he may determine to be fair and equitable in each State, to cooperate with appropriate officials of each State, and through them with rivate and other agencies therein, in the protection of timberedp and forest-producing lands from Hre. In no c,,§d"T,‘§,,"$,§‘,i’,,,';°{,_,f,',§‘{,’§ case other than for preliminary investigations shall the amount S'*“°’·· expended by the Federal Government in any State during any fiscal year, under this section, exceed the amount expended by the State or the same urpose during the same fiscal year, including the expenditures oi) forest owners or operators which are required by State law or which are made in pursuance of the forest protection system of the State under State supervision and for which in all cases _ t c State renders satisfactory accounting. In the cooperation ,h§§,°'”§§m,E,,v°{§§§{g Gxtended to the several States due consideration shall be given to ”'°°mS- the protection of watersheds of navigable streams, but such cooperation may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be extended to any timbered or forest producing lands within the cooperating States. C _ in d Sec. 3. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall exiipnd such »-sm°;p€arl°1°§`$s to ei; POTYIIODS of the appropriations authorized herein as 0 deems §§;‘,{,‘j,§°e,_§'°Wi“g °* advisable to study the effects of tax laws, methods, and gractices ' apcn forest gerpetuation, to ooogerate with appropriate 0 cials of e various tates or other suita le agencies in such investigations Mid in devising tax laws designed to encoura e the conservation mmuwammm and growing o timber, and to investigate and promote practical iam. ac. methods of insuring standinrglfzimber on ovving forests from losses. I by fire and other causes. ere is hereir au orized to be appro- .,.§,*$y°Ym¤m... Printed annually, out of any money in tile Treasury not otherwise '°"·¥’·“· appropriated, not more than $2,500,000, to enable the Secretary ct. ‘ ‘
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