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 654 SIXTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 348. 1924. C°·>P°”“°¤ with Sec. 4. That the Secret of Agriculture is hereby authorized r2‘·i§i rii'riita¤ii¤i°§ and directed to cooperate wilthirthe various States in the procurement, ,‘};‘,,f‘,§°°°°'“““'°'°“‘°° production, and distribution of forest—tree seeds and p ants, for the urpose of establising wind breaks, shelter_belts, and farm wood lbts upon denuded or nonforested lands withm such cooperating States, under such conditions and requirements as he may prescribe to the end that forest-tree seeds or plants so procured, produced, or distributed shall be used eifectivelg for p anting denuded or . nonforested lands in the cooperating tates and growing timber me not to ex. thereon: Provided, That the amount expended by the Federal °°°‘”“m““°d”’S°“‘°· Government in coo eration with any State dining any fiscal year - for such pmposes  not exceed the amount expended by the ,m*;§,‘{,‘;,,“§,,,,’,§§f°‘;°'*‘°d State for the same purposes during the same fiscal year. There is PN¢»P-8¤- hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $100,000, to Ebb the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions _ of t section. B§,‘],°*‘§§"*},‘§,?,,, Kg Sec. 5. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized gizeguigpgggg ‘°°¤· and directed, in cooperation with applropriate officials of the various ` States or, in his discretion, with other suitable agencies, to assist . the owners of farms in establishing, improving, and renewing _ woodlots, shelter belts, windbreaks, and other valuable forest mt ,,0, to ,,,_ owth, and in growing and renewing useful timber crops: Provided c¤¤qf=¤a¤;¤¤¤¤d¤YS¢¤¤¤ That, except for preliminary investigations, the amount expended °'° °g°°°Y` by the Fedieral Government under this section in cooperation with any State or other cooperati.r§ agpncy during any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount expen ed y the State or other cooperating agency for the same purpose during the same fiscal year. There Pwr. nw. is hereb authorized to be appropriated annually out of any money in the 'lheasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $100,000 tr; rgslrgble the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions o t section. ,€.2§g'§§T'“°‘°" °’ "°‘ Sec. 6. 'rrpt section 6 of the Apt 0; March 3211911 rrrrartysseth E¤=¤¤i¤¤¤<>¤· ec-·¤f Statutes at e, e 961), is ere amen e to authorize and iijriiiiitdgd 1§giiifi$i’r§ direct the Se§a1·5?a<if Agriculture toyexamine, locate and recom- §Q§§e‘§¥ ”°“`· °'°~ ‘ mend for purchase such forested, cut»over or denuded lands within $3;%. géowi- the waters eds of navigable streams as in his judgment may be neces- '°‘ sary to_the regulation of the iiow of nav1§able streams or` for the Cm mm B am, production of timber and to report to the atronal Forest Reservamtrenpima oeerrigrmr tion Commission the results of such examination; but before any §§’@.$,@§,§j*;§§f*S° lands are purchased by the commission said lands shall be examined by the Secretagly of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Director o the Geologic Survey, and a report made by them to the commission showing that the control of such lands by the Federal Government will promote or protect the navigation of streams or by the Secretary of Agriculture showing that such. control will promote the Acceptance I production of timber thereon. _ 0,,,,,,,s of ],,,,d,'%‘§l Sec. 7. That to enable owners of lands chiefly valuable for the ggjsdplgjhfgtgggs tg; growing of timber crops to donate or devise such lands to the United themed. tatos in order to assure future timber Supplies for the agricultural and other industries of the State or for other national forest urposes, the Secretary of Agriculture is_hereby authorized, in his discretion, Resmmom by dO_ to accept on behalf of the United States title to any such land so rm:. donate or devised, subject to such reservations by the donor of the present stand of merchantable timber or of mineral or other rights or a period not exceeding twenty ears as the Secretary of Agriculture may find to be reasonable and, not detrimental to the urposes of this section, and to paiy out of any moneys appropriated) for the general expenses of the crest Service the cost of recording deeds Sm and mm or other expenses incident to the examination and acceptance of qurmmtm, H "°“ title. Any ands to which title is so accepted shall be in units of