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 § 551 starts 16.-··C’¤ Shapter 3.--FOREST PROTECTION; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION. Ser. - $5:. Protection of national forests: roles and regulations. 55;:. Consent to agmwnient by States for conservation of forests and \\'$i€t‘1‘ Sltgryzly. . ‘ 55:%. Duties of onzivinls of Forest Service; stock laws; protection of Ss}! fllld jltllnfl. Bos. Ferest supervisors and rangers.
 * 355, Forest hemiquartcrs and ranger stations.

EBSS. Appa·eprintions for Forest Service; use for transportation or traveling expenses; preparation or publication ofnewspnper or m&£`HZlBt* ll!"tl(‘l€S. " · 557. fimployees of I·`o:·est Service: subsistence furnished to; personal cquipgnent; supplies, and medical attention. 5552- Leaves of absencclto employees of Forest Service in Alaska. F 559. Arrests for x·i<~l:¤tions of laws nndregulations by-employees of Forest Service. I ‘ . 4 $$0. Fee of. timber for telephone Hoes for fire protection. intl. Transfer of telephone supplies to- Department of Agriculture for use of Forest Service. {362. Forest experlmmit station in California. 563, Cooperation with Rtates for nreprotectioneon `prlvate or State, {crest lands upon the watersheds of navigable rivers. ‘ 364. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with State ofllcials as to rcrommentintioiis of systemsof forest tire prevention and s¤p· prrssion. i ’ __ ‘ _ e _ I 565. Coop»c-ration by Secretary of Agriculture with State otllclals in protection of tinjtbered and forest-producing lands from tire; limitation on amount of expenditures by United States. GGG. Expenditure by Secretaryxof Agriculture for study of elfectswof tax laws, and so forth, upontorest pcrpetuation, and so forth'; appropriation. ’ · _ · . - - 5437. Cooperation l>y·Sc<·retaryTof Agriculture with Smtcs in procuring, and so forth, forest-tree seedsyand plants; limitation on.cx‘- penditure; appropriation. · - . 568. Cooperation by Secretary of Agriculture with States in establish- ‘ ing, and so forth, wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, zmdso ~ forth; limitation on expenditure; appropriation. 569. Donations to United States of lands for timberrpurposes. · 570. Ascertainment by: Secretary of Agriculture of public lands vnluablv for stream-flow protection and report thereof. 571. Buildings for national forest purposes; construction, and so forth. 372. Special fund for payment of expenses of reforestation, administration, or protectiowot forests by Forest Service, and for refunds to contributors. · _ _ ‘ _ ·_ Section 551. Protection of national forests; rules and regulationsp-The Secretary of Agriculture shall make provisions for the protection agzainst destruction by tire anddepredations upon the public forests and .nationa1‘ forests which may_.hai*e lbeen set aside or which may he ·hereafte·r set aside under the provisions of section 471’ of this title, and which emay be continued; and he may make such rules and regulations and » establish such service as will insure the objects of such reservations, namely, to regulate tlxelroccupancy and use and to preserve theiforests thereon from destruction; and any violation of the provisions of sections 473 to 483 of this title or such rules and regulation shall be punished as is provided for in section-104 of Title 18. (June 4, 1897, c. 2,*} .-1, 30 Stat. 35;_ Feb. 1, 19D5,rc;%l8, 51,,33 Stat. @8,). ·‘ Y 552. Consent to agreement by States for conservation of __ forests and water 'supply.———Consent ’ot the Congress of the United States is- given to eachjof the myers; States of the Union to enter into any agreement or compact, not in contlict. with any law of the. United States, with any other State or States for the purpose of, conserving the forests and the water supply or the States, entering into such agreement or coxinpact. (Mar. 1, 1911,.0. 188, Q 1, 36 Stat. 961.,) Y Q _ · O 553. Duties of -. o§ciala of Forest Service; stock; laws; protection of §sh and -game.-—·0ihcinis of the Forest Service designated by the Secretary of Agriculture shallfin all wnys._thatare practicable, aid in the enforcement of the laws of the States or Territories with regard to stock. for the prevention and .¢XtlHglllSlllIl0ll_lQ of forest tires, and for the protection of Hsh and `game, and withrespect to national forests,. shall nid the other Federal bureaus and departments on request from them,

ONSERVATION 4;},5 in the performance of the duties imposed on them hy law. (May’23, 1998, c. 192; 35 Stat. 259.) ‘554. Forwt supervisors and nngers.—·-Forest supervisory and rangers shall »be selected, when practicable,] from qualifier} L citizens of the States or Territories in which the national fm-; , ests, respectively, are situated.~ (Feb. 1, 1905, c. 288, § 3, 2;:; ` Stat. 628.) 555. Forest headquarters and ranger ststiens.·—-—Where no » suitable Government land is available for national forest head- _ quarters or ranger stations, the &cretary of Agriculture is authorized to purchase such lands ont of any funds apprt,. printed for building, improvements on the national forests, but not more than @,500 shall be so expended in any one year; , and to accept  ·  tions ot land foreanynstional forest pm-. pose. ·( Mar.  ‘  ,"c. 457, § 5, 43 Stat. 1133.) 556. Appropriations for Forest Service; use for transports,. tion or traveling expenses: preparation or puhhcatien or newspnperer magazine articles.-·—No part of any funds appro; ;— printed for the Forest Service shall be used ttrpay the trans. " portation or traveling expenses of any forest ofllcer or agent except he be traveling on business directly connected vrlth the Forest Service and int fnrtherance of the works, aims, and objects specilied and authorized bylaw; nor shall any snob funds be paid, or used for the purpose of paying for, in xihole L or in part; the preparation: `or publication of ·_any·,newspaper or magazine- article, but this shall notprevent, thegiving out to all persons, wyithout discrimination,. inclndlaj néW@¤l¤·rs` andmagazine writers and publlshers,.ot any facts or omcial - information of value to the public. (May 11, 1922, `c. 185, 42 smt.521.) - ·    ·. » 557. Employees. of Forest Servicer subsistence fnrnidned to; personal equipment; supplies, and medical ;tte¤tion.·—¥The _ Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to furnish subsistence to employees of the Forest Service, to purchase personal ’eqnipment and supplies for them, and to malta dedactioins therefor from moneys appropriated for- salary Défménts orf otwrwise one such employees, He is also anthorised, `in his discretion., to provide out of moneys appropriated for the general expenses -·of the Forest Service medical ’aat·mz¤¤. for employeu "`of the Forest Service located at isolated situations; including the nroving of such employees to hospitals or other plscw where .° _ medical assistance is avallableytand in case.of.Aeath".to remove the bodies of deceased ernployeesto the nearest place where ·_ ` they can be prepared iter shipment or for mu·m1.._ (Mar. *3, 1925, c. 457, §§ 4, 6, 43 Stat. 1133.) _ ‘ .· “Y ,558. Leaves of absence to employees of Forest Serrice in Alaska.-—Em;»lo$·eesJ or me roms; senses who fare msagneu to permanent 'duty·in'Alaska may, in the. discretion ot the Sec-_ retary of Agriculture, withontjaddltional. expense to the Gov- "erninent, be granted leave of absencenot to exceed thirty days, in any one year, which lea»ve`may, ln exceptional and meriy `torlons cases, where such an employee lsill; `be extended; in the ° discretion or the Secretary of Agrlcnlture, not, to exceed thirty days additional, in any one year. (Mar. 4, 1913t c;·1°45, 37 Stat. §   ° ,` I,. . ’ t _ 559. Arrests for violations of laws andregnlitbns by employees of Forest Servi•;e.¢—$——All persons 'einployed at the Forest Service of the United States shall have anthorlty to make arrests for the violation of the laws and regulations relating to` the national-forests and national parks, andany person so arrested shall he taken before the nearest United“States commissioner, within whose jurisdiction the forest or national park Tis located, for trial; andnpon sworn intorxnationhy any- com·- petent person any United States commissioner in the proper jnrisdictionashall lssue process for —‘the'arrest_ot any. person , charged with the violation of said laws and regulations; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the {arrest by any odlcer of the Uuneo States, tvithontprocess, ot