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 512 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cu. 286. 1926. the United States; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the props: care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and tim r trees and their uses, and methods for the preservative treat- ment of timber; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign s ies, suitable trees for the treeless regions; {?f,‘;',‘f,‘§·,,,,,,,,,,,_,,& to erect necessary builldtiiigs: Provided, That the cost of any building _ purchased, erected, or as improved shall not exceed $1,500; to pay ,,,{`{§,§,°f§§,°,§;,,$“·· °‘ all expenses necessapiy i to protect, administer, and improve the national forests, inclu ing tree lauting in the forest reserves to pre- vent erosion, drift, surface wasli, and soil waste and the formation of floods, and including the i payment of rewards under regula- tions of the Secretary of Agriculture for infomation leading to the arrest and conviction for violation of the laws and regula- tions relating to fires in or near national forests, or for the unlawful taking of, or injury to, Government property; to ascertain the B“‘°“°'“”’b°'·°‘°· natural conditions upon and utilize the national forests and the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, permit timber and other foresrgzdproductzsv cut or removed from the national forests C_ { Q h ud to be expo from the State or Territory in which said forests are game}-G ° S respectively situated; to transport and care for {ish and game sup- plied to stock the national forests or the waters therein; to employ agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in practical _ _ forestry and in the administration of national forests in the city of ,£§‘§§§“ s“""l‘°“ md Washington and elsewhere; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results of experiments and investigations made by the Forest Service; to purchase necessary supplies, apparatus, otlice fixtures, law books, and technical books and technical jlpjurnals for oilicers of the Forest Service stationed outside of Was `ngton, and for medical supplies and services and other assistance necesary for the immediate relief of artisans, laborers and other employees engaged in any haz- ardous work under the Forest Service; to ipay freight, express, telephone, and telegraph charges; for electric i t and power, fuel, gas, ice, and washmlg towels, and oiiicial traveling and other nec- _ essary expenses, inc uding traveling expenses for legal and fiscal °“"‘d“ "“*· omcers w ile performing Forest Service work; and for. rent out- side of the District of Columbia, as follows: ,,,§",,°,f;’,°f,,,,,,’§,’,,‘·g'f’§*,,’f"’· For the employment of forest sudpervisors, deputy forest super- visors, forest rangers, forest guar s, and administrative clerical assistants on the national forests, and for additional salaries and field-station expenses, including the maintenance of nurseries, col- lecting seed, and planting, necessary for the use, maintenance, 01 improvement, and protection of the national forests and of addi- V ‘3°’p‘°°& tional national forests created or to be created under section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1911 §Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large,`page 963), and lands under contract or purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedingshave been instituted for the purposes of said Act, and for necessary miscellaneous expenses incident to the genggl administration of the Forest Service and of the national or : ‘ ,,,£§§'*°‘ °"’°”°°’ "" In national forest district one, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and grazizp M of M South Dakota, $661.314: Provided, That the Secretary of Agn- ¤g¤m,ni;°¤¤. culture is authorized to use not to exceed $200 in caring for the %a;es of fire lighters buried at Wallace, Idaho, and Saint Maries, In national forest district two, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, and Minnesota, $272,431; $2111 national crest district three, Arizona and New Mexico, 83,552; I j In national forest district four, Utah, Idaho, Wyom_ing, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado, $302,932;
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