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 1318 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss . II. C'HS. 335, 336. 1929 . February 26, 1929. [H. R . 10374 .] [Public, No. 821 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives of the National forests. United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary rights ao be nrourea of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend, from the appropria- for forest tree n urseries. ion for planting trees on national forests during the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1929, and/or from the appropriation for cooperation with States during the same fiscal year under the provisions of sec- tion 4 of the Act of June 7, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 65 3), as amended, such amounts, but not to exceed a total of $20,000, as may be necessary to acquire by purchase or condemnation lands or water rights necessary, in his judgment, for forest-tree nurseries or for ad- ditions to existing forest-tree nurseries, and any lands obtained under Added to nearest the authority of this Act shall, upon acquisition, become parts of the nearest national forests. Approved, February 26, 1929. Vol.43, p. 654. for est. February 26, 1929. [H. R. 11285.] [Public, No. 822.] Federal prison camps. Established on se- lec ted sites. Transfer to, of Fed- eral convicts for road or trail building. Proviso. Indian reservations excluded. Go od conduct com- mutation applicable. Vol. 32, p.397; Vol. 34,p.149. Ad ditional de duc- tion allowed . Criminal laws appli- cable. Pay ment of earn ings. Expenses pay ab le from appropriation for su pport of priso ners. CHAP. 335 .-An Act Authorizing the acquisition of land and water rights for forest-tree nurseries. CHAP. 336 .-An Act To establish Federal prison camps. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General is hereby authorized to establish, equip, maintain, and operate prison camps upon sites selected by the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Interior. Upon written order of the Attorney General persons convicted under the laws of the United States may be transferred to such prison camps for employment upon road or trail building, the cost of which is borne exclusively by the United States : Provided, That this Act shall not autho rize any such camp for emplo yment upo n any Indi an reservation. SEC. 2. That the Act of Congress approved June 21, 1902, as amended by the Act of April 27, 1906, providing for commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners, shall be applicable to prisoners transferred to the camps herein authorized ; and in addition thereto each prisoner, without regard to length of sentence, shall be allowed, under the same terms and conditions as provided in the Acts of Congress above referred to, a deduction from his sentence o f five days for each month of actual employment in said camp. SEC. 3. That all laws of the United States relating to the imprisonment, transfer, control, discipline, escape, release of, or in any way affecting prisoners, except as modified by this Act, shall be applicable to prisoners transferred to the camps herein authorized. SEC . 4 . That as part of the expense of operating such prison camps the Attorney General is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the payment to the inmates or dependents upon inmates of prison camps herein authorized such pecuniary earnings as he may deem proper, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. SEC. 5 . Th at the expen se inc ident to the estab lishmen t, equ ipment , maint enanc e, an d op erati on of pri son c amps shall be payab le fr om the appropriation for support of United States prisoners, and such appropriation shall be reimbursed to the extent agreed upon by the Attorney General and the head of the department to which the appropriation for road building or such other public improvement incident to which the prison camp was established was made. Approved, February 26, 1929.

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