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 1436 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 489. JU NE 4, 1936 . Utiliza tion of re- under the Reclamation Act, and other areas in the arid and semiarid claimed lands . regions, $122,527. t cervices in the Dis- Tota l, Burea u of Pla nt Indus try, $4, 551,206, of whic h amount not to exceed $1,539,353 may be expended for departmental personal ve hicl es, services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $18,825 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn pass enger-ca rrying v ehicles necessar y in the conduct of fiel d work outside the District of Columbia. Fo rest Ser vice. Salaries and expenses. FOREST SERVICE SALA RIE S AND EXP ENS ES Experiments, etc. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to. experiment and to make and continue investigations and report on forestry, national forests, Restricted to United forest fires, and lumbering, but no part of this appropriation shall States. be used for any experiment or test made outside the jurisdiction of the United States ; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same ; to investigate and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, and methods for the preservative treatment of timber ; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitable trees for the treeless regions ; Provisos. to erect necessary buildings : Prov ided, That the cost of any build- Cost of buildings. lng purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water-supply or sanitary system and of connecting the same with any such building, and exclusive of the cost of any tower upo n which a look-o ut hous e may be erected, shall not exce ed $5,000, with the exception that any building erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $5,000 or more, may be improved out of the appropriations made under this Act for the Forest Service by an amount not to exceed two per centum of the cost of such build- Protection, etc ., of ing as certified by the Secretary of Agriculture national forests . necessary to protect, administer, and improve the national forests, including tree planting in the forest reserves to prevent erosion, drift, surfac e wash, and soil waste and th e for mation of fl oods, and including the payment of rewards under regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture for information leading to the arrest and conviction for violation of the laws and regulations relating to fires in or near national forests, or for the unlawful taking of, or injury to, Govern- Care of fish and ment property ; to ascertain the natural conditions upon and utilize game, the national forests, to transport and care for fish and game supplied 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 Washington and elsewhere ; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results of Supplies, etc. experimen ts and i nvestiga tions m ade by t he Fores t Servic e chase necessar y supplies, a pparatus, offi ce fixtures, law books, re fer- ence and technical books and technical journals for officers of the Forest Service stationed outside of Washington, and for medical supplies and serv ices and other assistan ce neces sary for the imm e- diate relief of artisans, laborers, and other employees engaged in any nanaerehouse ma in te- hazardous work under the Forest. Service : Provided further, Tha t the appropriations for the work of the Forest Service shall be avail- able for meeting the expenses o f warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies and materials stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Forest Service and for sale and distribution to other Government activities, the cost of such supplies and materials, including the cost of supervision, transportation, and handling, to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies and materials
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