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 74TH C ONGR ESS. SESS. II. CH. 489. JUNE 4, 1936 . 1439 absorption of rainfall by the soil, and for devising means to be employed in the preservation of soil, the prevention or control of destructive erosion, and the conservation of rainfall on forest or range lands, $269,152 : Provided, That $170,000 of this appropriation sh all be a vailable only fo r mainte nance in nurseri es of e xisting stocks and for the free distribution thereof to farmers, in liquidation of the so-called shelter belt project of trees or shrubs in the plains region undertaken heretofore pursuant to appropriations made for emergency purposes. In all, salaries and expenses, $13,462,919 ; and in addition thereto there are hereby appropriated all moneys received as contributions toward cooperative work under the provisions of section 1 of the Act approved March 3, 19 25 (U. S . C ., title 16, sec . 572), which funds shall be covered into the Treasury and constitute a part of the special funds provided by the Act of June 30, 1914 (U . S. C., title 16, sec. 498) : Provided, That not to exceed $795,729 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia
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ther, That not to exceed $1,000 may be expended for the contri- ution of the United States to the cost of the office of the secretariat of the International Union of Forest Research Stations. FOREST -FIRE C OOPERAT ION Forest-fire preven- tion, etc. For cooperation with the various States or other appropriate Cooperation with agencies in forest-fire prevention and suppression and the protection states, etc. of timbered and cut-over lands in accordance with the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, fo r the extens ion of natio nal fo rests, and f or oth er pur poses, in or der to promo te con tinuou s prod uction of ti mber o n land s chie fly valuable therefor", approved June 7, 1924 (U . S . C., title 16, sees . 564-570), as amended, including also the study of the effect of tax Tax taws and timber insu ranc e in vest iga- laws and the investigation of timber insurance as provided in section lion. 3 of said Act, $1,655,007, of which $62,020 shall be available for tr Cervices in the Di departmental personal services in the District of Columbia and not Supplies and equip- to exceed $2,500 for the purchase of supplies and equipment required meat ' for the purposes of said Act in the District of Columbia. Preventing erosion, etc. Precise. Liquidation of shel- ter belt project, plains regi on. Aggregate; additional from coo pera tive for est fund contributions. Vol. 43, p. 1132 ; U.S.C.,p.670 . Vol. 38, p. 430; Vol. 45,p.993;U.S.C.,p. 663 . Peerless. Services in the Dis- trict. International Union of Forest Research Sta- tions, contribution. Vol. 43, p. 653. U.S.C.,p.669. COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF FOREST PLANTING STOCK Fo rest pla nting stock. For coop erati on w ith t he va rious Stat es in the proc ureme nt Cooperation with > St ates, etc ., in reforest- i production, and distribution of forest-tree seeds and plants in ation. establishing windbreaks, shelter belts, and farm wood lots upon denuded or nonforested lands within such cooperating States, under the provisions of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, n order to promote the continuous production of timber on l ands chiefly suitable therefor", approved June 7, 1924 (U . S. C., title 16, us43,p . 6s44.. sec . 567), and Acts supplementary thereto, $70,579, of which amount Services in the Dis- not to exceed $2,740 may be expended for departmental personal tries' services in the District of Colu mbia. ACQU ISIT ION OF L ANDS For the acquisition of forest lands un der the provisions of Additional forest lands; acquisition, un- the Act ap pro ved March 1, 191 1 (36 Stat., p. 961), as amended der Conserva tion Act. (U . S . C ., title 16, sees . 500, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 521, 552, Uos3" P P . 961 W . 563 ), $2,5 00, 000 : Prov ide d, That not to exceed $50,000 of the sum Proviso . Services in the Dis- appropriated in this paragraph may be expended for departmental triett personal services in the District of Columbia.