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 52 STAT.] ?7TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 464-JUNE 16, 1938 727 merit, sale, and use; examination, classification, surveying, and Lands opened to appraisal of land incident to effecting exchanges authorized by law and of lands within the boundaries of the national forests that may be opened to homestead settlement and entry under the Act of June 11, 34 Stat. 233 37 Stat. 1906 (16 U. S . C . 506-509), and the Act of August 10, 1912 (16 s7. s42;43St. 6114. U. S. C. 506), as provided by the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U. S . C . 50o9512. 512) ; and all expenses necessary for the use, maintenance, improve- ment, protection, and general administration of the national forests including lands under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of Purchase or acquisi- which condemnation proceedings have been instituted under the Act 3"Stat. 963; 43 Stat. of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S. C. 521), and the Act of June 7, 1924 655. 1. S.r 521, (16 U. S. C. 471, 499, 505, 564-570), lands transferred by authority of 47' 499, .05, 574- 57 0. the Secretary of Agriculture from the Resettlement Administration to the Forest Service, and lands transferred to the Forest Service under Landstransferred. 50 Stat. 522 . authority of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. $11,569,754: 7 ut.S .5C, Supp. Provided, That $200 of this appropriation shall be available for the moh. expenses of properly caring for the graves of fire fighters buried at Care of graves of Wallace, Idaho; Newport, Washington; and Saint Maries, Idaho. frefighters. Water rights: For the investigation and establishment of water Water rights, inves- rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests in tigations etc. lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights neces- sary or beneficial in connection with the administration and public use of the national forests, $20,000. Fighting forest fires: For fighting and preventing forest fires on Fighting forestfires. or threatening the national forests and unappropriated public forest lands, $100,000, which amount shall be immediately available. Private forestry cooperation: For cooperation with and advice to ratn forestry co timberland owners and associations, wood-using industries or other appropriate agencies in the application of forest management prin- ciples to private forest lands, so as to attain sustained yield manage- ment, the conservation of the timber resource, the productivity of forest lands, and the stabilization of employment and economic con- tinuance of forest industries, $100,000. Forest research: For forest research in accordance with the pro- Fortresearch. visions of sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act entitled "An Act to insure adequate supplies of timber and other forest products for the people of the United States, to promote the full use for timber grow- ing and other purposes of forest lands in the United States, including farm wood lots and those abandoned areas not suitable for agricul- tural production, and to secure the correlation and the most economi- cal conduct of forest research in the Department of Agriculture through research in reforestation, timber growing, protection, utiliza- tion, forest economics, and related subjects", approved May 22, 1928, 45 Stat. 99. as amended (16 U. S . C . 581, 581a, 581f-581i), as follows: 1, 5.' lfsi 8 581). Forest management: Fire, silvicultural, and other forest investiga- Forest management. tions and experiments under section 2, as amended, at forest experi- 45Stat.700. ment stations or elsewhere, $648,403. Range investigations: Investigations and experiments to develop Rtane investiga- improved methods of management of forest and other ranges under section 7, at forest or range experiment stations or elsewhere, 45 Stat. 701. $225,935. Forest products: Experiments, investigations, and tests of forest Forest products. products under section 8, at the Forest Products Laboratory, or 45 Stat. 701 . elsewhere, $628,361. Forest survey: A comprehensive forest survey under section 9, Forest suvey. $250,000. Forest economics: Investigations in forest economics under section Forest economics. 10, $121,295. 45 Stat. 702.

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