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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 215-JULY 12, 1943 Studyofeffectoftax including also the study of the effect of tax laws and the investiga- 16'eS. s.c. sss . tion of timber insurance as provided in section 3 of said Act, $6,300,000, of which not to exceed $87,418 and $5,000 shall be avail- able for personal services and for the purchase of supplies and Critical areas of na- equipment, respectively, in the District of Columbia: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize expenditures not to exceed $2,300,000 from this appropriation for preventing and sup- pressing forest fires on critical areas of national importance without requiring an equal expenditure by the State and private owners. FARM AND OTHER PRIVATE FORESTRY COOPERATION To enable the Secretary (1) to carry into effect, through such agencies of the Department as he may designate, the provisions of the 0Sotat. 188 . Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, approved May 18, 1937 (16 U. S . C . 568b), (not to exceed $496,011) and the provisions of sections 4 (not to exceed $83,700) and 5 (not to exceed $65,100), 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, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor", approved June 7, 1924 43Stat. 64. (16 U. S. C . 567-568), and Acts supplementary thereto; and (2) through the Forest Service to cooperate with and advise timber- land owners and associations, wood-using industries or other appro- priate agencies in the application of forest management principles to federally owned lands leased to States and to private forest lands, so as to attain sustained-yield management, the conservation of the timber resources, the productivity of forest lands, and the stabilization of employment and economic continuance of forest industries, not to exceed $101,357; in all, not to exceed $746,168, of which not to exceed $44,110 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; the purchase of reference books and technical journals; not to exceed $30,000 for the construction or pur- tioSntate tc., coopera- chase of necessary buildings, and other improvements: Provided, That no part of this appropriation which is available for carrying out the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act and sections 4 and 5 of the Act approved June 7, 1924, shall be expended in any State or Terri- tory unless the State or Territory, or local subdivision thereof, or individuals, or associations contribute a sum equal to that to be allotted therefrom by the Government or make contributions other than money deemed by the Secretary to be the value equivalent Nursery stock. thereof: Provided further, That any part of this appropriation allocated for the production or procurement of nursery stock by any Federal agency, or funds appropriated to any Federal agency for allocation to cooperating States for the production or procurement of nursery stock, shall remain available for expenditure for not more New nurseries, than three fiscal years: Provided further, That in carrying into effect the provisions of the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, no part of this appropriation shall be used to establish new nurseries or to acquire land for the establishment of such new nurseries. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the 3 Stat. Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U. S . C . 513-519, 521), $100,000, of which not to exceed $18,675 may be expended for per- sonal services in the District of Columbia. Total, Forest Service, $24,678,065. 414 [57 STAT.

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