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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 412-SEPT. 21, 1944 ernment or make contributions other than money deemed by the Secretary to be the value equivalent thereof. SwO. 209. Appropriations for carrying out the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act (16 U. S . C . 568b) and sections 4 and 5 of the Clarke- McNary Act (16 U. S. C . 567-568) and Acts supplementary thereto 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 than three fiscal years. SEC. 210. The Forest Service may accept money from timber pur- chasers for deposit into the Treasury in the trust account, "Forest Service cooperative fund", which moneys are hereby made available for scaling services requested by purchasers in addition to those required by the Forest Service, and for refunds of amounts deposited in excess of the cost of such work. SEC. 211. The Forest Service may expend funds available for national forest protection and management for the administration of lands under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings have been instituted under the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S. C. 521), and the Act of June 7, 1924 (16 U. S. C. 471, 499, 505, 564-570), and lands transferred to the Forest Service for administration. SEC. 212. The sixth paragraph under the heading "Forest Service" of the Act of May 23, 1908, as amended (16 U. S. C. 500), and the fourteenth paragraph under the heading "Forest Service" of the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U. S. C. 501), are each amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "In sales of logs, ties, poles, posts, cordwood, pulpwood, and other forest products the amounts made available for schools and roads by this Act shall be based upon the stumpage value of the timber." SEC. 213. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for expenditure by the Forest Service such sums as may be necessary for the investigation and establishment of water rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in con- nection with the administration and public use of the national forests. TITLE III SEO. 301. (a) Subsection (b) of section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590h (b)), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "Appropriations are hereby authorized for the purchase in advance of the program year for which the appropriation is made of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming materials or any soil- terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro- ducers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary in programs under this Act, as amended; for the reimburse- ment of any Federal, State, or local government agency for ferti- lizers, seeds, lime, trees, or other farming materials, or any soil- terracing services, furnished by such agency; and for the payment of all expenses necessary in making such grants, including all or part of the costs incident to the delivery thereof." (b) Subsection (e) of section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U. S. C . 590h (e)), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "Persons who carry out farming operations as tenants or share- croppers on cropland owned by the United States Government and 93650_- 45 --r. --- 737 Procurement of nursery stock. 50 Stat. 188; 43 Stat. 664. Scaling services. Lands in process of acquisition or transfer. 36 Stat. 963; 43 Stat. 663. Ante, pp. 216 ,736. 35 Stat. 260; 37 Stat. 843. Revenue from sales of timber. Water rights. Appropriation au- thorized. oil Oonservation and Domestic Allot- ment Act, amend- ments. 49 Stat. 1150. 16 U. S. C., Supp. HI, 590h (b). Purchase of frming materials. Reimbursement of Federal, State, etc., agencies. 52 Stat. 34. 16 U. S. 0., Snpp. II, 590h (e). Payments to ten- ants and sharecrop- per

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