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PUBLIC LAW 135—AUG. 31, 1951

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exceed $15,000 with the exception that any building erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $15,000 or more, may be improved within any fiscal year by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum of the cost of such buildings certified by the Chief of the Forest Service. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOE N A T I O N A L FORESTS

Weeks Act For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act 36 Stat. 961.

a p p r o v e d March 1, 1911, a s amended (16 U.S.C. 513-519, 5 2 1), $75,000, to be available only for payment to w a r d the purchase p r i c e

of any lands acquired, including the cost of surveys in connection with such acquisition: Provided, That no part of such funds shall be used for the purchase of lands in the counties of Adair, Cherokee, and Sequoyah, in the State of Oklahoma, without the specific approval of the Board of County Commissioners of the county in which such lands are situated. \uperior National Forest For the acquisition of forest land within the \uperior National Forest, Minnesota, under the provisions of the Act approved June 22, li u^s^*§5 577c ^^*^ (Public Law 733), $125,000, to remain available until expended. §§ 577c577h.

Special Acts

49 Stat. 866. 62 Stat. 347. 52 Stat. 699. 52 Stat. 1205. 5 Stat. 299. 4 54 Stat. 297. 54 Stat. 402.

For the acquisition of land to facilitate the control of soil erosion and flood damage originating within the exterior boundaries of the following national forests, in accordance with the provisions of the following Acts authorizing annual appropriations of forest receipts for such purposes, and in not to exceed the following amounts from such receipts: Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah, Act of August 26, 1935 (Public Law 337), as amended, $39,830; Cache National Forest, Utah, Act of May 11, 1938 (Public Law 505), as amended, $10,000; San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests, Riverside County, California, Act of June 15, 1938 (Public Law 634), as amended, $22,000; Nevada and Toiyabe National Forests, Nevada, ^ ^ t of Juuc 25, 1938 (Public Law 748), as amended, $10,000; Angeles National Forest, California, Act of June 11, 1940 (Public Law 591), $20,000; Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California, ^^.^ Qf j^jjjg 11^ 1940 (Public Law 589), $5,000; Sequoia National Forest, California, Act of June 17, 1940 (Public Law 637), $34,850; in all $141,680. STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY COOPERATION

^«?f^'o*??• s. 56M 43 Stat. 653.

For expenses necessary for cooperation with the various States in forest-fire prevention ana suppression, in forest tree planting, in forest management and processing, and in farm forestry extension, pursuant to the Act of August 25, 1950 (Public Law 729), and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, ' and 5 of the Act of June 7, 1924 (16 U.S.C. 564-568a), and Act s supplementary thereto; advising timberland owners, associations, and other appropriate agencies in the application of forest management principles to federally owned lands leased to States and to private forest lands, and advising wood-using industries in processing of forest products, 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; $10,750,000.

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