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SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 284. 1912. 287 lands shall remain subject to the unhampered use of the War De art- “@°“"’°*"'¤m· ment for mrhtary purposes, and to msure such use the land shall} not be subgect to any form of appropriation or disposal under the land laws o _ the United States; Additional national forests to be created under section eleven of the u.$Z‘P"°°'},"¤,,,;°‘}',§§'°',1 Act of March first nmeteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-sixth ·*°,§~0, “_ W Statutes, page time hundred and sixty-three), and lands under con- p` ` tract for Eurchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings ave been instituted for the plurposes of said Act, thirty-two thousand five hundred and ninety do a.rs· That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed and uired to m °fe]:f}°;i select, classify, and segregate, as soon as practicable, all1a1;& within - the boimdarres of national forests that may be opened to settlement and entry under the homestead laws apglicab e to the national forests and the sum of twenty-five thousan dollars is hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid. _ For the expenditure under the direction of the Secretary of Agri- culture for survey and of lands within forest reserves chiefly up N valuable for agricultrn·e and escribing the same by metes and bounds, Vvl- w. ii 1095- or otherwise, as rezuircd by the Act of June eleventh, nineteen hrmdred and six, an the Act of March third, ° hteen hundred and ninety-nine, t.bi.rty-five thousand dollars: Pravaé , however, That any wm 'sy rout: such survey and the plat and field notes thereof paid for out of “°"*°° ”“1*°¥°°· appropriation shall be made by an employee of the Forest Service under the direction of the United States surveyor general, but no land listed under the Act of June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, shall wu of { pus from the forest until patent issues; 'l‘hat the Secretary of Agri- damasucus. °° culture, under such rules and regulations as he shall establish, is hereby authorized and directed to sell at actual cost, to homestead settlers and farmers, for their domestic use, the mature, dead, and me umm down timber in national forests, but it is not the intent of this pro- am *° '"' vision to restrict the authority of the Secretary of A?1culture to V°‘·°°·1>-“- permit the free use of timber as provided in the Act of une fourth, eiglhteen hrmdred and ninety-seven. _ Em mn or iilghtinigorest fires and for other unforeseen emergencies, one '“° hundre and ty thousand dollars; su Hu tc For the purchase and maintenance of necessary field, office and °° ° ’ laboratory supplies, instruments and equipment, one hundred and Hf?-Eve thousand dollars; _ _ _ Immunu mm or investigations of methods for wood distillation and for the pre- assumes, °i¤»e•r servative treatment of timber, for timber testing and the tcsting of *"°"“°‘“·°'°· such woods as ma require test to ascertain if they be aintable for ` making paper, andy for other investigations and experiments to promote econom in the use of forest products, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, and the Secrctaiy of Agriculture shall investigate the best methods of distillation of ouglas fir and other northwestern ,,,_“°°*'“ '“"’ °"‘°' species of fir and timber, and ascertain the_y1elds of distillates of various species, and the refining and commercial use of the distrllates; I mmum hier experiments and investigations of range conditions national forests, and of methods or improving the range by reseeding . regulation of gpazing, and other means, twenty thousand one hundred and eighty dollars; _ hnpmm M For the plulrichase of tree seed, cones, and nursery stock, for seeding ' and tree p ting within national forests, and for experiments an investigations necessary for such sceding‘ and tree planting, one hundred md sixty-Eve thousand six hundred and orty 01181*52 p,,,4,,_ Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture mai procure such seed, dg?_·*¤*"‘°* *’“" cones, and nurse? stock by open urchase wi out advertisements for proposals, w enever in his discretion such method rs most e economical and rn the public interest, and wheri the cost thereof will not exceed five hundred dollars; _