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1304 SIXTY-SEVENTH coneanss. sm. rv. GH. 119. nm. tlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the national forests; for the examination and appraisal of lands in effecting exchanges authorized by law and for the survey thereof byy metes and bounds or otherwise, by employees of the Forest Service, S vm ew Bg_ under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office; nmrlliigsr aims. " and for the survey and plattin of certain lands, chiefly valuable for agriculture now listed or to ie listed within the national forests, ,0V‘§j§*,},’g5§`Kl°;{,fr§·k rmder the Act of June 11, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 233), 1*-,*51 and the Act of March 3 1899 (Thirt1eth_ Statutes, page 1095), as provided by the Act of lldarch 4, 1913, $60,000; _ m_¤;,gg;¢{~t*_g¤P=’°¤¤°¤· For the construction of sanitary facilities and for fire preventive ’ ° measures on public camp grormdswithin the national forests when necessary for the protection of the public health or the prevention E ui ms of forest fires, $15,000; _ Puegsfc? · ’“P' For the purchase_and mamtenance of necessaig field, office, and _ laboratory supplies, instruments, and eqmpments, 150,000; d,,I§}',,,“§§°}‘}},,§,,,§',Q,"f,‘l For investigations of methods for wood distillation and for the ¤¢·¤·¤*¢- preservative treatment of timber, for timber testing, and the testing of such woods as may require test to ascertain if they be suitable ` for makin paper, for investigations and tests within the United States of greign woods of commercial importance to industries in the United States, and for other investigations and experiments to promote economy in the use of forest and fiber} products, and for commercial demonstrations of im(proved methods or processes, in gxwhw for Imp cooperation with individuals an companies, $350,800: Provided, mmuaeme. That $15,000 of this amount shall be used for the investigation by the Forest Products Laboratory of the United States Department of Agpiculture of flax straw as a source of supply for the manufac- 0 ture o u p an paper; »¤aRiii€;m¤i¤?:Siisti N For eiiperiments and investigations of range conditions within the national forests or elsewhere on the public range and of methods for improvggg 363 range by reseeding, regulation of grazing, and other means, , ; m;’¢gg*’¤¤» ¤‘°° P*¤¤*· For the purchase of tree seed, cones, and nursery stock, for seedin ’ ° and tree p antrng within national forests, and for experiments and Prom rnveqsztbgations necessary for such seeding and tree lanting, $125,640: Young•trees to aaa Pm ° ed, That from the nurseries on the Nebraslga National Forest {§‘,'§,,§“‘“°“" “‘ "‘°' the Secretary of the Agriculture, under such rules and regulations as V0, x, P 5,, he may prescribe, may furnish young trees free, so far as they may ' ` be spare , to resrdents of the territory covered by “An Act increasin glge law of homesteads in a portion of Nebraska," approved April l,,,’§‘§,‘T*"°°‘°“‘ °“°'°°‘ or silvicultural, dendrological, and other experiments and investigatrons independently or in cooperation with other branches of the ederal Government, with States, and with individuals, to determine §he£as§§gt(l;5>0ds for the conservative management of forest and forest an 1 1 i ,,{,{’},?,',,"’""’°i‘“°“‘°' For estimating and appraising timber and other resources on the national forests_prehm1nary to disposal by sale or to the issue of occupancy permits, and for emergency expenses incident to their sale commgrmmmm or use, $100,000; •For• other miscellaneous forest investigations and for collating, digesting, trgcorgmggérllusgratmg, and distriéngipg tg; results of the ex rimen an mv rga ions erein rovi e or 1 80- men! ESM", °”° www Fbr the construction and maintenange of roads, 1irails,?br·idges, fire lanes, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements neces- _ sary for the proper and economical administration, protection, and D1 ’,°",“,°;,_,¤ {mm, development of the national forests, $448,000: Provided, That not to

    • ¤* <*¤*¤*¤v¤· •=*·<= exceed $50,000 may be expended for the construction and maintenance