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73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH . 586. JUNE 18, 1934 . Roads through oo v- SEC . 2. To fu rther increa se em ployme nt b p rovid in for emer- ernment lands .

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g Sums authorized for gency con struction of p ublic highway s and other r elated project s, highways, trails bri dge s in nationai there is hereby also authorized to be appropriated, out of any money forests, etc. i n the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $24,000,000 for allotment under the provisions of section 205 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (in addition to any sums heretofore allotted under such section), to be expended for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of highways, roads, trails, brid es, and related projects in national Executive Order No . parks and monuments (including areas transferred to the National alas . Park Service for administration by Executive order dated June 10, 1933), national forests, Indian reservations, and public lands, pur- suant to the provisions of such section, and to remain available until expended . rep air ing lief fund fo SEC. 3. Not to exceed $10,000,000 of any money heretofore, herein, quake, etc ., damages . or hereafter appropriated for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Highway Act shall be available for expend- iture by the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with the pro- visions of the Federal Highway Act, as an emergency relief fund, after receipt of an application therefor from the highway depart- ment of any State, in the repair or reconstruction of highways and bridges on the system of Federal-aid highways, which he finds, after investigation, have been damaged or destroyed by floods, hurricanes, earthquak es, or landsli des, and ther e is hereby a uthorized to b e appropriated any sum or sums necessary to reimburse the funds so expended from time to time under the authority of this section . Aid in rural post. SEC. 4. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act road construction . Vol. 39, p. 326. entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other pur- poses ", approved July 11, 1916, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums, to be expended according to the provisions of such Act as amended : The sum of $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 ; and the sum of $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937 . Availability ; reap- All sums authorized in this section and apportioned to the States portionment of balance among states .

shall be available for expenditure for one year after the close of the Vol.42,p. 217. fiscal year for which said sums, respectively, are authorized, and any sum remaining unexpended at the end of the period during which it is available for expenditure shall be reapportioned among the States as prov ided in secti on 21 of the Federal Highwa y Act . Forest highways, etc .

SEC . 5 . For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section Vol.42,p. 218. Available until ex- 23 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, there pended.

is hereby authorized to be appropriated for forest highways, roads, and trails, the following semis, to be available until expended in accordance with the provisions of said section 23 : The sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936 ; the sum of Cooper ative road $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937 . co nstruction t hrough SEC . 6 . For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 3 public lands, Federal o f the Federal Highway Act, ap roved November 9, 1921, as amended June 24, 1930 (46 Stat . 805), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and Maintenance of main roads, maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, the sum of $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and the sum of $2,500,000 for the fiscal yea r ending June 30, 1937, to remain availa ble until exp ended .