53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 253-JUNE 30, 1939 employees engaged in any hazardous work under the Forest Service: Provided further, That the appropriations for the work of the Forest Service shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, equipment, and materials stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Forest Service and for sale and distri- bution to other Government activities and to State and private agencies who cooperate with the Forest Service in fire control under terms of written cooperative agreements, the cost of such supplies, equipment, and materials, including the cost of supervision, trans- portation, warehousing, and handling, to be reimbursed to appropria- tions current at the time additional supplies and materials are procured for warehouse stocks: Provided further, That the Forest Service may rent equipment to other Federal agencies at rates suffi- cient to reimburse the appropriations of the Forest Service that would otherwise be chargeable with the cost of the repair, maintenance, and depreciation of such equipment, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of the Chief For- ester, for the necessary expenses of the National Forest Reservation Commission as authorized by section 14 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S. C. 514), and for other personal services in the District of Columbia. $607,500. National forest protection and management: For the administra- tion, protection, use, maintenance, improvement, and development of the national forests, including the establishment and maintenance of forest tree nurseries, including the procurement of tree seed and nursery stock by purchase, production, or otherwise, seeding and tree planting and the care of plantations and young growth; the mainte- nance and operation of aerial fire control by contract or otherwise; the maintenance of roads and trails and the construction and main- tenance of all other improvements necessary for the proper and eco- nomical administration protection, development, and use of the national forests, including experimental forests: Provided, That where, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, direct pur- chllses will be more economical than construction, improvements may be purchased; the construction, equipment: and maintenance of san- itary, fire preventive, and recreational facilities; control of destruc- tive forest tree diseases and insects; timber cultural operations; development and application of fish and game management plans; propagation and transplanting of plants suitable for lanting on semiarid portions of the national forests; estimating an appraisin of timber and other resources and development and application of plans for their effective management, sale, and use; examination, classification, surveying, and appraisal of land incident to effecting exchanges authorized by law and of lands within the boundaries of the national forests that may be opened to homestead settlement and entry under the Act of June 11, 1906, and the Act of August 10, 1912 (16 U. S . C . 506-509), as provided by the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U. S. C . 512); and all expenses necessary for the use, mainte- nance, improvement, protection, and general administration of the national forests, including lands under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings have been insti- tuted 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), lands transferred by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture from the Resettlement Administration to the Forest Service, and lands transferred to the Forest Service under authority of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, $12,004,000: Provided, That $200 of this appropriation shall be available for the expenses of properly caring for the graves of fire 98907' - - 39--T 2-29 955 Warehouse mainte- nance, etc. Cooperative forest fire control. Rent of equipment to other Federal agen- cies. Administrative ex- penses. 36 Stat. 963. 16U. S. C.§514. National forest pro- tection and manage- ment. Nurseries. Aerial fire control. Experimental forests. Proriso. Direct purchases. Classification, etc., lands opened to entry, etc. 34 Stat. 233; 37 Stat. 2S7. 842; 43 Stat. 1144 16 .S. C.§§506- 509, 512 . Purchase or acquisi- tion. 36 Stat. 963; 43 Stat. C55. 16U. S.C. 5§521, 471, 499, 505, 564 -570. Lands transferred. 50 Stat. 522 . 7U.S.C., Supp.IV, ch. 33. Prori*om. Care of graves of fire fighters.
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