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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 253-JUNE 30, 1939 fighters buried at Wallace, Idaho; Newport, Washington; and Saint foBsiosexpendioas Maries, Idaho: Provided further, That in sales of logs, ties, poles, from sales of forest posts, cordwood, pulpwood, and other forest products the amounts products. P35 Stat. 260 37 stat. made available for schools and roads by the Act of May 23, 1908 843 U. .C. 500 (16U.S.C.500),andtheActofMarch4,1913(16U.S.C.501), 501. shall be based upon the stumpage value of the timber. Investigation, etc. , Water rights: For the investigation and establishment of water of waterrights. rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights neces- sary or beneficial in connection with the administration and public use of the national forests, $20,000. Fighting forest fires. Fighting forest fires: For fighting and preventing forest fires on or threatening the national forests and unappropriated public forest lands, $100,000, which amount shall be immediately available. Private foresty co - Private forestry cooperation: For cooperation with and advice to perationtimberland owners and associations, wood-using industries or other appropriate agencies in the application of forest management prin- ciples to private forest lands, so as to attain sustained yield manage- ment, the conservation of the timber resource, the productivity of forest lands, and the stabilization of employment and economic con- tinuance of forest industries, $100,000. Forest research. Forest research: For forest research in accordance with the provi- sions of sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act entitled "An Act to insure adequate supplies of timber and other forest products for the people of the United States, to promote the full use for timber grow- ig and other purposes of forest lands in the United States, including farm wood lots and those abandoned areas not suitable for agricul- tural production, and to secure the correlation and the most eco- nomical conduct of forest research in the Department of Agriculture through research in reforestation, timber growing, protection, utiliza- 16U.S. C. § i 581, tion, forest economics, and related subjects", approved May 22, 1928, s5la, 581fai; Supp. as amended (16 U. S . C . 581, 581a, 581f-581i), as follows: Forest management. Forest management: Fire, silvicultural, and other forest investiga- 45 stat. 700. tions and experiments under section 2, as amended, at forest experi- ment stations or elsewhere, $613,403, of which $5,000 shall be for investigations of the lowland hardwoods in the lower Mississippi River Basin. tiansge investiga- Range investigations: Investigations and experiments to develop improved methods of management of forest and other ranges under 46 Stat. 701. section 7, at forest or range experiment stations or elsewhere, $245,935. Forest products. Forest products: Experiments, investigations, and tests of forest products under section 8, at the Forest Products Laboratory, or else- where, $664,181. Forestatsurve. Forest survey: A comprehensive forest survey under section 9, $250,000. Forest economics. Forest economics: Investigations in forest economics under section 10, $149,295. Forest influences. Forest influences: For investigations and experiments at forest experiment stations or elsewhere for determining and demonstrating the influence of natural vegetative cover characteristic of forest, range, or other wild land on water conservation, flood control, stream-flow regulation, erosion, climate, and maintenance of soil productivity, and for developing preventive and control measures therefor, $139,152. Tropical forest ex- Tropical forest experiment station: For the establishment and maintenance of a forest experiment station in the tropical possessions 45 Stat. I 581a of the United States in the West Indies, pursuant to section 2 of the upp. IV, 581ia. Act of May 222 1928 (16 U. S. C . 581a), $30,000. Aggregate; addi- In all, salares and expenses, $14,923,466; and in addition thereto ional, there from ontribu-tion tionsf there are hereby appropriated all moneys received as contributions [53 STAT.