PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 267-JULY 1, 1941 Total; additional from contributions. 43 Stat. 1132 . 38 Stat. 430. Provisos. 43 Stat. 653. Study of effect of tax laws, etc. Transfer of funds. Ante, p. 414. 36 Stat. 961. Proviso. Control of soil ero- sion and flood damage. 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, $135,000. In all, salaries and expenses, $14,051,261; and in addition thereto there are hereby appropriated all moneys received as contributions toward cooperative work under the provisions of section 1 of the Act approved March 3,1925 (16 U. S. C . 572), which funds shall be covered into the Treasury and constitute a part of the special funds provided by the Act of June 30, 1914 (16 U. S . C . 498): Provided, That not to exceed $870,651 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for the contribution of the United States to the cost of the office of the secretariat of the International Union of Forest Research Stations and of the Department of Timber Utilization of the Comite International du Bois. FOREST-FIRE COOPERATION For cooperation with the various States or other appropriate agencies in forest-fire prevention and suppression and the protection of timbered and cut-over lands in accordance with the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote continuous production of timber on lands chiefly valuable therefor", approved June 7, 1924, as amended (16 U. S . C . 564-570), including also the study of the effect of tax laws and the investigation of timber insurance as provided in section 3 of said Act, $2,425,000, of which not to exceed $7,790 shall be transferred to and made a part of the appropriation, "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics", and not to exceed $65,540 shall be available for depart- mental personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $2,500 for the purchase of supplies and equipment required for the purposes of said Act in the District of Columbia. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U. S. C. 513-519, 521), including the transfer to the Office of the Solicitor of such funds for the employment by that office of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere as may be necessary in connection with the acquisition of such lands, $1,797,348, of which $9,348 shall be transferred to and made a part of the appropriation, "Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics": Provided,That not to exceed $80,000 of the sum appropriated in this paragraph may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. For the acquisition of land to facilitate the control of soil erosion and flood damage originating within the exterior boundaries of the following national forests, in accordance with the provisions of the following Acts authorizing annual appropriations of forest receipts for such purposes, and in not to exceed the following amounts from such receipts: Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah, Act of August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 866), $40,000; Cache National Forest, Utah Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347), $10,000; San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests in Riverside County, California, Act of June 15, 1938 (52 Stat. 699), $30,000; Nevada and Toiyabe National Forests, Nevada, Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1205), $10,000; Ozark 424 [55 STAT.
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