PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 296-JUNE 28,1944 50Stat. 18. Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, approved May 18, 1937 (16 U. S . C . 568b), (not to exceed $532,038) and the provisions of sections 4 (not to exceed $83,700) and 5 (not to exceed $65,728), of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the refor- estation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of 43Stat. 65 . timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor", approved June 7, 1924 (16 U. S . C. 567-568), and Acts supplementary thereto; and (2) through the Forest Service to cooperate with and advise timberland owners and associations, wood-using industries or other appropriate agencies in the application of forest management principles to fed- erally owned lands leased to States and to private forest lands, so as to attain sustained-yield management, the conservation of the timber resources, the productivity of forest lands, and the stabilization of employment and economic continuance of forest industries, not to exceed $100,000; in all, not to exceed $781,466, of which not to exceed $50,958 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; the purchase of reference books and technical journals; not to exceed $30,000 for the construction, alteration, or purchase of nec- ttate, etc. , c o opera essary buildings, and other improvements: Provided, That no part of this appropriation which is available for carrying out the Coopera- tive Farm Forestry Act and sections 4 and 5 of the Act approved June 7, 1924, shall be expended in any State or Territory unless the State or Territory, or local subdivision thereof, or individuals, or associations contribute a sum equal to that to be allotted therefrom by the Government or make contributions other than money deemed by the Secretary to be the value equivalent thereof: Providedfurther, Nury stock. That any part of this appropriation allocated for the production or procurement of nursery stock by any Federal agency, or funds appro- priated to any Federal agency for allocation to cooperating States for the production or procurement of nursery stock, shall remain available for expenditure for not more than three fiscal years: Pro- Nn rs e e vided further, That in carrying into effect the provisions of the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, no part of this appropriation shall be used to establish new nurseries or to acquire land for the establish- ment of such new nurseries. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act tt approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U. S. C . 513-519, 521), $75,000, of which not to exceed $20,030 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS sttMS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal High- 42S8 way Act approved November 9, 1921 (23 U. S . C . 23), and for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service administration, including not to exceed $70,000 for personal services in the District of Colum- bia, $4,161,496 for forest development roads and trails, to be immedi- ately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, Bagendof eqpment. That this ap proiation shall be available for the rental, purchase, construction, or alteration of buildings necessary for the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construc- tion and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building pur- chased, altered, or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $7,500. 446 [58 STAT.
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