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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CH. 445 -JUNE 22, 1946 under section 9, and investigations in forest economics under section 6u . . C, SU1S. 10, $1,072,000. 8ssli. 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 the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suit- able therefor", approved June 7, 1924, as amended (16 U. S. C . 564-570), $8,300,000, of which not to exceed $57,982 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia. FARM AND OTHER PRIVATE FORESTRY COOPERATION To enable the Secretary through the Forest Service to advise timber- land owners and associations, wood-using industries or other appro- priate agencies in the application of forest management principles to federally 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, and to carry into effect, through such agencies of the Department as he may designate, the provisions of the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, approved May 18, 1937 (16 U. S . C. 568b), (not to exceed $622,034) and the provisions of sections 4 (not to exceed $83,700) and 5 (not to exceed $65,766), 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 the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor", approved June 7, 1924 (16 U. S. C. 567-568), and Acts supplementary thereto; in all, not to exceed $771,500, of which not to exceed $47,074 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; the purchase of reference books and technical journalss not to exceed $30,000 for the construction, alteration or purchase of necessary buildings, and other improvements: Provided, That in car- rying 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 establishment of such new nurseries. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS Under Week's Act: 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), $3,000,000, of which not to exceed $44,419 may be ex- pended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Under special Acts: 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 (Public Law 337), as amended, $40,000; Cache National Forest, Utah, Act of May 11, 1938 (Public Law 505), as amended, $10,000; San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests, Riverside County, California, Act of June 15, 1938 (Public Law 634), as amended, $22,000; Nevada and Toiyabe National Forests, Nevada, Act of June 25, 1938 (Public Law 748), as amended, $10,000; Angeles National Forest, California, Act of June 11, 1940 (Public Law 591), $20,000; Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California, 43 Stat. 653. 16 U. S. C., Supp. v, 5§565 666. 50 Stat. 188 . 43 tat.654 . 16 U. S. C., Supp. V, §§ 567, 568 notes. New nurserie. 36 Stat. 961 . 49 Stat. 866 . 52 Stat. 347 . 52 Stat. 699. 52 Stat. 1205 . 54 Stat. 299. 285