62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 1115 fragmentary surveys and such other surveys and examinations as may be required; the prevention, presuppression or emergency prevention of fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management; contract reporting services, purchase of not to exceed fifteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only and one airplane; the payment of a salary of $6 per diem while actually employed and for payment of necessary travel expenses, exclusive of subsistence, of members of advisory committees of local stockmen, $35,500; and the construction, maintenance, and alteration of necessary buildings; $3,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be Warehouse mainte- available for expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procure- ment, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Bureau of Land Management, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling) to be reimbursed to the appropriation for "Management, protection, and disposal of public lands, Bureau of Land Manage- ment," current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equip- ment are procured, from the appropriation chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, or equipment: Provided further, That this appropriation may be expended for surveys of Surveys of lands. lands other than those under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and in such cases this appropriation shall be reimbursed from the applicable appropriation, fund, or special deposit: Provided, Regional offices. That none of the appropriations made in this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel assigned to regional offices of the Bureau of Land Management in excess of the average total number of all personnel assigned to such regional offices during the fiscal year 1948. Fire fighting: For fighting fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the United States and Alaska, $50,000, which amount shall also be available for meeting obligations of the preceding year, pursuant to the Acts of September 42Stat. s57; 48 Stat. 20, 1922 (16 U. S. C . 594) and June 28, 1934, as amended. 43U.S.C. §315- Range improvements: For construction, purchase, and maintenance 3i';. Ip '. I ,31l5b. of range improvements on the public lands pursuant to the provisions Ante p.533 of sections 3 and 10 of the Act of June 28, 1934 (43 U.S. C. 315b and 315i), as amended by the Act of August 6, 1947 (Public Law 48 stat.1270, 1273; 61 Stat. 790. 376), in addition to contributions under section 9 of the Act of June '43 u.. ., Su'pp. 28, 1934 (43 U. S . C. 315h), $350,000, to remain available until H3 1 O5b 311 3 expended: Provided, That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed Antc, p . 533. the amount of all moneys received as range-improvement fees under the provisions of section 3 of said Act and 25 per centum of all moneys 4s Stat. 1270,1275. 43U.S.c. I315m; received under the provisions of section 15 of said Act. Supp. I, § 315b. Revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, Oregon: For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of title I of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874), including fire protection and patrol, through cooperative agreements with Federal, State, and county agencies, or otherwise, and including purchase of not to exceed two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $500,000: Provided, That such expenditures shall Reimbursements. be reimbursed from the 25 per centum referred to in section c, title II, of the Act approved August 28, 1937, of the special fund designated so stat. 876. the "Oregon and California Land Grant Fund" and section 4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939, of the special fund designated the "Coos 53 stat. 754. Bay Wagon Road Grant Fund." Payments to States of 5 per centum of proceeds from sales of public lands: For payment to the several States of 5 per centum of the net proceeds of sales of public lands lying within their limits, for the purpose of education or of making public roads and improvements, $7,500: Provided, That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed the
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