SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 200. 1925. 835 For fighting and preventin forest fires on or threatenin the na- F*8¤**¤¢ fum ¤¤¤· tional forests and for the estailishment and maintenance ofg a patrol to prevent trespass and to guard against and check fires upon the lands revested m the United States by the Act approved Jime 9, C,f{gg°¤{gd 0,;:;,*;;; 1916, and the lands known as the Coos Ba Wagon Road lands in- landardc. volved in the case of Southern Oregon gompan against United V°]‘3°""m‘ States énumbered 2711), in the Circuit Court og Appeals of the · Ninth ircuit, $283,000, of which $100,000 shall be immediately available: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount may {,’,,,,°°‘c{‘},,,,,s,,,,°,, be used by the Secretary of Agriculture in meeting emer- ` gencies caused by forest insects on national forests, national parks, ndian reservations, or other lands under the ownership or control of the United States; _ For cooperation with the War Department in the maintenance *`·‘“"""° *"‘"°’· and operation of an airplane patrol to prevent and suppress forest fires on national forests and ad`acent lands, $50,000: Provided, That ,,,,,,,dd,,, no part of this appropriation sliall be used for the purchase of land or airplanes; wm I ds For the selection, classification, and segregation of lands within p¤mm¤'§min°a,¤i%i the boundaries of national forests that may be opened to’homestead settlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the na— tional forests; for the examination and a praisal of lands in effecting exchanges authorized by law and for the survey thereof by cuil{§',§’f{,‘,,‘,;,$‘°·*°"" metes and boimds or otherwise, by employees of the Forest Service, under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land OiHce; and for the survey and plattin of certain lands, chieiiy valuable for agriculture, now listed or to ie listed within the national forests, under the Act of June 11, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 233), V°l‘°*""m‘ and the Act of March 3, 1899 (Thirtieth Statutes, page 1095), as v,,Y%3%_E§,,*§;_“· ‘°°°‘ provided by the Act of March 4, 1913, $60,900; P u bl , c For the construction of sanitary facilities and for fire-preventive mounds. facilitizeglgtdi measures on public camp grounds within the national forests when necessary for the protection of the public health or the prevention of forest fires, $25,000; Eqmpmom su _ For the purchase and maintenance of necessary field, office, and p¤¤s.¤;¤. P laboratory su plies, instruments, and equi ments: Provided, That §$:€°°°}.,, u,_,k,,,, not to exceed §15,000 may be expended for Sie purchase of a passen— “°°”· ger-carrying boat suitable for service in Alaskan waters, $140,480; I,,m,,n,_m wood For investigations of methods for wood distillation and for the g*¤g1:¤¤<>¤.f¤r¤¤¤ me preservative treatment of timber, for timber testing, and the testing ° '°°°‘ of such woods as may require test to ascertain if they be suitable for making paper, for investigations and tests within the United _States of foreign woods of commercial importance to industries in the United tates, and for other investigations and experiments to promote economy in the use of forest and fiber products, and for com- Hwfcial demonstrations of improved methods or processes, in coop- P,,,,,,_,,,_ eration with individuals and companies, $383,264: Provided, That Flu mv mr pulp not to exceed $15,000 of this amoimt may be used for the mvestiga— m°°°‘h"°"' tion by the Forest Products Laboratory of the United States Department of A iculture of flax straw as a source of supply for the manufacture ogr pulp and paper; __ E or experiments and investigations of range conditions within the u$,,,",§£,,°§f‘°"*°"° national forests or elsewhere on the public range, and of methods for improving the range by reseeding, regulation of grazing, and other means, $40,320; . tm mt _ For the purchase of tree seed, cones, and nursexéy stock, for seed- P ` ing and tree planting within national forests, an for experiments _ ° and investigations necessary for such seeding and tree planting, ,0 md $131,705: Provided, That from the nurseries on the Nebraska Na- land mmm ni wetional Forest the Secretary of Agriculture, under such rules and °"°°‘
