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SEV ENTY -FI RST CONGRESS . SEss. II. Cx. 273. 1930. replacing buildings or other physical improvements that have been destroyed by forest fires within such areas, $50,000, together with Tr ans fer of appro- not to exceed $100,000 to be transferred upon the approval of the priations .

S ecreta ry of the In terior from t he var ious a ppropr iation s for na tional parks and national monuments he rein containe d, any such diversions of appropriations to be reported to Congress in the annual Proviso .

Budget : Provided urt her, That the allotment of these funds to Allotment for fire

f fighting . th e various nat ional parks or areas admi nistered by t he National Park Service as may be required for fire-fighting purposes shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior, and then only after the obligation for the expenditure has been incurred . Forest insect control, F or the contr ol and the pr evention of s pread of for est insects fire prevention meas. ures, etc, and tree diseases, including necessary personnel and equipment for such work, $23 .300 ; for fire prevention measures, including necessary personnel and fire prevention equipment, $47,400 ; and for fire pre- vention improvements, $26 ,15 0, within national parks and national S ationsaLassoenvoi . mo nument s incl uding not ex ceedin g $3,300 for a fire lookout and Parks.

meteorological station in Lassen Volcanic National Park, and $2,500 for a fire guard station in Yosemite National Park ; in all, $96,850 . Amounts immediate. Th e total of th e foregoing amounts shall be immediate ly avail- lyPT02ioblo'

able in one fund for the National Park Service : Provi ded, That Ju,y 1' 1930,1lmtedr to the Secretary of the Interior shall not authorize for expenditure insect control, etc . prior to July 1, 1930, any of the amounts herein appropriated except those for construction of physical improvements, for tree- disease and insect-control work, for fire prevention measures, and p Interchangeable

sea p- for the purchase of equipment : Provided further, That in the settle- ment of the accounts of the National Park Service the amount herein made available for each national park and other main headings shall not be exceeded, except that 10 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditures in the various national parks named, and in the national monuments, but not more than 1 0 per centum shall be adde d to the amo unt appropria ted for any one of said parks or monuments or for any particular item Report of, to con. within a park or monument : Provided further, That any interchange of app ropriations h ereunder shal l be reporte d to Congress in the annual Budget . owned Acquiring etc., with- privat ely That not to exceed $200,000 of the unexpended balance of appro- in parks and mono- priation s heretofore made for the acquisition of privately owned B alanc es av ailab le . ands and/or standing timber in the national parks and national 4b, pp . 237,p1s000

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monuments as contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1928, June 30, 1929, and June 30, 1930, shall be, and is hereby authorized to be used in the fiscal year 1930 and thereafter for the payment in full of the purchase price of any said lands and/or standing timber as may be agreed to by the Secretary of the Interior, said amount to be matched by subsequent donations which are not allotted for the purchase of any specific lands by the donor, the total expenditure of the Federal Government in any one national park or monument for acquisition of such lands therein not to exceed 50 per cent of the total cost of Ti tle .

such lands acquired hereafter in any such park or monument . For the acquisition of privately owned lands and/or standing timber within the boundaries of existing national parks and national Ad dition al amo unt monuments, evidence of title thereto to be satisfactory to the Secre- 3Volr45 Pfisoo . tary of the Interior, $1,750,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, being part of the contractual authorization of $2,750,000 contained in the Act making appropria- tions for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year 1930, approved March 4, 1929 .