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SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS . SEss . III. CH. 187. 1931. Balance a vailable . i n addition thereto the unexpended balance for this purpose for the fiscal year 1931 is continued available during the fiscal year 1932, Transferable funds . together with not to exceed $100,000 to be transferred upon the approval of the Secretary of the Interior from the various appro- priations for national parks and national monuments herein con- tained, any such diversions of appropriations to be reported to Con- Proviso . gress in the annual Budget : Provided That the allotment of these fighting . otAllotment for fir e funds to the various national parks or areas administered by the 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, For the control and the prevention of spread of forest insects and fi re prevention meas- ures, etc. tree diseases, including necessary personnel and equipment for such work, $50,000 ; for fire-prevention measures, including necessary per- sonnel and fire-prevention equipment, $80,000 ; and for fire-preven- tion improvements within national parks and national monuments $40,000, including not exceeding $25,075 for the construction 01 buildings, of which $16,300 shall be available for four lookout sta- tions, $2,100 for two fire-equipment sheds, $2,075 for a fire-control cabin ; in all, $170,000 . Su ms imm ed iat ely available

The total of the foregoing amounts shall be immediately available . Limit atio n

in one fund for the National Park Service : Provided, That the See - itation on speci- fied proje cts . rotary of the Interior shall not authorize for expenditure prior to July 1, 1931, any of the amounts herein appropriated except those for construction of physical improvements, for tree-disease and Interchangesb l

insect-control work, for fire-prevention measures, and for the pur- e pronriationslimited . ap- chase of equipment : Provided further, That in the settlement 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 par ks named, and in the natio nal monuments, but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appropriated for any one of said parks or monuments or for any particular item within Report to congress . a park or monument : Provi ded f urther , That any interchange of appropriations hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Lectures .


Appropriations made for the national parks and national monu- ments s hall be availa ble fo r the g iving o f educ ational lectur es the rein . vatelyn owned e lands, For the acquisition of privately owned lands and/or standing tim- etc ., within parks and ber within the boundaries o f existing na tional parks a nd national mo numents .

monuments to be expended only when matched by equal amounts by provisos.

donation from other sources for the same purpose, to b e available one-half pu rch ase until expended, $1,000,000 : Provided, That the appropriation herein holdingse

designated made shall be available to the extent of one-half the actual purchase price of the certain private holdings within sections 33, 34, 35, and 36, township 4 south, range 21 east, Mount Diablo meridian, and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, township 5 south , range 21 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, and traversed in part by the Addition to Yosem- ite National Paris, by Yosemite-Mariposa Grove Road, and the President by proclamation proSa m naion .

may add any or all of such lands and/or Government lands to Acreage withdrawn . Yosemite National Park : Provided, That the public lands herein authorized to be withdrawn shall not exc eed 5,664 acre s, the same Additional amount being within present national forests : Provi ded f urther , That in contr acted for . addition to th e amount here in appropriat ed, the author ity granted to the Secretary of the Interior in the Interior Department Appro- priation Act for the fiscal year 1930, to incur obligations and enter into contracts for additional acquisition of such lands and/or timber is, to the extent of $1,000,000, hereby continued until availed of as matching funds from outside sources are donated for the same pur-