SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Srss. I. OH. 313. 1916. 461 under the Act of June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty- V°*· ’°·P·*°°5- fourth Statutea, page two hundred and thirty-three), and the Act of March third, eig teen hundred and ninety-nine (Thirtieth Statutes, "°‘·3’·P·“2· page ten hundred and mnety-five), as provided b the Act of March ourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, $85,000: gremided, That any (M ML unexpended balance of an_appropriation of $85,000 to be e ended ams wxrihgum. "for the survey and plattxng of certain lands chiefl valujghle for V°"38*P‘1°°°‘ agr1cult1u·e," and so forth, provided by the Act of llarch fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, entitled ‘An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundre and sixteen " be, and the same is hereby, continued and made available for and during the fiscal year ending Jime thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, for the purpose of this appropriation; For fighting and preventing forest fires and for other unforeseen smrmcxa, agus emergencies, $150,000; *“‘“'°°‘· °'°· For the purchase and maintenance of necessary field, office, and Supp1Jes,etc. laboratory supplies, instruments and equipments, $150,400; _ For investigations of methods for wood distillation and for the d,si§{,;=;*,°*§:,j*g·'gstwrg)g,d preservative treatment of timber, for timber testing, and the testing scam. P ` 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 States, and for other investigations ·and experiments to promote economy in the use of forest products, $135,200; For exiperiments and investigletions of range conditions within R¤¤¢•¤¤¤<¤¤<>¤==- national crests or elsewhere on the public range, and of methods for improving the range by reseeding, regulation of grazing, and other means, $30,000; _ For the purchase of tree seed, cones, and nursery stock, for seeding T'°° p'““““8· °‘°· and tree p anting within national forests, and for experiments an investigations necessary for such seeding and tree planting, $165,640; _ For silvicultural, dendrological, and other experiments and investi- ,m¤{£¤:•g;¤•¤¤¤ff~¤¤ ations independently or in cooperation with other branches of the ’ ` iederal Government, with States and with individuals, to determine the best methods for the conservative management of forests and forest lands, $78,728; For estimating and appraising timber and other resources on the T¤¤¤•¤ ¤¤*¤¤»•¤¤· national forests preliminary to disposal by sale or to the issue of occupancy permits, and for emergency expenses incident to their sale or use, $60,000; For other miscellaneous forest investigations, and for collating, •*¢~· ·‘+ digesting, recording, illustrating; and distributing the results of the ' ex riments and investigations erein provided for $33,140; Fbr the construction and maintenance ofroads, trails, bridges, m{:g¤•¤·¤**¤¤P¤>** fire lanes, teleplhone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements ' necessary for the proper and economical administration, protection, and development of the national forests, $400,000: Provided, That 1,;;*;g_;g upms no part of the money herein appropriated shaH be used to pay the me-me transportation or traveling expenses of any forest officer or agent except he be traveling on business directly connected with_ the Fore]? gervife atrlrld in durthergnge olilsthe works, a1ms,Aa1uzd olsgregefz s e an au orize in an t ° a propriation: Q, ,0,. ,,,,,,1, ali; That no part of this aelpropriration sllall be paid onusemfyfor the www piujpose of paying for, in w ole or in part, the preparation oelpublication of any newspaper or magazine article, but this eh not prevent the giving out to all persons without discrimination, includmg newspaper and magazine writers and publishers, of any facts or oflieial information of value to the public; In all, for general BXPBHSGS, $3,188,415.
