SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. II . Ca. 227. 1929 .
1203 of any building purchased, erected, or as improved, but exclusive of Vol. 43, p . 1132. the cost of any tower upon which a lookout house may be erected u.S. Code, p.428. y
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' Pro tect ion o f na tion- shall not exceed $1,500, except as provided by the Act of March 3, al forests . 1925 (U. S. C., p. 428, sec. 571) ; to pay all expenses necessary to protect, administer, and improve the national forests, including tree planting in the forest reserves to prevent erosion, drift, surface wash, and soil waste and the formation of floods, and including the payment of rewards under regulations of the Secretary of Agri- culture for information leading to the arrest and conviction for vio- latio n of th e laws and re gulatio ns rel ating t o'fires in or near n ational forests, or for the unlawful taking of, or injury to, Government Car e of fish and game, property ; to ascertain the natural conditions upon and utilize the national forests ; to transport and care for fish and game supplied to stock the national forests or the waters therein ; to employ agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in practical forestry and in the administration of national forests in the city of Washington and elsewhere ; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results Station supplies, etc . of experiments and investigations made by the Forest Service ; to purchase necessary supplies, apparatus, office fixtures, law books, reference and technical books and technical journals for officers of the Forest Service stationed outside of Washington, and for medical supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immedi- ate relief of artisans, laborers, and other employees engaged in any hazardous work under the Forest Service ; to pay freight, express, telephone, and telegraph charges ; for electric light and power, fuel, gas, ice, an d wash ing tow els, an d offi cial tr aveling and o ther ne cessary outside rent . expenses, including traveling expenses for legal and fiscal officers while performing Forest Service work ; and for rent outside of the District of Columbia, as follows : For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, Chief Forester, and office personnel. including the salary of the Chief Forester and other personal serv- ices in the District of Columbia, $362,230 . For the employment of forest supervisors, deputy forest su
Forest supervisors, per- rangers, guards, etc . visors, forest rangers, forest guards, and administrative clerical assistants on the national forests, and for additional salaries and fi eld- stat ion expe nses , in clud ing the main tena nce of n urse ries , co l- lecting seed, and planting, necessary for the use, maintenance, improve ment, and pro tection of the national for ests, and of addi- Vol . 36, p. 963; Vol. tional national forests created or to be created under section 11 of 43, p. 653. the Act of March 1, 1911 (U. S. C ., p. 425, sec. 521), and under the U. S. Code, pp. 418- Act of June 7, 1924 (U. S. C., pp. 418, 419, sec. 471 ; p. 422, sec. 499; 428. p . 423, sec . 505 ; p . 427-428, sees . 564-570), and lands under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceed- ings have been instituted for the purposes of said Acts, and for nec- essary miscellaneous expenses incident to the general administration of the Forest Service and of the national forests In national forest distri ct 1, Montana , Washington, Idaho, and District expenses al- South Dakota, $1,4 06,240 : P rovide d, That the Secretary of Agri- lcProviso . culture is authorized to use not to exceed $200 in caring for the Sghtersof graves of fire graves of fire fighters buried at Wallace, Idaho ; Priest River, Idaho ; Newport, Washington ; and Saint Maries, Idaho ; In national forest distri ct 2, Colorad o, Wyoming, So uth Dakota, Nebrask a, Michigan, Oklahoma, Wisc onsin, and Mi nnesota, $803 ,087 : Pro vided , That not to exceed $500 of this appropriation may be Forest a in wichita expende d for the mai ntenance of th e herd of lon g-horned catt le on the Wichita National Forest ; In national forest district 3, Arizona and New Mexico, $706,602 ; In national forest district 4, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada , Arizona, and Colorado, $908,267 ;
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