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73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 89. MARCH 26, 1934 .

483 of lands in ef fectin g exch anges author ized by law a nd for the s urvey th ereof by met es and bound s or o therwi se, by employ ees of the F orest Service, under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office ; and for the survey and platting of certain lands, chiefly val- cuS l uurveyin lan ds g, et inan- uable for agriculture, now listed or to be listed within the national tional forests . forests, under the Act of June 11 1906 (U.S.C ., title 16, sees, 506- 34Vol 23 30, P .109

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509), the Act of August 10, 1912 ?U.S .C ., title 16, sec . 506), and the 287,842 Act of March 3, 1899 (U .S .C ., title 16, sec . 488), as provided by the U.S.C.,pp. 421-424. Act of March 4, 1913 (U .S .C., title 16, sec . 512), $30,910 . FOREST RE SEA RCH

Forest research . For fores t rese arch i n acco rdance with the pro vision s of s ection s 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act entitled "An Act to insure adequate supplies of timber and other forest products for the people of the United States , to p romote the f ull us e for t imber growin g and other purposes of forest lands in the United States, including farm wood lots and those abandoned areas not suitable for agricultural produc- tion, a nd to secure the c orrela tion a nd the most e conomi cal co nduct of forest research in the Department of Agriculture through research in reforestation, timber growing, protection, utilization, forest eco- nomics, and related subjects ", approved May 22, 1928 (U.S .C ., Supp . VI, title 16, sees . 581, 581a, 581f-581i), as follows : Forest management : Fire, silvicultural, and other forest inves- tigations and experiments under section 2, at forest experiment stations or elsewhere, $392,810 . Range investigations : Investigations and experiments to develop improved methods of management of forest and other ranges under section 7, at for est or ra nge exper iment st ations or elsewher e, $81,02 5 . Forest products : Experiments, investigations, and tests of forest products under section 8, at the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, $459,725 . Forest economics : Investigations in forest economics under section 10, $48,403 . In all, salaries and expenses, $6,989,408 ; and in addition thereto there are hereby appropriated all moneys received as contributions toward cooperative work under the provisions of section 1 of the Act approved March 3, 1925 (U .S .C ., title 16, sec . 572), which funds shall be covered into the Treasury and constitute a part of the special funds provided by the Act of June 30, 1914 (U .S .C ., title 16, sec . 498) : Provided, That not to exceed $397,240 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 may be expended for the contribution of the United States to the cost of the office of the secretariat of the International Union of Forest Research Stations . Development of tim- ber, etc . Vol . 45, p. 699. U.S .C ., Supp. VII, p. 326. Forest management . Vol 45, p. 700 . Management of ranges, etc . Vol. 45, p. 701. Forest products ex- periments. Vol.45,p.701. Forest economics . Vol . 45.p. 702. Agg re gat e ; addition- al, from c ooperative forest fund contribu- tions . Vol.43,p.1132. U.S.C., p.428. Vol .38,p.430. U.S.C., p.422. ['revises . Services in the Dis- trict . International Union of F orest Res earch Sta- tions, contribution . FOREST-FIRE COOPERATION

Forest fire preven- tion . For cooperation with the various States or other appropriate st Cooperation pets tion with agencies in forest-fire prevention and suppression and the pro- por t, etc., p. 1031 . tection of timbered and cut-over lands in accordance with the pro- visions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide Vol 43, p_ 653. for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded U.S.C.,p. 427. areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote continuous production of timber on lands chiefly val- uable therefor ", approved June 7, 1924 (U.S .C .. title 16, sees . 564- 570), as amended, including also the study of the effect of tax laws Tax laws and timber and the investigation of timber insurance as provided in section 3 insurance.