Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/375

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Forest protection Forest protection and fire prevention: For the control and the pre- vention of spread of forest insects and tree diseases and for fire- prevention measures, including equipment, and personal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $15,000) and elsewhere, $110,000, to be immediately available. cconti The total of the foregoing amounts shall be available in one fund Su interchange- for the National Park Service: Provided, That 10 per centum of the able. foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably and shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Lectues, et Appropriations herein made for the national parks, national mon- uments, and other reservations under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, shall be available for the giving of educational lectures therein; for the services of field employees in cooperation with such nonprofit scientific and historical societies engaged in educational work in the various parks and monuments as the Secretary, in his discretion, may designate; and for travel expenses of employees attending Government camps for training in forest-fire prevention and suppression. Trucks, etc Appropriations herein made for the Department of the Interior shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of vehicles generally known as quarter-ton or half-ton pick-up trucks without such trucks being considered as passenger-carrying vehicles and without the cost of purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair being included in the limitation in the various appropria- tion items for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven passenger-carrying vehicles. Telephones, instal- Appropriations herein made for the National Park Service shall in residenes" . " be available for the installation and operation of telephones in Gov- ernment-owned residences, apartments, or quarters occupied by employees of the National Park Service, provided the Secretary determines the provision of such services are advantageous in the administration of these areas. Roads and trails, Roads and Trails, National Park Service: For the construction constructionetc. reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in the national parks, monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, including the Boulder Dam Recreational Area, and other areas authorized to be established as national parks and monuments, and national park and monument 4 stat. 103. approach roads authorized by the Act of January 31, 1931 (16 .c .sab. S. C . 8a and 8b), as amended, including the roads from Glacier Park Station through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to various points in the boundary line of the Glacier National Park and the Availability. international boundary, $2,991,120, to be immediately available and profio. to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed tric sthes $50,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia during the fiscal year 1939. Blue Ridge and Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways: For continuing the Natchez Trace Park- ways. construction and maintenance, under the provisions of section 5 of 49Stat.1520. the Act of June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1519-1522), of the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways, including not exceeding $1,000 for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-driven pas- senger-carrying vehicles, to be immediately available and remain available until expended, $5,000,000, of which amount not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of Prio. Columbia: Provided, That $1,500,000 and any other sums received nated States. from other sources for said Natchez Trace Parkway shall be allotted and expended ratably between the States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee according to mileage of said parkway in each respec- 334 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 187-MAY 9, 1938 [52 STAT.