PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 109--MAY 5,1945 International Union of Forest Research Stations, etc. 36 Stat. 963. Post, p. 641 Airplanes. Direct purchases. Homestead lands. 34 Stat. 233; 37 Stat. 287, 842. technical books, and technical journals for officers of the Forest Service stationed outside of Washington: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,500 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 and of the Department of Timber Utilization of the Comite International du Bois, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of the Chief For- ester at $9,200 per annum, for the necessary expenses of the National Forest Reservation Commission as authorized by section 14 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S . C . 514), and for other personal services in the District of Columbia, $542,000. National forest protection and management: For the administra- tion, protection, use, maintenance, improvement, and development of the national forests, including the establishment and maintenance of forest tree nurseries, including the procurement of tree seed and nursery stock by purchase, production, or otherwise. seeding and tree planting and the care of plantations and young growth; the operation and maintenance of airplanes and the purchase of not to exceed eight; the maintenance of roads and trails and the construction and maintenance of all other improvements necessary for the proper and economical administration, protection, development, and use of the national forests, including experimental areas under Forest Service administration, except that where, in the opinion of the Secretary, direct purchases will be more economical than construction, improve- ments may be purchased; the construction (not to exceed $10,000 for any one structure), equipment, and maintenance of sanitary and recreational facilities; control of destructive forest tree diseases and insects; timber cultural operations; development and application of fish and game management plans; propagation and transplanting of plants suitable for planting on semiarid portions of the national forests; estimating and appraising of timber and other resources and development and application of plans for their effective management, sale, and use; examination, classification, surveying, and appraisal of land incident to effecting exchanges authorized by law and of lands within the boundaries of the national forests that may be opened to homestead settlement and entry under the Act of June 11, 1906, and the Act of August 10, 1912 (16 U. S . C . 506-509), as provided by the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U. S . C . 512); investigation and establish- ment of water rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in connection with the administration and public use of the national forests; and all expenses necessary for the use, maintenance, improvement, protection, and general admin- istration of the national forests, $16,649,100. Fighting forest fires: For fighting and preventing forest fires on or threatening lands under Forest Service administration, including lands under contract for purchase or in process of condemnation for Forest Service purposes, $100,000, which amount shall also be avail- able for meeting obligations of the preceding fiscal year. Forest research: For forest research in accordance with the pro- visions of sections 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 promote the full use for timber grow- ing and other purposes of forest lands in the United States, including farm wood lots and those abandoned areas not suitable for agricultural production, and to secure the correlation and the most economical [59 STAT.
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