PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 445 -JUNE 22, 1946 54 Stat. 297. 54 Stat. 402. 42 Stat. 218 . Experimental areas. 58 Stat. 838 . 23 U. S. C., Supp. V, §060-63. 15 .S.C.§6061;16 U. S. . §§ 8-1 ,460b, 460c;23U. S. C. §3b etseq.;25U.S.C.§ 318b. Supra. Buildings for stor- ageof equipment. Nonapplicability. 33U.S.C. 733and note. 58 Stat. 905. 49 Stat. 1570. 33 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 70a-letseq. Yazoo and Little Tallahatchie water- sheds. 49 Stat. 163. 16 U. s. C., Supp. V, §59. Act of June 11, 1940 (Public Law 589), $5,000; Sequoia National Forest, California, Act of June 17, 1940 (Public Law 637), $35,000; in all, $142,000. FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal High- way Act approved November 9, 1921, as amended (23 U. S . C . 23, 23a), and for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service administration, (1) $12,500,000 for forest development roads and trails, which sum is authorized to be appropriated by the Act of December 20, 1944 (Public Law 521), and (2) $13,714,222 for forest highways, which latter sum consists of (a) the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1942 and the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1943 by the Act of September 5, 1940 (54 Stat. 867, Public Law 780-Seventy-sixth Congress), and (b) $4,500,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated by the Act of December 20, 1944 (Public Law 521), in all, $26,214,222 (including not to exceed $99,804 for personal services in the District ef Columbia), to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, construction, or alteration of buildings nec- essary for the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased, altered, or constructed under this author- ization shall not exceed $10,000, with the exception that any building erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $10,000 or more, may be improved within any fiscal year by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum of the cost of such building as certified by the Secretary: Provided further, That in obligating or expending funds herein contained for "Forest roads and trails" the provisions of Revised Statute, 355, as amended, shall not be applicable to easements or rights-of-way for forest roads and trails constructed under the provision of this section, where the cost of any such easement or right-of-way acquired under a single instrument of conveyance and the estimated cost of the improvements to be constructed thereon does not exceed $40,000. FLOOD CONTROL Flood control: For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to perform works of improvement authorized by section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 534), including personal services in the District of Columbia; $2,100,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum shall be merged with the unexpended balances of funds heretofore transferred to the Department from the appropriation "Flood control, general", Corps of Engineers, War Department, for the purposes of the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936, as amended (33 U. S . C., ch. 15): Provided,That no part of such funds shall be used for the purchase of lands in the Yazoo and Little Tallahatchie watersheds without specific approval of the County Board of Supervisors of the county in which such lands are situated. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE To carry out the provisions of "An Act to provide for the protection of land resources against soil erosion, and for other purposes" approved April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C . 590a-590f), which provides for a national program of erosion control and soil and water conservation, including the employment of persons and means in the District of 286 [60 STAT.
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