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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 543-JUNE 19, 1948 with the provisions of the following Acts authorizing annual appro- priations of forest receipts for such purposes, and in not to exceed the following amounts from such receipts: Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah, Act of August 26, 1935 (Public Law 337), as amended, $40,000; Cache National Forest, Utah, Act of May 11, 1938 (Public Law 505), as amended, $10,000; San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests, Riverside County, California, Act of June 15, 1938 (Public Law 634), as amended, $22,000; Nevada and Toiyabe National Forests, Nevada, Act of June 25, 1938 (Public Law 748), as amended, $10,000; Angeles National Forest, California, Act of June 11, 1940 (Public Law 591), $20,000; Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California, 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 expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921, as amended (23 U. S . C . 23, 23a), and for the construction, reconstruc- tion, and maintenance of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service administration, (1) $9,750,000 for forest devel- opment roads and trails, and (2) $5,300,000 for forest highways, which sums are authorized to be appropriated by the Act of Decem- ber 20, 1944 (Public Law 521), in all, $15,050,000 (including not to exceed $100,000 for personal services in the District of 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 necessary 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 authorization 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 buildings certified by the Secretary. FLOOD CONTROL Flood control: For expenses necessary, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936 (Public Law 738, Seventy- fourth Congress), as amended and supplemented, to make preliminary examinations and surveys, and to perform works of improvements, $6,000,000, of which $1,800,000 shall be available for preliminary examinations and surveys, and including not to exceed $135,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, to be immediately avail- able and to remain available until expended, with which shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the Department for flood-control purposes: 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: Provided further, That hereafter funds appropriated for the Yazoo and Little Tallahatchie watersheds shall be available for necessary work projects in all areas up to that over which the Department of the Army has jurisdiction and responsibility or to carry out emergency measures authorized by section 7 of the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1225), as amended. 523 49 Stat. 866. 52 Stat. 347 . 52 Stat. 699. 52 Stat. 1205. 54 Stat. 299. 54 Stat. 297. 54 Stat. 402. Post, p. 1037. 42 Stat. 218. Experimental areas. 58 Stat. 838 . 23U.. C.§§6063. Buildings for storage of equipment. 49 Stat. 1570. 33U.8.C. §701a- 701h. Yazoo and Little Tallahatchie water- sheds. 33U.S. . 701b-1.