[S. 3487]

An Act To provide for the acceptance of a donation of land and the construction thereon of suitable buildings and appurtenances for the forest products laboratory, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, from the regents of the University of Wisconsin, a donation by deed of conveyance satisfactory to the United States of such tract or tracts of land as in his judgment may be suitable as a site for a building or buildings for the forest products laboratory, and to pay from the appropriation herein authorized all costs incident to examining, transferring, and perfecting title to said land: Provided, That the deed of conveyance may provide for a reversion of title to the University of Wisconsin if and when the United States no longer uses said land for the purpose of a forest products laboratory, and upon such reversion the United States shall have a reasonable time within which to remove or otherwise dispose of the buildings and other improvements constructed by it on said lands.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to cause to be planned, by contract or otherwise, and to construct at Madison, Wisconsin, on said land, such fireproof building or buildings as in his judgment may be suitable for the use of the forest products laboratory of the Forest Service, with modern equipment for laboratory tests and experiments, including the moving and installation of existing equipment and the purchase and installation of necessary new equipment, the making of steam, sewer, water, gas, electrical, and other connections, and the construction of such railway sidings, roadways, sidewalks, and approaches as may be required.

SEC. 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $900,000. Approved, April 15, 1930.

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[S. 3531]

An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to enlarge tree planting operations on national forests, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to establish forest tree nurseries and do all other things needful in preparation for planting on national forests on the scale possible under the appropriations authorized by this Act: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be deemed to restrict the authority of the said Secretary under other authority of law.

SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, not to exceed $250,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, not to exceed $300,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, not to exceed $400,000; and for each fiscal year thereafter, not to exceed $400,000, to enable the Secretary of Agricul ture to establish and operate nurseries, to collect or to purchase tree seed or young trees, to plant trees, and to do all other things necessary for reforestation by planting or seeding national forests and for the additional protection, care, and improvement of the resulting plantations or young growth.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his judgment such action will be in the public interest, require any purchaser of national-forest timber to make deposits of money, in addition to the payments for the timber, to cover the cost to the United States of (1) planting (including the production or purchase of young trees), (2) sowing with tree seeds (including the collection or purchase of such seeds), or (3) cutting, destroying, or otherwise removing undesirable trees or other growth, on the national-forest land cut over by the purchaser, in order to improve the future stand of timber: Provided, That the total amount so required to be deposited by any pur chaser shall not exceed, on an acreage basis, the average cost of planting (including the production or purchase of young trees) other comparable national-forest lands during the previous three years. Such deposits shall be covered into the Treasury and shall constitute a special fund, which is hereby appropriated and made available until expended, to cover the cost to the United States of such tree planting, seed sowing, and forest improvement work, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct: Provided, That any portion of any deposit found to be in excess of the cost of doing said work shall, upon the determination that it is so in excess, be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, forest reserve fund, as a national-forest receipt of the fiscal year in which such transfer is made: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, upon application of the Secretary of the Interior, to furnish seedlings and/or young trees for replanting of burned-over areas in any national park.

Approved, June 9, 1930.

[H. R. 12047]

AN ACT

To provide for the transfer of powder and other explosive materials from deterlorated and unserviceable ammunition under the control of the War Department to the Department of Agriculture for use in land clearing, drainage, road building, and other agricultural purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to exchange deteriorated and unserviceable ammunition and components, and for other purposes," approved June 1, 1926 (44 Stat. 680; U. S. C., title 10, secs. 1209, 1210), is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a section to read as follows:

"SEC. 3. In the administration of sections 1 and 2 of this Act, as amended, the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to transfer the powder and other explosive materials from such deteriorated and unserviceable ammunition and components thereof to the Secretary of Agriculture, for distribution and sale in such amounts and at such times as the latter may determine, to farmers at not less than cost, under such regulations as he may prescribe, for use in land clearing, drainage, road building, and other agricultural purposes, by the Secretary of Agriculture. No expense in connection with such distribution and sale shall be borne by the War Department, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall reimburse the Secretary of War for the powder and explosive materials transferred under this section in amounts equal to the credits the Secretary of War would have received in an exchange under sections 1 and 2 of this Act. Amounts so reimbursed are authorized to be made available for the expenditure by the War Department for ammunition or components thereof. The President is authorized to suspend the provisions of this section in case of national emergency."

Approved, March 3, 1933.

[PUBLIC NO. 49-75TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 130-1ST SESSION]

[S. 1280]

AN ACT

To repeal an Act of March 3, 1933, entitled "An Act to provide for the transfer of powder and other explosive materials from deteriorated and unserviceable ammunition under the control of the War Department to the Department of Agriculture for use in land clearing, drainage, road building, and other agricultural purposes.'

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the transfer of powder and other explosive materials from deteriorated and unserviceable ammunition under the control of the War Department to the Department of Agriculture for use in land clearing, drainage, road building, and other agricultural purposes", approved March 3, 1933, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

Approved, April 26, 1937.

[S. 598]

AN ACT

For the relief of unemployment through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of relieving the acute condition of widespread distress and unemployment now existing in the United States, and in order to provide for the restoration of the country's depleted natural resources and the advancement of an orderly program of useful public works, the President is authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe and by utilizing such existing departments or agencies as he may designate, to provide for employing citizens of the United States who are unemployed, in the construction, maintenance and carrying on of works of a public nature in connection with the forestation of lands belonging to the United States or to the several States which are suitable for timber production, the prevention of forest fires, floods and soil erosion, plant pest and disease control, the construction, maintenance or repair of paths, trails and fire-lanes in the national parks and national forests, and such other work on the public domain, national and State, and Government reservations incidental to or necessary in connection with any projects of the character enumerated, as the President may determine to be desirable: Provided, That the President may in his discretion extend the provisions of this Act to lands owned by counties and municipalities and lands in private ownership, but only for the purpose of doing thereon such kinds of cooperative work as are now provided for by Acts of Congress in preventing and controlling forest fires and the attacks of forest tree pests and diseases and such work as is necessary in the public interest to control floods. The President is further authorized, by regulation, to provide for housing the persons so employed and for furnishing them with such subsistence, clothing, medical attendance and hospitalization, and cash allowance, as may be necessary, during the period they are so employed, and, in his discretion, to provide for the transportation of such persons to and from the places of employment. That in employing citizens for the purposes of this Act no discrimination shall be made on account of race, color, or creed; and no person under conviction for crime and serving sentence therefor shall be employed under the provisions of this Act. The President is further authorized to allocate funds available for the purposes of this Act, for forest research, including forest products investigations, by the Forest Products Laboratory.

SEC. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act the President is authorized to enter into such contracts or agreements with States as may be necessary, including provisions for utilization of existing State administrative agencies, and the President, or the

head of any department or agency authorized by him to construct any project or to carry on any such public works, shall be authorized to acquire real property by purchase, donation, condemnation, or otherwise, but the provisions of section 355 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to any property so acquired.

SEC. 3. Insofar as applicable, the benefits of the Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act. SEC. 4. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby authorized to be expended, under the direction of the President, out of any unobligated moneys heretofore appropriated for public works (except for projects on which actual construction has been commenced or may be commenced within ninety days, and except maintenance funds for river and harbor improvements already allocated), such sums as may be necessary; and an amount equal to the amount so expended is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the same purposes for which such moneys were originally appropriated.

SEC. 5. That the unexpended and unallotted balance of the sum of $300,000,000 made available under the terms and conditions of the Act approved July 21, 1932, entitled "An Act to relieve destitution ", and so forth, may be made available, or any portion thereof, to any State or Territory or States or Territories without regard to the limitation of 15 per centum or other limitations as to per centum.

SEO. 6. The authority of the President under this Act shall continue for the period of two years next after the date of the passage hereof and no longer.

Approved March 31 1933

'(EXTRACT FROM)'

[PUBLIO NO. 260-74TH CONGRESS]

SEO. 3. The term "Civilian Conservation Corps" as used in section 1 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act for 1935, approved April 8, 1935, shall be construed as embracing emergency conservation work of the character carried on prior to April 1, 1935, under authority of the Act of March 31, 1933, as amended.

Approved August 12, 1935.

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