Program of Forest Land Management: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session on H.R. 6914 by Mr. Fulmer. April 12, 1935 |
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Page 2 - That for the purpose of stimulating: the acquisition, development, and proper administration and management of State forests and of insuring coordinated effort by Federal and State agencies in carrying out a comprehensive national program of forest-land management...
Page 2 - An Act to authorize cooperation with the several States for the purpose of stimulating the acquisition, development, and proper administration and management of State forests and coordinating Federal and State activities in carrying out a national program of forest-land management, and for other purposes", approved August 29, 1935 (USC, Supp.
Page 3 - June -30, 1042, preference will be given to States applying for cooperation hereunder which provide by law for such reversion of title under tax delinquency laws. (b) In order to insure a stable and efficient organization for the development and administration of the lands acquired under this Act, the State shall provide for the employment of a State forester, who shall be a professionally trained forester of recognized standing...
Page 4 - If such agreement is terminated, the United States shall reimburse the State for so much of the State funds as have been expended in the administration, development, and management of the lands involved as the Secretary of Agriculture may decide to be fair and equitable.
Page 3 - ... agreement and to which the United States holds title shall be paid by the State to the United States and covered into the Treasury. All such payments shall be credited to the purchase price the State is to pay the United States for said land, such purchase price to be an amount equal to the total sum expended by the United States in acquiring said lands. Upon payments of the full purchase price, either as herein provided or otherwise, title to said lands shall be transferred from the Federal...
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Page 4 - For the purposes of this Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,300,000,000.
Page 3 - State forester, who shall be a trained forester of recognized standing. "(c) The Secretary of Agriculture and the appropriate authorities of each cooperating State shall work out a mutually satisfactory plan defining forest areas within the State which can be...
Page 3 - ... relief, the State shall pay without assistance from the Federal Government the entire future cost of administering, developing, and managing all forest lands acquired and over which it has been given jurisdiction under this section. (8) During the period any cooperative agreement made under this section remains in force, one-half of the gross proceeds from all lands covered by said agreement and to which the United States holds title shall be paid by the State or Territory to the United States...
Page 21 - Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation, with offices in the Munsey Building, Washington, DC I testified 10 days ago on tentative draft No.