Chapter 767. To authorize the establishment and maintenance of a forest experiment station in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys
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CHAP. 767.— An Act To authorize the establishment and maintenance of a forest experiment station in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys.July 3, 1926.[[S. 3405](/us/bill/69/s/3405).][[Public, No. 488](/us/pl/69/488).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Forest experiment stations.Establishing, authorized in the States of the Ohio and central Mississippi Valleys. That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish and maintain a forest experiment station in the States of the Ohio Valley and central Mississippi Valley, at such a place or places as may be selected by Experiments, etc., directed.him, and he is hereby authorized and directed to conduct silvicultural, forest-fire, dendrological, and other experiments and investigations, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, and with States, universities, colleges, county and municipal agencies, associations, and individuals, to determine the best methods for the growing, management, and protection of timber crops on forest lands and farm wood lots.
Sec. 2. Amount authorized for establishing.*Post*, p. 990. An appropriation of $30,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, for the establishment of the station provided by this Act and such annual appropriations as may thereafter be necessary for its maintenance and operation are hereby authorized. Approved, July 3, 1926.