Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-30
STATES GET OVER
/. THREE MILLIONS
FROM FORESTS
Receipts for Roads and
Schools from National Bur
eau in Fiscal Year Just
Closed Amount to s7SO,OOO.
ARIZONA AND NEW
MEXICO GET BIG SHARE

- circular just ISSUED By the forest
service calls attention to the various
laNs under which mole than third
of Az national forest reeelpis 20 ID
the benefit OF the states In which the
forests are situated SCR schools and
roads Ia 1919 the amount OF money
mus made available for state ruir-
poses totaled about $4,000. Tho
report duts not show iht. afnounts
que from the receipts at the fiscal
year which closed june a.. 1918. la.
Guiding these, the states share of nn-
tionhi forest funds since the laws
were PASSED has aggregated over So.
GOO, 900.
These facts are set forth. according
90 the forest service. because a popu.
Tar impression san exists that an
money received by the government
from Timber sales. grazing fees. water
power permits, etc, ~ permanently
taken out Uf the states where ID is
paid and goes into tho national treas
ury 90 meet the general expenses of
the government This idea ~ said
To prevail. 10 some extent. even among
actual forest users IN the national for
est states. where the division 81 re-
.'elpin with the states has been going
on tor years.
The Circular states that part of tho
gross receipts of the national forests
was first made available for schools
ana roads when the agricultural ap-
preparation act % June 30. 1906. d.
rcctcd the secretary OF the treasury
90 pay over 60 the state ur territory
in which any forest reserve was stu.
aied ten per cent of an money r..
crlNtd during the fiscal year from
auch reserve The money was to bo
expended hy the state or territorial
legislature for the benefit at public
schools and roads IN rae counties In
which the forest reserve Law This
legislation was recommended by the
InfeAt service because OF the resog-
nlncd burden imposed locally where
national forests operate To prevent
much land from becoming taxable
10 1908 the amount To be- paid To
the states was Increased To % per
cent and proyiso 0f the earlier act
that no more should be paid to a
county than 40 per cent of is total
income from other sources was elm
mated Since this provision was re.
moved. some 81 the counties receipts
from national forests lands have
oqualied their income from all other
sources
In August, 1919. the agricultural
appropriation act FOR the year made
available an additional 10 per cent of
the money received from national
forests To- build HuG maintain roads
afd trails within national forests for
the benefit ~ the public. la the states
from which these proceeds are derlN-
ed This 10 per cent road item"
as u ls called. Is expended by the
secretary 81 agriculture who may.
according 60 the act, whenever prac-
ticable IN the construction and main
lenance at such roads secure the coo
operation ar aid of the proper state
or territorial authorities la the FUR
therance of any system of highway
az chgfuch roads may be- nude
part" The total amount expended
under this provision from the receipts
ot the Fiscal year 1912 Is s20i,285.
This was apportiuued among the
states as follows; Alaska. kfG75.
Arizona, S2A6ibi Arkansas, S2,2S3.
California. &24.S2t Colorado. SET
sos. Florida. 1881; Idaho. S28,S0g.
Kansas st3s. Michigan. 81; Mime
sofa. fa03; Montana, S23.926; Ne
hraska sl.63G. Nevada. 5000. New
Mexico. siiSb0i North Dakota. S2N:
oklahoma. 1851. oregon, Si7.023:
South Dakota. SAGE. Utah. fi3.50t;
Washington. sl2.75S; Wyoming, St2.-
est.
The Weeks law of March T. 1911.
providing for tho acquisition Of lands
ln The Appalachians. provides that
five per cent of moneys received from
each national forest into which tine
lands acquired are divided, be- turned
over 90 tho state FOR its purllc schools
and roads New Mexico and Arizona
besides the sums before mentioned.
are entitled to Approximately I per
cont of the gross proceeds of an ma
tionnl forests Ia those state in return
for tho state school Eectlons within
national forests This provision ls
embodied la the pct of June 90. 1910,
authorizing the admission ~ the two
new states