The Coconino sun., 1915-09-17
STATES TO SHARE $4,000
FROM NATIONAL FORESTS

Washington, Sept. 22.-The portion
Of the National Forest receipts for
the fiscal year 1915 to go to the benefit
of the various states in which the
forests lie, according to the computa-
ton of the forest service just ap-
proved by the secretary Of the treas
ury, amounts all told to more than
S850,000. The gross receipts for the
year ending June 30 were $2,4Sl 49,
35, of which under the law rs per cent
is paid over to the states for county
school and road purposes and an ad-
ditional 10 per cent is made available
for expenditure by the secretary Of
agriculture in building roads and
trails for the benefit Of local commun-
tiles.
Montana gets the largest share,
having contributed the largest amount
of receipts for the sale Of timber,
grazing, and other uses Of the forests,
or more than $318,000. OF this
amount, Montana is to receive $751;
589.78 for county school and road
purposes, while the forest service will
expend $31 1851 for improvements
Of special benefit to local communities
and not included in the regular adj
illustrative and protective improve
ments. Idaho comes second with a
25 per cent allowance of $75,651.l5
and a 10 per cent fund of $30,260.46.
California is third, receiving 20 per
cent allowance of s67,611.s7 and 10
per cent fund Of S27,044.74. The
other National forests states follow
in the order of the size of their re-
spective shares:
Arizona, $59,807.s9 under the 25
per cent provision and $23, 923.l6 UNI
der the 10 per cent; Colorado, $780,
1850 and $23,6s7.44; Oregon $49,-
675.sS and $l9,870.33; Utah, S4s,675.-
s6 and $19,47O.3s; Wyoming $43,Os6.-
SO and $17,234.75; Washington, $751;
445.56 and $14,97s.23; New Mexico,
$91 ,786.46 and s12,714.5S; Nevada,
$16,244.53 and $6,497.s1; South Da-
kota, S12,988.11 and S5,195.25; Ala
ska, 81, 1855 and $4,466.SO; Arkan-
sas, s8,73S.93 and $3,495.57; Florida,
$2,336.77 and $934.71; Minnesota, ST.
971.6O and $7SS.64; Nebraska, $l,401.-
Is and $560.46; Kansas $1,S57.S3 and
$642.93; Oklahoma, $759.77 and $685.
81; Michigan $19s.S7 and $685.;
North Dakota, $s1.s3 and s32.73;
Porto Rico, 1925 and s3.70.
The states of Arizona and New
Mexico receive additional shares for
their school funds on account Of school
lands included within the National
forests, yielding them $2S,966.46 and
$9,311.87 respectively.
On the National forest purchase
areas in the east, total Of $3,977.6O
was collected in Georgia, New Hamp-
shire, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, and West Virginia, these
states thereby sharing $994.40 under
the rs per cent provision and sss7.76
under the 20 per cent.
The total amount to be expended
under this system Of sharing the for
est receipts with the states to make
up for the loss Of local taxes due to
public ownership Of the land is about
$4,000 greater than for the previous
fiscal year, as the receipts for the
fiscal year 1915 exceeded those Of the
previous fiscal year by about $4,000.
The provision Of law under which
portion Of the receipts is turned over
to the states from 1906, and the total
payments reach, with this years al
lotment, nearly $4,500,OO0. This ten
per cent provision for government
built public roads has been in force
only since 1912, and has now made
available for this purpose an aggre-
gate Of $926,000.
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