The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-09-16
sTkTES TO SHARE ss50,oo0
FROM NATIONAL FORESTS
secretary Of Treasury Approves An
jnual Division of Receipts for School
and Road Purposes.

secretary Of Treasury Approves An
nual Division of Receipts for Schoo
and Road Purposes.
Washington. Sept i3-The portion
Of the National Forest receipts fol
the fiscal year 1915 to go to the ben.
eft OF the various states in which the
forests he, according to the computa-
ton Of the Forest Service just APP
proved by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, amounts al told 70 more than
$3.50. 900. The gross receipts for the
year ending June 80 were S2.S4l,-
46935, Of which under the law 25 per
cent Il paid over to the states for
county school and road purposes and
an additional 10 per cent is made
available for expenditure by the Sec
retary Of Agriculture in building
roads and trails for the benefit Of
local communities.
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 S5lS000. OF this
amount. Montana is to receive S79,-
5897s for county school and road pur-
poses, while the Forest Service will
expend S3l ,S3591 for improvements
Of special benefits to local communi-
ties and not included in the regular
administrative and protective im-
provements. Idaho comes second with
a 25 per cent allowance Of S75,651.15
and 10 per cent fund Of $30260.46.
California is third, receiving a 25 per
cent allowance Of s67,61137 and 10
per cent fund Of S27044.74. The
other National forest states follow in
the order of the size Of their respec-
tive shares:
Arizona, 59,S07.S9 under the rs
per cent provision and S23,923.lG un
der the 10 per cent; Colorado, $780,
2ls60 and S23,6S744; Oregon, S49,-
,675.83 and Sl9,s7O.33; Utah, S4S,675.-
90 and sl9,47O.38; Wyoming, $43,0s6.-
Sc and S17,23475; Washington, s37,-
455.56 and $l4,97S.23; New Mexico,
s317 ,S96.46 and Sl27145S; Nevada,
s16,244.53 and $6,497S1; South Dako-
Ia, Sl2,9SS.1l and $5,l95.25; Alaska,
sl1,165.75 and S4,466.30; Arkansas,
$S,73s.93 and $3.495.57; Florida, S2,-
336.77 and S934.71; Minnesota, 81,
971.60 and S7ss.64; Nebraska, 81 ,40l.-
10 and S560.46; Kansas, Sl,35T.33 and I
s542.93; Oklahoma, $759.77 and $685.
81; Michigan, Sl9S.37 and s79.35;
North Dakota, SS1.S9 and SS2.73; Por-
to 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 S2S,966.46 and
$9,31lS7 respectively.
On the National Forest Purchase
Areas in the East. a total Of S3,9776O
was collected in Georgia, New Hamp-
shire, North Carolina, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia, and West Virginia, these states
thereby sharing S944.40 under the 25
per cent provision and $3977G under
the 10 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 pub
lie ownership of the land is about
$4,000 greater than for the previous
fiscal year, as the receipts for the fs-
cal year 1915 exceeded those of the
previous year by about $4,000. The
provision of law under which por-
tion Of the receipts is turned over to
the states dates from 1906, and the
total payments reach, with this years
allotment, nearly S4,500000. The 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 $4,000.