The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-02-25
Hayden's Bill

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 H. R. 11068
 In The House of Representatives
 February 8, 1916.
 MT. Hayden introduced the follow ing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and order ed to be printed.
 A BILL
 To provide for the advancement of
 funds to survey, construct, and maintain roads and trails within any
 State or the Territory of Alaska
 within which national forests are
 located.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted States of America in Congress as- sembled, That there is hereby ap- propriated and made available until expended, out of any money in the National Treasury not otherwise ap- 'propriated, the sum of $1 ,000, ,000, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth nineteen hundred and seventeen, and each fiscal year thereafter up to and including the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, in all $10,000,000, to be available until expended under the supervision of the Secretary of Agri- culture, upon request from the proper officers of the State, Territory, or county, for the survey, construction, and maintenance of roads and trails, within, or only partly within, the na tional forests, when necessary for the use and development of resources upon which communities within and adjacent to the national forests are dependent. Provided, That the State, Territory, or county shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Sec retary of Agriculture for the survey, construction, and maintenance of such roads or trails upon basis equitable to both the State, Territory, CT coun- ty, and the United States: Provided further, That the aggregate expendi- lures in any State, Territory, or coun- ty shall not exceed ten per centum of the value, as determined by the Sec retary of Agriculture, of the timber and forage resources which are or will be available for income upon the national forest lands within the res pective county or counties wherein the roads or trails will be construct ed, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall make annual report to Congress of the amounts expended hereunder.
 
 the execution of any cooperative agree ment hereunder the Secretary of Agri- culture shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury of the amount to be ex- pended within any State, Territory, or county hereunder, and beginning with the next fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the road or trail is to be constructed only ten per centum of the gross receipts from the national forests in the res pective county or counties in which the said roads or trails are construct ed until advised by the Secretary of Agriculture that the remaining fifteen per centum of the receipts to which such State or Territory would other wise be entitled under the Act of May twenty-third, nineteen hundred and eight (Th:rty-fifth Statutes at Large, rages two hundred and fifty ore and two hundred and sixty), is sufficient to reimburse the United States for expenditures made under all contracts in pursuance hereof for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within such State or Territory, county or counties, and thereafter the reduction in the per centum paid to the State or Territory fay of ties shall no longer apply.