The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-12-04

al forest lands within the respective
county or counties wherein the roads
or trails will be. constructed: And the
Secretary of Agriculture shall make
annual report to Congress of the
amounts expended hereunder.
That Immediately upon the execution
of any cooperative agreement hereun-
der the Secretary Of Agriculture shall
notify the Secretary of the Treasury
of the amounts to be expended by the
u. s. within or adjacent tc any ma
tional forest Hereunder and beginning
with the next fiscal year and each
fiscal year thereafter the Secretary
of the Treasury shall apply from any
and all revenues from such forest ten
per centum thereof to reimburse the
u. s. for expenditures made under
such agreement until the whole amount
advanced under such agreement shall
have been returned from the receipts
from such national forest.
Proposed Amendment.
An Act to amend section eight of the
Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, per-
tanning to construction of roads or
trails within the boundaries of the
national forest.
To provide that roads and trails
shall be constructed within the Ma
tional Forest for the use and develop
ment Of Mining Districts in which the
predominant mineral is gold.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the
United States Of America in Congress
assembled: That Section Eight Of the
Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, Public
Law No. 1885,, 84th Congress be amend
ed to read after the words, receipts
from such national forest" last words
liz last paragraph, as written in said
Section Eight, asf ollows: That where
a Mining District or Districts, in which
the predominant mineral value is gold,
is or are situated within the bound
cries of the National Forest ard are
isolated from the National or State
Highway systems to degree render
Ing necessary the construction Of roads
or trails for their further development
the Secretary of Agriculture shall, in
dependant Of State or local coOpera-
ton, upon the recommendation Of the
Director Of the u. s. Geological Sur
vey that mineral discoveries Of which
gold predomiates, have beer made in
snch districts, and are Of such mag
nitude as to warrant the construction
of roads or trails for their further
development, and that in his opinion
said improvement would result in a
material increase In the production of
gold, proceed through the Bureau of
Public Roads, or such other represent
alive he may designate, to construct
and maintain such roads or trails
for the purposes herein stated, and
shall assess the cost of construction
ard maintenance of said improvements
proportionately to the mining district
or districts benefited and the Nation
al Forest as the benefits derived from
said improvements in just proportion
to each, provided however that moi
more than one per centum Of the gross
annual output of gold from the miEe.
in said district or districts, shall bt
assessed in any year, said sums to bt
paid into the National Treasury eacl
year beginning with the second yea
after the completion of said improve
ment, and the said amounts to be baset
upon the swOrr statements of the min
operators of such districts and veri
fed by the Director OF the Bureau o
Mines of the u. s., until the ful
amount of the cost of such improve
Government Also after completion o
said improvements the cost of thei
maintenance shall be assessed in Xix
proportion to the national forest, tn
agricultural, and the mineral lands a
each are proportionately benefited b.
the said Improvement.
That for the purpose of carryin
out the provisions of this Amendment
there is hereby appropriated out G
any moneys in the National Treasur
not otherwise appropriated, the SUI
of $20,000.OO0 to become available urt
expended Immediately upon the pal
sage and approval Of this Act.