Act of March 4, 1913-(Forest Service) Chapter 145 of the 62nd Congress, as amended Act of March 4, 1913-(Forest Service) ch145 109–54 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Federal Revenue Sharing Act (National Forest Revenues for National Forest Road and Trail Expenditures) 5115 62 1913-03-04 Act of March 4, 1913-(Forest Service) [Chapter 145 of the 62nd Congress; Approved March 4, 1913] [As Amended Through P.L. 109–54, Enacted August 2, 2005] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of the fourteenth paragraph under the heading “FOREST SERVICE” of Chapter 145 of the 62nd Congress. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).] [The fourteenth paragraph under the heading “FOREST SERVICE” of the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 843; [16 U.S.C. 501])]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.FOREST SERVICE.That1 hereafter, an additional ten per centum of all moneys received from the national forests during each fiscal year shall be available at the end thereof, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the national forests in the States from which such proceeds are derived; but the Secretary of Agriculture may, whenever practicable, in the construction and maintenance of such roads, secure the cooperation or aid of the proper State of Territorial authorities in the furtherance of any system of highways of which such roads may be made a part; In sales of logs, ties, poles, posts, cordwood, pulpwood, and other forest products the amounts made available for schools and roads by this Act shall be based upon the stumpage value of the timber.1 A road maintenance fund was also established by section 6 of Public Law 88–657 (16 U.S.C. 537; commonly known as the Forest Roads and Trails Act). That section is found in item 17 of this set of forest-related compilations.