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department of any Sta its right of way or other property in that 
State acquired by gra ed States. 
Spo. 17. That if ing Agriculture determines that any part of 
the public lands or ra he United States is reasonably necessary 
for the right of way o or forest road or as a source of materialy 
for the construction of any such highway or forest road ad- 
jacent to such lands , the Secretary of Agriculture shall file 
with the Secretary ol t supervising the administration of such 
land or reservation a he portion of such lands or reservations 
which it is desired to 
If within a period after such filing the said Secretary shall 
not have certified to Agriculture that the proposed appropria- 
tion of such land or rary to the public interest or inconsistent 
with the purposes fo and or materials have been reserved, or 
shall have agreed to t. n and transfer under conditions which he 
deems necessary for a yrotection and utilization of the reserve, 
then such land and m- o appropriated and transferred to the State 
highway department . Joses and subject to the conditions so 
specified. o 
If at any time the uch lands or materials for such purposes 
shall no longer exist, fact shall be given by the State highway 
department to the Se: culture, and such lands or materials shall 
immediately revert te f the Secretary of the department fromm 
which they had been : 
Qre, 18. That the § sriculture shall prescribe and promulgate 
all needful rules and the carrying out of the provisions of this 
act, including such r i to the Congress and the State highway 
departments as he ma ry for preserving and protecting the high- 
ways and insuring th le thereon. 
Spe. 19. That on o st Monday in December of each year.the 
Secretary of Agricult a report to Congress, which shall include 
a detailed statement ne, the status of each project undertaken 
the allocation of appr femized statement of the expenditures and 
receipts during the oi ‘ear under this act, an itemized statement 
of the traveling and including a list of employees, their duties, 
salaries, and travelin iny, and his recommendations, if any, for 
new legislation amen aenting this act. The Secretary of Agri- 
culture shall also ma reports as Congress may request. 
Sue. 20. That for carrying out the provisions of this act 
there is hereby appro the moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $75,000 al year ending June 30, 1922, $25,000,000 
of which shall beco available, and $50,000,000 of which shall 
become available Jar 
Spe. 21. That so m 3d 2% per centum, of all moneys hereby or 
hereafter appropriate re under the provisions of this act, as the 
Secretary of Agricult necessary for administering the provisions 
of this act and for cal sary highway research and investigational 
studies independent] tion with the State highway departments 
and other research r publishing the results thereof, shall be 
deducted for such pu € until expended. 
Within sixty days of each fiscal year the Secretary of Agri- 
culture shall determi any, of the sums theretofore deducted for 
such purposes will n | apportion such part, if any, for the fiscal 
year then current i ner and on the same basis as are other 
amounts authorized ortioned among all the States, and shall 
certify such apportio scretary of the Treasury and to the State 
highway department . 
The Secretary of > ¢ making the deduction authorized by this 
section, shall apporti er of the appropriation made for expendi- 
ture under the provis or the fiscal year among the several States: 
in the following man 2 in the ratio which the area of each State 
pears to the total are tes; one-third in the ratio which the popu- 
lation of each State or ul population of all the States as shown by 
the latest available FY one-third in the ratio which the mileage of 
rural delivery routes § in each State bears to the total mileage: 
of rural delivery and all the States at the close of the next pre- 
ceding fiscal year, as icate of the Postmaster General, which he