...the terms of the act of February 1, 1905 (33 Stat., 628), the jurisdiction of national forests was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture. Section 1 of said act contains the provision that matters affecting the surveying, prospecting, locating,...

...Con. Agricultural Credits and Rehabilitation, Emergency Relief — Expenditures from appropriation transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture (act feb. Ц, 1931, vol. .',6, p. ¡160): Appropriated 1932, $20,000,000 Total, Department of Agriculture:...

...reports of 1901, 1903, and 1904 strongly recommended that the administration of the national forests be transferred from the. Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture which then possessed, as it does now, the technical facilities and personnel essential to the proper...

...reports of 1901, 1903, and 1904 strongly recommended that the administration of the national forests be transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture which then possessed, as it does now, the technical facilities and personnel essential to the proper...

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...of the Federal, state and local agencies concerned. On March 25, 1935, the Soil Erosion Service was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture. The attitude of the Board, in regard to these recommendations, is set forth in the following letter...

...obtain possession of the Forest Service is a historical one, notwithstanding the fact that the forests were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture partly as the result of recommendations made in 1901 and 1903 by Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secretary of...

...obtain possession of the Forest Service is a historical one, notwithstanding the fact that the forests were transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture partly as the result of recommendations made in 1901 and 1903 by Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secretary of...

...that commission. The question was then raised as to whether or not the Bureau of Reclamation should be transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture. But it so happened that one of the members of the commission was Dr. Elwood Mead, since deceased, who...

...• Thus the problem of soil erosion was recognized in national policy. The Soil Erosion Service was transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture, renamed the Soil Conservation Service, and enlarged to include those functions already existing in...