Show NU NO ON fOREST MONEY OPINION Supreme Court D Decides Money May Be Spent for Any Any Purpose v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec pee 3 Fe 3 Federal Federal eral forest reserve mon moneys ys appropriated by congress paid to the states and by them distributed to the counties counties' need not bo be disbursed by the counties counties counties coun coun- ties equally for public road and public school purposes tho the supreme court held today In a case brought b by King county Wash Vash against the the Seattle school district No 1 The county contended that It was vested with discretion In the dis disbursement disbursement dis- dis of the mone money but I. dis-I. the federal di district trI t court for western Washington did not take Jake that view and its decision was affirmed by bythe bythe the Ninth circuit court of ot appeals This was was reversed today I In its decision today the ms court held keld that money derived from forest reserves reserves belongs absolutely to the states when turned over to the them When shown the above dispatch Mark Tuttle tate state auditor said It has been bee been generally understood that all moneys received by the Various va various Va fa I rious states under the act of ot congress congress congress con con- gress of ol June 30 30 1906 from forest reserves reserves for rental etc should be apportioned one half to the school fund and one half f for or county roads and this Is the tie method metho followed In as provided by statute I Under he the opinion of the United States supreme court as outlined In Inthe Inthe inthe the case of ot King ICing county Wash against the Seattle scho school l district it appears that tho the state when it receives such fund may distribute and use it for any purpose that it desires In the state 1922 the receipts by of Utah UtaJi from the forest reserve aggregated aggregated aggregated ag ag- ag- ag and for 1923 ended June 30 30 This fund has been apportioned by the state board to the varIous various various va va- va- va rious counties according to the area of or f forest rest reserve in that county and nd the relation it would bear to 10 the whole and the boards of ol county commissioners commIssIoner's have been inThe fund one half to the school fund he other half hlf for county road purposes Under th the thO decision of ot the supreme court of the United States In the future this fund from the I forest m may y be applied to any purpose in the county count school road d dr miscellaneous |