Chapter 133.
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CHAP. 133.— Joint Resolution Making an additional appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal years 1924 and 1925. April 26, 1924.[[H. J. Res. 247](/us/bill/68/hjres/247).][[Pub. Res., No. 14](/us/bill/68/pubres/14).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Department of Agriculture. That the sum of $1,500,000 is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise111 appropriated, for personal services and other expenditures in theAdditional appropriation for arresting, etc., contagious diseases of animals.*Ante*, p. 40.*Post*, pp. 458, 851.
District of Columbia and elsewhere in connection with the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious disease of animals, including the payment of claims growing out of past and future purchasesPayment of claims for animals destroyed, etc. and destruction, in cooperation with the States, of animals affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations, and including necessary investigations to determine whether such diseases have been completely eradicated in districts where they previously existed; such sum to be expended by the Secretary of AgricultureDiscretionary expenditure. when, in his judgment, an emergency exists which threatens the live-stock industry of the country, and to remain available until June 30,*Proviso*.Appraisement of value of animals, etc. 1925: *Provided*, That the payment for animals hereafter purchased may be made on an appraisement based on the meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any animal shall exceed three times its meat or dairy value, and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, the payment by the United States Government for any animal shall not exceed one-half of any such appraisement.
Approved, April 26, 1924.