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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · June 30, 1929 · Chapter 572

Chapter 572. Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes

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Chap. 572: Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes. 1928-05-16 572 Chapter 45 Stat. 539 70 1 United States Government Publishing Office 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 public Chapter 572.— An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes.
May 16, 1928.[[H. R. 11577](/us/bill/70/hr/11577).][[Public, No. 392](/us/pl/70/392).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the followingDepartment of Agriculture appropriations for fiscal year, 1929. sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, namely: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARYSecretary’s Office. salaries For Secretary of Agriculture, $15,000;
Assistant Secretary andSecretary, Assistant, office personnel, labor, etc. other personal services in the District of Columbia, including $7,294 for extra labor and emergency employments, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, and for personal services in the field, $642,000; in all, $657,000, of which amount not to exceed $633,800 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations,*Provisos*.Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act.Vol. 42, p. 1488. contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, and in grades inIf only one position in a grade. which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade exceptAdvances for unusually meritorious cases. that in unusually meritorious cases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the com-540pensationRestriction not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.No reduction in fixed salaries.Vol. 42, p. 1490. rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: *Provided*, That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed, as of July 1, 1924, Transfers to another position without reduction.in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act,
(3)to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade, in the Payments under higher rates allowed.same or different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, and is specifically authorized Contracts for stenographic reporting.by other law: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to contract for stenographic reporting services, and the appropriations made in this Act shall be available for such purposes:No payment to officer or employee issuing prediction, etc., of future prices of cotton. *Provided further*, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast with respect to future prices of cotton or the trend of same. Mechanical, etc., employees.For salaries and compensation of necessary employees in the mechanical shops and power plant of the Department of Agriculture, $91,000. miscellaneous expenses, department of agriculture Contingent expenses.For stationery, blank books, twine, paper, gum, dry goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, fuel, water and gas pipes, heating apparatus, furniture, carpets, and mattings; for lights, freight, express charges, advertising and press clippings, telegraphing, telephoning, postage, washing towels, and necessary repairs and improvements to buildings and heating apparatus; for the maintenance, repair, and operation of not to exceed four motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and one motor cycle for official purposes only; for the payment of the Department of Agriculture’s proportionate share of the expense of the dispatch agent in New York; for official traveling expenses; and for other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the department, $142,300. rent of buildings in the district of columbia Rent.Buildings, etc., in the District.For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of Columbia, for use of the various bureaus, divisions, and offices of the Reappropriation, etc.Vol. 43, p. 823; Vol. 44, p. 501.Department of Agriculture, $228,116.88, of which $30,676.88, together with the unexpended balances of the appropriations for this purpose, for the fiscal years 1926 and 1927, which are hereby reappropriated, *Proviso*.Restriction.shall be immediately available: *Provided*, That only such part of this sum shall be available to pay rent for space which can not be furnished by the Public Buildings Commission in Government buildings located in the District of Columbia. Total, office of Secretary, $1,118,416.88. office of informationInformation Office. salaries and general expenses Salaries and general expenses.For necessary expenses in connection with the publication, indexing, illustration, and distribution of bulletins, documents, and reports, including labor-saving machinery and supplies, envelopes, stationery 541and materials, office furniture and fixtures, photographic equipment and materials, artists’ tools and supplies, telephone and telegraph service, freight and express charges; purchase and maintenance of bicycles; purchase of manuscripts; traveling expenses; electrotypes, illustrations, and other expenses not otherwise provided for, $379,500, of which not to exceed $338,000 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification ActServices in the District. of 1923. printing and bindingPrinting and binding. For all printing and binding for the Department of Agriculture, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $742,000, including the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, asAnnual Reports.Vol. 28, p. 616; Vol 34, p. 825. required by the Act approved January 12, 1895, and in pursuance of the joint resolution numbered 13, approved March 30, 1906, and also including not to exceed $250,000 for farmers’ bulletins, which shallFarmers’ bulletins. be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct, but not including work done at the field printing plants of theWork excepted.Vol. 40, p. 1270. Weather Bureau and the Forest Service authorized by the Joint Committee on Printing, in accordance with the Act approved March 1, 1919. Total, Office of Information, $1,121,500, of which amount not toServices in the District. exceed $338,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. library, department of agricultureLibrary. Salaries and expenses: For books of reference, law books, technicalSalaries and expenses, and scientific books, periodicals, and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series; not to exceed $1,200 for newspapers for which payment may be made in advance; for salaries in the city of Washington and elsewhere; for official traveling expenses, and for library fixtures, library cards, supplies, and for all other necessary expenses, $90,300, of which amount not to exceed $63,720 may beServices in the District. expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. office of experiment stations—payments to statesExperiment Stations Office. To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March 2,Support of experiment stations.Vol. 24, p. 440. 1887, entitled “An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July 2, 1862, and of the ActsVol. 12, p. 503. supplementary thereto,” the sums apportioned to the several States, to be paid quarterly in advance, $720,000. To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March 16,Allotment of additional appropriations.Vol. 34, p. 63. 1906, entitled “An Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof,” the sums apportioned to the several States, to be paid quarterly in advance, $720,000. To carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act toAdditional allotments.Vol. 43, p. 970. authorize the more complete endowment of agricultural experiment stations,” approved February 24, 1925, $2,400,000. In all, payments to States for agricultural experiment stations, $3,840,000. 542 salaries and general expenses Administration expenses.Vol. 24, p. 440; Vol. 34, p. 63; Vol. 43, p. 970.Territorial and insular possessions.*Post*, p. 571.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of the Acts approved March 2, 1887, March 16, 1906, and February 24, 1925, relative to their administration and for the administration of agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, including the employment of clerks, assistants, and other persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere, freight and express charges, official traveling expenses, office fixtures, supplies, apparatus, telegraphOutside rent. and telephone service, gas, electric current, and rent outside Annual statement forms.of the District of Columbia, $130,000; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required under the above Acts, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with their provisions, coordinate the work of the Department of Agriculture with that of the State agricultural colleges and experiment stations in the lines authorized in said Acts, and make report thereon to Congress. Maintenance of stations in Territories and insular possessions.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain agricultural experimental stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, including the erection of buildings, the preparation, illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other necessary expenses, Allotments.$246,400, as follows: Alaska, $85,000; Hawaii, $54,940; Porto Rico, $56,460; Guam, $25,000; and the Virgin Islands of the United States, Sale of products.$25,000; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the amount obtained from the sale thereof shall be covered into the Treasury *Provisos*.Extension work in Hawaii.of the United States as miscellaneous receipts: *Provided*, That of the sum herein appropriated for the experiment station in Hawaii Buildings in Alaska.$10,000 may be used in agricultural extension work in Hawaii: *Provided further*, That of the sum herein appropriated for the experiment stations in Alaska, $10,000 shall be immediately available only for the erection of buildings. In all, salaries and expenses, $376,400. Services in the District.Total, Office of Experiment Stations, $4,216,400, of which amount not to exceed $122,574, may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. extension service—salaries and general expensesExtension Service. Administrative expenses.For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including personal services in the District of Columbia, $11,540. Farmers’ cooperative demonstration work.For farmers’ cooperative demonstration work, including special suggestions of plans and methods for more effective dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations and of improved methods of agricultural practice, at farmers’ institutes and in agricultural instruction, and including not to exceed $38,640 for such work on GovernmentLabor in the District. reclamation projects, and for the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, and all other necessary *Proviso*.Acceptance of voluntary contributions within a State.expenses, $1,462,640: *Provided*, That the expense of such service shall be defrayed from this appropriation and such cooperative funds as may be voluntarily contributed by State, county, and municipal agencies, associations of farmers, and individual farmers, universities, colleges, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, other local associations of business men, business organizations, and individuals within the State. 543 For cooperative agricultural extension work, to be allotted, paid,Additional cooperative extension work.Vol. 38, p. 372.*Post*, p. 571. and expended in the same manner, upon the same terms and conditions, and under the same supervision as the additional appropriations made by the Act of May 8, 1914 (Thirty-eighth Statutes at Large, page 372), entitled “An Act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of an Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and of Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture,” $1,580,000; and all sums appropriatedPlans of expenditures. by this Act for use for demonstration or extension work within any State shall be used and expended in accordance with plans mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the proper officials of the college in such State which receives the benefits of said Act of May 8, 1914: *Provided*, That of the above appropriation*Proviso*.County agents. not more than $300,000 shall be expended for purposes other than salaries of county agents. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make suitable agriculturalAgricultural exhibits at State, etc., fairs. exhibits at State, interstate, and international fairs held within the United States; for the purchase of necessary supplies and equipment; for telephone and telegraph service, freight and express charges; for travel, and for every other expense necessary, including the employment of assistance in or outside the city of Washington,Assistance in the District, etc. $103,300. In all salaries and expenses, $3,157,480. cooperative farm forestryFarm forestry. For cooperation with appropriate officials of the various States orCooperation with States, etc., to assist farm owners in wood lots, timber crops, etc. with other suitable agencies to assist the owners of farms in establishing, improving, and renewing wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks, and other valuable forest growth, and in growing and renewing useful timber crops under the provisions of section 5 of the ActVol. 43, p. 654. entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor,” approved June 7, 1924, $60,000, of which amount not to exceed $3,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. flood-devastated farm area reliefFlood-devastated farm area. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect theCooperative use of county agents in rehabilitating.*Ante*, p. 53. provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the purpose of rehabilitating farm lands in the flood areas,” approved January 26, 1928, including the employment of persons and for traveling, subsistence, and other necessary expenses, $400,000, of which amount $110,000Amount immediately available. shall be immediately available. Total, Extension Service, $3,617,480, of which amount not to exceedServices in the District. $414,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Grand total, office of the Secretary of Agriculture, $10,164,096.88. WEATHER BUREAUWeather Bureau. salaries and general expensesSalaries and general expenses. For carrying into effect in the District of Columbia and elsewhereClassification of. in the United States, in the West Indies, in the Panama Canal, the Caribbean Sea, and on adjacent coasts, in the Hawaiian Islands, inVol. 26, p. 653. Bermuda, and in Alaska the provisions of an Act approved October 1, 1890, so far as they relate to the weather service transferred thereby 544to the Department of Agriculture, and the amendment thereof containedAir service reports.Vol. 44, p. 571. in section 5
(e)of the Air Commerce Act of 1926, for the employment of professors of meteorology, district forecasters, local forecasters, meteorologists, section directors, observers, apprentices, operators, skilled mechanics, instrument makers, foremen, assistant foremen, proof readers, compositors, pressmen, lithographers, folders and feeders, repair men, station agents, messengers, messenger boys, laborers, special observers, display men, and other necessary employees; for fuel, gas, electricity, freight and express charges, furniture, stationery, ice, dry goods, twine, mats, oil, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, and washing towels; for advertising; for purchase, subsistence, and care of horses and vehicles, the purchase and repair of harness, for official purposes only; for instruments, shelters, apparatus, storm-warning towers and repairs thereto; for rent of offices; for repair, alterations, and improvements to existing buildings and care and preservation of grounds, including the construction of necessary outbuildings and sidewalks on public streets abutting Telegraph and telephone expenses.Weather Bureau grounds; and the erection of temporary buildings for living quarters of observers; for official traveling expenses; for telephone rentals, and for telegraphing, telephoning, and cabling reports and messages, rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture by agreement with the companies performing the service; for the maintenance and repair of Weather Bureau telegraph, telephone, and cable lines; and for every other expenditure required for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of meteorological offices and stations and for the issuing of weather forecasts and warnings of storms, cold waves, frosts, and heavy snows, the gauging and measuring of the flow of rivers and the issuing of river forecasts and warnings; for observations and reports relating to crops, and for other necessary observations and reports, including cooperation with Cooperation with other bureaus.other bureaus of the Government and societies and institutions of learning for the dissemination of meteorological information, as follows: Chief of Bureau, and office personnel.For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $127,000. Expenses in Washington City.For necessary expenses in the city of Washington incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, evaporation, and aerology, $329,000, of which not to Printing office.exceed $10,000 may be expended for the maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington for the printing of weather maps, *Proviso*.Limitation of work.bulletins, circulars, forms, and other publications: *Provided*, That no printing shall be done by the Weather Bureau that can be done at the Government Printing Office without impairing the service of said bureau. Expenses elsewhere.For necessary expenses outside of the city of Washington incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, evaporation, and aerology, $1,962,000. Forecasts, warnings, etc.For investigations, observations and reports, forecasts, warnings, and advices for the protection of horticultural interests, $31,500. Aerological stations.For the maintenance of stations, for observing, measuring, and investigating atmospheric phenomena, including salaries and other expenses in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $315,000. Services in the District.Total, Weather Bureau, $2,764,500, of which amount not to exceed $431,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, 545 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRYAnimal Industry Bureau. salaries and general expensesSalaries and general expenses. For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved May 29, 1884,Vol. 23, p. 31.Vol. 26, p. 833. establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry, and the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1891, providing for the safe transport and humane treatment of export cattle from the United States to foreign countries, and for other purposes; the Act approved AugustVol. 26, p. 414. 30, 1890, providing for the importation of animals into the United States, and for other purposes; and the provisions of the Act ofVol. 32, p. 193. May 9, 1902, extending the inspection of meats to process butter, and providing for the inspection of factories, marking of packages, and so forth; and the provisions of the Act approved February 2, 1903,Vol. 32, p. 791. to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to more effectually suppress and prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of livestock,Contagious diseases.Vol. 33, p. 1264.Cattle quarantine. and for other purposes; and also the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1905, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine districts, to permit and regulate the movement of cattle and other livestock therefrom, and for other purposes; and for carrying out the provisions of the Act of June 29,Vol. 34, p. 607.Twenty-eight hour law.Vol. 37, p. 832.Animal viruses, etc. 1906, entitled “An Act to prevent cruelty to animals while in transit by railroad or other means of transportation ”; and for carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1913, regulating the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous products manufactured in the United States and the importation of such products intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals; and for carrying out the provisions of theVol. 42, p. 159.Packers and Stockyards Act. Packers and Stockyards Act, approved August 15, 1921; and to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and disseminate informationCollecting and disseminating information.Pay of employees. concerning livestock, dairy, and other animal products; to prepare and disseminate reports on animal industry; to employ and pay from the appropriation herein made as many persons in the city of Washington or elsewhere as he may deem necessary; to purchaseTuberculin, serums, etc., tests. in the open market samples of all tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, or analogous products, of foreign or domestic manufacture, which are sold in the United States, for the detection, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, to test the same, and to disseminate the results of said tests in such manner as he may deem best; to purchase and destroy diseased or exposed animals, includingPurchase, destruction, etc., of diseased animals. poultry, or quarantine the same whenever in his judgment essential to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, contagious poultry diseases, or other diseases of animals from one State to another, as follows: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes,Chief of Bureau, and office personnel. including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $161,315. For inspection and quarantine work, including all necessaryInspection and quarantine work. expenses for the eradication of scabies in sheep and cattle, the inspection of southern cattle, the supervision of the transportation of livestock, and the inspection of vessels, the execution of the twenty-eight hour law, the inspection and quarantine of imported animals, including the establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations and repairs, alterations, improvements, or additions to buildings thereon; the inspection work relative to the existence of contagious diseases, and the mallein testing of animals, $714,600, together withUnexpended balance available.Vol. 44, p. 982. $20,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1927. 546 Tuberculosis, etc., of animals.Investigating, etc., for control, eradication, etc.For investigating the diseases of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals for their control and eradication, for the tuberculin testing of animals, and for researches concerning the causes of the diseases, their modes of spread, and methods of treatment and prevention, including demonstrations, the formation of organizations, and such other means as may be necessary, either independently or in cooperation with farmers, associations, or State, Territory, or Application of fund.Balance available.Vol. 44, p. 506.county authorities, $5,726,710, together with $18,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1927, of which $1,123,580 shall be set aside for administrative and operating expenses and $4,621,130 for the payment of indemnities, *Provisos*.Reimbursing owners for animals destroyed.of which $623,000 shall be immediately available: *Provided, however*, That in carrying out the purpose of this appropriation, if in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture it shall be necessary to condemn and destroy tuberculous or paratuberculous animals, if such animals have been destroyed, condemned, or die after condemnation, he may, in his discretion, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere such sums as he shall determine to be necessary, within the limitations above provided, for the payment of indemnities, Cooperation of States, etc., required.for the reimbursement of owners of such animals, in cooperation with such States, Territories, counties, or municipalities, as shall by law or by suitable action in keeping with its authority in the matter, and by rules and regulations adopted and enforced in pursuance thereof, provide inspection of tuberculous or paratuberculous animals and for compensation to owners of animals so condemned, Restriction on payments.but no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be used in compensating owners of such animals except in cooperation with and supplementary to payments to be made by State, Territory, county, or municipality where condemnation of such animals shall take place, nor shall any payment be made hereunder as compensation for or on account of any such animal if at the time of inspection or test, or at the time of condemnation thereof, it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been sold, shipped, or delivered for the purpose of being slaughtered: Compensation limited.*Provided further*, That out of the money hereby appropriated no payment as compensation for any animal condemned for slaughter shall exceed one-third of the difference between the appraised value of such animal and the value of the salvage thereof; that no payment hereunder shall exceed the amount paid or to be paid by the State, Territory, county, and municipality where the animal shall be condemned; that in no case shall any payment hereunder be more than $25 for any grade animal or more than $50 for any purebred animal, and that no payment shall be made unless the owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations. Southern cattle ticks eradication.Balance available.Vol. 44, p. 506.For all necessary expenses for the eradication of southern cattle ticks, $710,500, together with $9,900 of the unexpended balance of *Proviso*.Purchase of animals, etc., limited.the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1927: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the purchase of animals or in the purchase of materials for or in the construction of dipping vats upon land not owned solely by the United States, except at fairs or expositions where the Department of Agriculture makes exhibits or demonstrations; nor shall any part of this appropriation be used in the purchase of materials or mixtures for use in dipping vats except in experimental or demonstration work carried on by the officials or agents of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Animal husbandry,Animal husbandry: For all necessary expenses for investigations Feeding, breeding, etc., experiments.and experiments in animal husbandry; for experiments in animal feeding and breeding, including cooperation with the State agricul-547tural experiment stations, including repairs and additions to and erection of buildings absolutely necessary to carry on the experiments, including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all otherOutside rent. necessary expenses, $515,200: *Provided*, That of the sum thus appropriated*Provisos*.Poultry. $105,650 may be used for experiments in poultry feeding and breeding: *Provided further*, That of the sum thus appropriatedSheep experiment station in Idaho. $8,000 is made available for the erection of necessary buildings at the United States sheep experiment station in Clark County, Idaho, to furnish facilities for the investigation of problems pertaining to the sheep and wool industry on the farms and ranges of the Western States. Diseases of animals: For all necessary expenses for scientific investigationsAnimal diseases investigation.Bethesda, Md., station, maintenance, etc. in diseases of animals, including the maintenance and improvement of the bureau experiment station at Bethesda, Maryland, and the necessary alterations of buildings thereon, and the necessary expenses for investigations of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, and analogous products, $277,140, together with $9,000 of theBalance available. unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for theVol. 44, p. 507. fiscal year 1927: *Provided*, That of said sum $50,625 may be used*Proviso*.Contagious abortion of animals. for researches concerning the cause, modes of spread, and methods of treatment and prevention of the disease of contagious abortion of animals. For investigating the disease of hog cholera, and for its control orHog cholera.Cooperative investigations, demonstrations, etc. eradication by such means as may be necessary, including demonstrations, the formation of organizations, and other methods, either independently or in cooperation with farmers’ associations, State or county authorities, $442,670, together with $22,000 of the unexpendedBalance available. balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1927:Vol. 44, p. 507. *Provided*, That of said sum $257,310 shall be available for expenditure*Provisos*.Regulating trade in animal viruses, etc.Vol. 37, p. 832. in carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1913, regulating the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous product manufactured in the United States and the importation of such products intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals: *Provided further*, That ofPathological researches. said sum $28,990 shall be available for researches concerning the cause, modes of spread, and methods of treatment and prevention of this disease. For all necessary expenses for the investigation, treatment, andDourine eradication, etc.Balance available.Vol. 44, p. 507. eradication of dourine, $23,000, together with $4,800 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1927. Packers and Stockyards Act: For necessary expenses in carryingPackers and Stockyards Act.Enforcement expenses. out the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, approved August 15, 1921, $374,000, together with $36,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1927:Vol. 42, p. 159. *Provided*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may require reasonable*Proviso*.Bonds from agencies and dealers. bonds from every market agency and dealer, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to secure the performance of their obligations, and whenever, after due notice and hearing, the Secretary finds any registrant is insolvent or has violated any provision of said Act he may issue an order suspending such registrant for a reasonable specified period. Such order of suspension shall takeSuspension for violations. effect within not less than five days, unless suspended or modified or set aside by the Secretary of Agriculture or a court of competent jurisdiction. In all, salaries and expenses, $8,945,135. 548 meat inspectionMeat inspection. Additional expenses.For additional expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Meat Vol. 34, pp. 674, 1260.Inspection Act of June 30, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 674), as amended by the Act of March 4, 1907 (Thirty-fourth Equine meat.Statutes at Large, page 1256), and as extended to equine meat by the Vol. 41, p. 241.Act of July 24, 1919 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 241), including the purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and certificates printed in Balance available.course of manufacture, $2,202,660, together with $42,000 of the unexpendedVol. 44, p. 507. balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal *Proviso*.Food, etc., inspection for other Federal branches, from their appropriations.year 1927: *Provided*, That the Department of Agriculture may, upon request of any branch of the Federal Government, perform inspections of food and other products and receive reimbursement of the cost of such inspections, including salaries and expenses, out of appropriations available therefor. eradication of foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases of animalsContagious diseases of animals. Emergency appropriation for eradicating foot-and-mouth disease, etc.In case of an emergency arising out of the existence of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious disease of animals which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, threatens the livestock industry of the country, he may expend, in the city of Washington or elsewhere, the Use of unexpended balances.Vol. 44, p. 1005.Payment for destroyed diseased animals, etc.sum of $100, together with any unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for this purpose, in the arrest and eradication of any such disease, including the payment of claims growing out of past and future purchases 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 *Provisos*.Appraisement of meat, etc., values.regulations: *Provided*, That the payment for animals hereafter purchased may be made on 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 animals shall not exceed one-half Unexpended balance available.Vol. 43, p. 682.of any such appraisements: *Provided further*, That the sum of $10,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $3,500,000, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1924, approved December 5, 1924, for the eradication of the foot-and-mouth For eradicating European fowl pest, etc.disease and other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, is hereby made available during the fiscal year 1929 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to control and eradicate the European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry. Services in the District.Total, Bureau of Animal Industry, $11,147,895, of which amount not to exceed $775,000 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRYDairy Industry Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. Investigations, etc.Vol. 43, p. 243.For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved May 29, 1924, establishing a Bureau of Dairying, for salaries in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and for all other necessary expenses, including repairs and additions to buildings and not to exceed $7,600 for 549construction of buildings absolutely necessary to carry on the experiments herein authorized, as follows: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, includingChief of Bureau, and office personnel. the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $62,300. For conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations inInvestigations, demonstrations, etc. dairy industry, cooperative investigations of the dairy industry in the various States, and inspection of renovated butter factories, $452,000. In all, salaries and expenses, $514,300. field station, woodward, oklahomaWoodward, Okla. For the maintenance, repairs, and construction of buildings, in connectionLivestock department in field station at. with the Woodward, Oklahoma, field station of a livestock department, through which experiments and demonstrations in livestock breeding, growing, and feeding, including both beef and dairy animals, may be made, $12,300. Total, Bureau of Dairy Industry, $526,600, of which amount not toServices in the District. exceed $287,800 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRYPlant Industry Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. For all necessary expenses in the investigation of fruits, fruit trees,Investigation of agricultural products, etc. grain, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other plants and plant industries in cooperation with other branches of the department, the State experiment stations, and practical farmers, and for the erection of necessary farm buildings: *Provided*, That the cost of any building erected shall not*Proviso*.Limit for buildings.Field expenses. exceed $1,500; for field and station expenses, including fences, drains, and other farm improvements; for repairs in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; for rent outside of the District of Columbia; and forOutside rent.Employing investigators. the employment of all investigators, local and special agents, agricultural explorers, experts, clerks, illustrators, assistants, and all labor and other necessary expenses in the city of Washington and elsewhere required for the investigations, experiments, and demonstrations herein authorized as follows: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, includingChief of Bureau, and office personnel. the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $193,120. Pathological laboratory: For investigations of plant diseases andPathological laboratory. pathological collections, including the maintenance of a plant-disease survey, $114,440. Fruit diseases: For the investigation of diseases of orchard andOrchard fruits, etc. other fruits, including the diseases of the pecan, $184,400. Citrus canker eradication: For conducting such investigations ofCitrus canker.Eradication, etc. the nature and means of communication of the disease of citrus trees known as citrus canker, and for applying such methods of eradication or control of the disease as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary, including the payment of such expenses and the employment of such persons and means, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and cooperation with such authoritiesCooperation expenses. of the States concerned, organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, $45,000, and, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no expendituresLimited to local, etc., contributions. shall be made for these purposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by State, county, or local authorities, or by individuals 550*Proviso*.No pay for destroyed trees, etc.or organizations for the accomplishment of such purposes: *Provided*, That no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed. Forest pathology.Trees, shrubs, etc.Chestnut-tree bark disease, etc.Forest pathology: For the investigation of diseases of forest and ornamental trees and shrubs, including a study of the nature and habits of the parasitic fungi causing the chestnut-tree bark disease, the white-pine blister rust, and other epidemic tree diseases, for the purpose of discovering new methods of control and applying methods of eradication or control already discovered, $150,000. Blister rust control.White-pine blister rust eradication methods.Blister rust control: For applying such methods of eradication or control of the white-pine blister rust as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary, including the payment of Local contribution required.such expenses and the employment of such persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, in cooperation with such authorities of the States concerned, organizations, or individuals as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, and in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, county or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for *Proviso*.No pay for trees destroyed, etc.the accomplishment of such purposes, $445,020: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed. Cotton, truck crops, etc., diseases.Vegetable and forage diseases: For the investigation of diseases of cotton, potatoes, truck crops, forage crops, drug and related plants, $200,500. Crop plant physiology.Crop physiology: For investigating the physiology of crop plants and for testing and breeding varieties thereof, $90,160. Plant nutrition.For plant-nutrition investigations, $16,780. Acclimatization of tropical plants, etc.Cotton, rubber, and other tropical plants: For acclimatization and adaptation investigations of cotton, corn, and other crops introduced from tropical regions, and for the improvement of cotton and other Hard fibers, etc.fiber plants by cultural methods, breeding, and selection, and for determining the feasibility of increasing the production of hard *Provisos*.Cottonseed interbreeding.fibers outside of the continental United States, $255,800: *Provided*, That not more than $7,500 of this sum may be used for experiments Rubber-p reducing plants.in cottonseed interbreeding: *Provided further*, That of this sum $105,000 may be used for explorations, research, and field experiments relating to potential rubber-producing plants. Drug plants, etc.Drug and other plants: For the investigation, testing, and improvement of plants yielding drugs, spices, poisons, oils, and related products and by-products and for general physiological and fermentation investigations, $58,200. Nematology.Nematology: For crop technological investigations, including the study of plant-infesting nematodes, $54,340. Commercial seeds and grasses.Testing, etc., samples.Seed laboratory: For studying and testing commercial seeds, including the testing of samples of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa, and lawn-grass seeds secured in the open market, and where such samples Preventing admission of adulterated seeds, etc.Vol. 37, p. 506.Vol. 44, p. 325.are found to be adulterated or misbranded the results of the tests shall be published, together with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were offered for sale, and for carrying out the provisions of the Act approved August 24, 1912, entitled “An Act to regulate foreign commerce by prohibiting the admission into the United States of certain adulterated grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes” (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 506), *Proviso*.International Seed Testing Congress.$74,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $250 of this amount may be used for meeting the share of the United States in the expenses of the International Seed Testing Congress in carrying out plans for correlating the work of the various adhering governments on 551problems relating to seed analysis or other subjects which the congress may determine to be necessary in the interest of international seed trade. Cereal crops and diseases: For the investigation and improvementCereal crops and diseases. of cereals, including corn, and methods of cereal production and forInvestigation and improvement, eradicating diseases, etc. the study and control of cereal diseases, including barberry eradication, and for the investigation of the cultivation and breeding of flax for seed purposes, including a study of flax diseases, and for the investigation and improvement of broomcorn and methods of broomcorn production, $733,000, together with $17,000 of the unexpendedBalance available.Vol. 44, p. 510. balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1927: *Provided*, That $375,000 shall be set aside for the location*Provisos*.Rust spores destruction. of and destruction of the barberry bushes and other vegetation from which rust spores originate: *Provided further*, That $75,000 of thisContributions from States, etc. amount shall be available for expenditure only when an equal amount shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, counties, or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations, for the accomplishment of such purposes. Tobacco: For the investigation and improvement of tobacco andTobacco production. the methods of tobacco production and handling, $60,000. Alkali and drought resistant crops: For the breeding and physiologicalArid land crops. study of alkali-resistant and drought-resistant crops, $23,920. Sugar plants: For sugar-plant investigations, including studies ofSugar-plant investigations. diseases and the improvement of sugar beets and sugar-beet seed,Balance available.Vol. 44, p. 510. $183,179, together with $18,076 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1927. Botany: For investigation, improvement, and utilization of wildWild plants, grazing lands, etc. plants and grazing lands, and for determining the distribution of weeds and means of their control, $50,280. Dry-land agriculture: For the investigation and improvement ofDry land, etc., crop production. methods of crop production under subhumid, semiarid, or dry-land conditions, $218,050: *Provided*, That the limitations in this Act as to*Provisos*.Buildings. the cost of farm buildings shall not apply to this paragraph: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in theFree tree distribution limited. free distribution or propagation for free distribution of cuttings, seedlings, or trees of willow, box elder, ash, caragana, or other common varieties of fruit, ornamental, or shelter-belt trees in the Northern Great Plains area except for experimental or demonstration purposes in the States of North and South Dakota, and in Montana and Wyoming east of the five-thousand-foot contour line: *Provided further*,New field station restriction. That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the establishment of any new field station except $10,000 in Umatilla County, Oregon. Horticultural experiment station, Cheyenne, Wyoming: To enableHorticultural experiment station, Cheyenne, Wyo. the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act providing for horticultural experiment andEstablishment of.*Ante*, p. 323. demonstration work in the semiarid or dry-land regions of the United States,” approved March 19, 1928, including the erection of buildings and fences, the construction of irrigation facilities, the employment of persons, and for other necessary expenses, to be immediately available, $100,000: *Provided*, That the limitations in this Act as to*Proviso*.Buildings cost not applicable. the cost of buildings shall not apply to this paragraph. Western irrigation agriculture: For investigations in connectionUtilizing western reclaimed lands. with western irrigation agriculture, the utilization of lands reclaimed under the Reclamation Act, and other areas in the arid and semiarid regions, $142,095. Nut culture: For the investigation, improvement, encouragement,Edible nuts.Growing, harvesting, utilizing, etc. and determination of the adaptability to different soils and climatic conditions of pecans, almonds, Persian walnuts, black walnuts, 552hickory nuts, butternuts, chestnuts, filberts, and other nuts, and for methods of growing, harvesting, packing, shipping, storing, and utilizing the same, $44,040. Fruits.Growing, handling. marketing, etc.Pomology: For the investigation and improvement of fruits, and the methods of fruit growing, harvesting, handling, and studies of the physiological and related changes of fruits and vegetables during the processes of marketing and while in commercial storage, $245,000. Gardens and grounds: To cultivate and care for the gardens and grounds of the Department of Agriculture in the city of Washington, including the upkeep and lighting of the grounds and the construction, surfacing, and repairing of roadways and walks; and to erect, manage, and maintain conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses on the grounds of the Department of Agriculture in the city of Washington, $89,500. Horticultural investigations.Marketing of vegetables, etc.Horticulture: For horticultural investigations, including the study of producing and harvesting truck and related crops, including potatoes, and studies of physiological and related changes of vegetables while in the processes of marketing and in commercial storage, and the study of landscape and vegetable gardening, floriculture, and related subjects, $140,000. Nursery plants.Cooperative investigations of American sources of stocks, cuttings, etc.Nursery stock: For investigating, in cooperation with States or privately owned nurseries, methods of propagating fruit trees, ornamental and other plants, the study of stocks used in propagating such plants and methods of growing stocks, for the purpose of providing American sources of stocks, cuttings, or other propagating materials, $21,800. Arlington, Va., experimental farm, etc.Maintenance.Arlington Farm: For continuing the necessary improvements to establish and maintain a general experiment farm and agricultural Vol. 31, p. 135.station on the Arlington estate, in the State of Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 18, 1900, *Proviso*.Buildings.$57,000: *Provided*, That the limitations in this Act as to the cost of farm buildings shall not apply to this paragraph. Foreign seed and plant introduction.Foreign plant introduction: For investigations in foreign seed and plant introduction, including the study, collection, purchase, testing, propagation, and distribution of rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries and from our possessions, and for experiments with reference to their introduction and cultivation in this country, $190,000. New and rare seeds, forage plants, etc.Forage crops: For the purchase, propagation, testing, and distribution of new and rare seeds; for the investigation and improvement of grasses, alfalfa, clover, and other forage crops, including the investigation of the utilization of cacti and other dry-land plants, $165,000. Biophysical investigations.Biophysical laboratory: For biophysical investigations in connection with the various lines of work herein authorized, $35,812. Services in the District.Total, Bureau of Plant Industry, $4,380,436, of which amount not to exceed $1,488,400 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. FOREST SERVICEForest Service. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. Experiments, etc.Restricted to United States.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to experiment and to make and continue investigations and report on forestry, national forests, forest fires, and lumbering, but no part of this appropriation shall be used for any experiment or test made outside the jurisdiction of the United States; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, and methods for 553the preservative treatment of timber; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitable trees for the treeless regions; to erect necessary buildings: *Provided*, That the*Proviso*.Cost, etc., of buildings.Vol. 43, p. 1132. cost of any building purchased, erected, or as improved shall not exceed $1,500, except as provided by the Act of March 3, 1925; to pay all expenses necessary to protect, administer, and improve theProtection of national forests, etc. national forests, including tree planting in the forest reserves to prevent erosion, drift, surface wash, and soil waste and the formation of floods, and including the payment of rewards under regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture for information leading to the arrest and conviction for violation of the laws and regulations relating to fires in or near national forests, or for the unlawful taking of, or injury to, Government property; to ascertain the natural conditions upon and utilize the national forests; to transportCare of fish and game. and care for fish and game supplied to stock the national forests or the waters therein; to employ agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in practical forestry and in the administration of national forests in the city of Washington and elsewhere; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results of experiments and investigations made by the Forest Service; to purchase necessaryStation supplies, etc. supplies, apparatus, office fixtures, law books, reference and technical books and technical journals for officers of the Forest Service stationed outside of Washington, and for medical supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of artisans, laborers, and other employees engaged in any hazardous work under the Forest Service; to pay freight, express, telephone, and telegraph charges; for electric light and power, fuel, gas, ice, and washing towels, and official traveling and other necessary expenses, including traveling expenses for legal and fiscal officers while performing Forest Service work; and for rent outside of theOutside rent. District of Columbia, as follows: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes,Chief Forester, and office personnel. including the salary of the Chief Forester and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $340,600. For the employment of forest supervisors, deputy forest supervisors,Forest supervisors, rangers, guards, etc. forest rangers, forest guards, and administrative clerical assistants on the national forests, and for additional salaries and field-station expenses, including the maintenance of nurseries, collecting seed, and planting, necessary for the use, maintenance, improvement, and protection of the national forests and of additional national forests created or to be created under section 11 ofVol. 36, p. 963; Vol. 43, p. 653. the Act of March 1, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 963), and under the Act of June 7, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, pages 653–655), and lands under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings have been instituted for the purposes of said Acts, and for necessary miscellaneous expenses incident to the general administration of the Forest Service and of the national forests: In national forest district one, Montana, Washington, Idaho, andDistrict expenses allotted. South Dakota, $1,352,790: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Agriculture*Proviso*.Care of graves of fire fighters. is authorized to use not to exceed $200 in caring for the graves of fire fighters buried at Wallace, Idaho; Priest River, Idaho; Newport, Washington; and Saint Maries, Idaho; In national forest district two, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Minnesota, $763,771: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Herd of breed of cattle in Wichita Forest, Okla. That not to exceed $500 of this appropriation may be expended for the maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita National Forest; In national forest district three, Arizona and New Mexico, $674,172; 554 In national forest district four, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado, $870,957; In national forest district five, California and Nevada, $1,024,247; In national forest district six, Washington, Oregon, and California, $1,075,973; In national forest district seven, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Maine, Porto Rico, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Illinois, $460,593; In national forest district eight, Alaska, $121,497; Aggregate amounts.*Provisos*.Interchangeable allotments for emergencies.In all, for the use, maintenance, improvement, protection, and general administration of the national forests, $6,344,000: *Provided*, That the foregoing amounts appropriated for such purposes shall be available interchangeably in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture for the necessary expenditures for fire protection and other Limit.unforeseen exigencies: *Provided further*, That the amount so interchanged shall not exceed in the aggregate 10 per centum of all the amounts so appropriated. Fighting forest fires.For fighting forest fires on or threatening the national forests and for the establishment and maintenance of a patrol to prevent trespass and to guard against and check fires upon the lands revested in the Revested Oregon-California Railroad lands, etc.Vol. 39, p. 218.United States by the Act approved June 9, 1916, and the lands known as the Coos Bay Wagon Road lands involved in the case of Southern Oregon Company against United States (numbered 2711), in the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit, $100,000, which amount shall be immediately available. Airplane patrol.For cooperation with the War Department, or for contract airplane service, in the maintenance and operation of an airplane patrol to prevent and suppress forest fires on national forests and adjacent *Proviso*.Purchases forbidden.lands, $50,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the purchase of land or airplanes. Selecting, etc., lands for homestead entries, etc.For the selection, classification, and segregation of lands within the boundaries of national forests that may be opened to homestead settlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the national forests; for the examination and appraisal of lands in effecting exchanges authorized by law and for the survey thereof by metes and bounds or otherwise, by employees of the Forest Service, under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Surveying, etc., agricultural lands in national forests.Vol. 34, p. 233.Vol. 30, pp. 34, 1095.Vol. 37, p. 843.Office; and for the survey and platting of certain lands, chiefly valuable for agriculture, now listed or to be listed within the national forests, under the Act of June 11, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 233), and the Act of March 3, 1899 (Thirtieth Statutes, page 1095), as provided by the Act of March 4, 1913, $50,000. Public camp ground facilities.For the construction of sanitary facilities and for fire preventive measures on public camp grounds within the national forests when necessary for the protection of the public health or the prevention of forest fires, $40,000. Equipments, supplies, etc.For the purchase and maintenance of necessary field, office, and laboratory supplies, instruments, and equipments, $130,000. Investigating wood distillation, forest products, etc.For investigations of methods for wood distillation and for the preservative treatment of timber, for timber testing, and the testing of such woods as may require test to ascertain if they be suitable for making paper, for investigations and tests within the United States of foreign woods of commercial importance to industries in the United States, and for other investigations and experiments to promote economy in the use of forest and fiber products, and for commercial demonstrations of improved methods or processes, in cooperation *Proviso*.Hemp for pulp manufactures.with individuals and companies, $505,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $15,000 of this amount may be used for the investigation by the Forest Products Laboratory of the United States Department 555of Agriculture of hemp as a source of supply for the manufacture of pulp and paper. For experiments and investigations of range conditions within theRange conditions and improvements. national forests or elsewhere on the public range, and of methods for improving the range by reseeding, regulation of grazing, and other means, $49,755. For the purchase of tree seed, cones, and nursery stock, for seedingSeeding, tree planting, etc. and tree planting within national forests, and for experiments and investigations necessary for such seeding and tree planting, $210,000. For silvicultural, dendrological, and other experiments and investigations,Management of forest lands. independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, with States, and with individuals, to determine the best methods for the conservative management of forests and forest land, $354,300. For estimating and appraising timber and other resources on theAppraising timber for sale. national forests preliminary to disposal by sale or to the issue of occupancy permits, and for emergency expenses incident to their sale or use, $108,550. For the construction and maintenance of roads, trails, bridges, firePermanent improvements. lanes, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements necessary for the proper and economical administration, protection, and development of the national forests, $587,900, of which amountAmount for forests in southern California. $125,000 is reserved for expenditure on the Angeles, Cleveland, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino National Forests in southern California: *Provided*, That such sum of $125,000 shall not be expended*Provisos*.Local contributions required. unless an equal amount is contributed for such work by State, county, municipal, and/or other local interests, to be paid, in whole or in part, in advance of the performance of the work for which this appropriation provides: *Provided further*, That where, in the opinionPurchase of telephone lines, etc. of the Secretary of Agriculture, direct purchase will be more economical than construction, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements may be purchased: *Provided further*, That not toDivision fences, stock driveways, watering places, etc. exceed $50,000 may be expended for the construction and maintenance of boundary and range division fences, counting corrals, stock driveways and bridges, the development of stock-watering places, and. the eradication of poisonous plants on the national forests: *Provided further*,Dam at Cass Lake, Minn.Vol. 44, p. 618. That not to exceed $11,000 of this appropriation may be used for the construction of a dam at Cass Lake, Minnesota. In all, salaries and general expenses, $8,870,105; and in additionAdditional from cooperative forest protection fund.Vol. 43, p. 1132. thereto there are hereby appropriated all moneys received as contributions toward cooperative work under the provisions of section 1 of the Act approved March 3, 1925, which funds shall be covered into the Treasury and constitute a part of the special funds provided byVol. 38, p. 430. the Act of June 30, 1914: *Provided*, That not to exceed $444,000 may*Proviso*.Services in the District. be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. forest fire cooperationForest fire prevention, etc. For cooperation with the various States or other appropriate agenciesCooperation with States, etc., for protection of timber, cut-over lands, etc. in forest fire prevention and suppression and the protection of timbered and cut-over lands in accordance with the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for theVol. 43, p. 653. protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote continuous production of timber on lands chiefly valuable therefor,” approved June 7, 1924, including also the study of theTax laws and timber insurance. effect of tax laws and the investigation of timber insurance as provided in section 3 of said Act, $1,200,000, of which $41,900 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia and notServices, etc., in the District. 556to exceed $3,000 for the purchase of supplies and equipment required for the purposes of said Act in the District of Columbia. cooperative distribution of forest planting stockForest planting stock. Cooperation with States, in procuring forest-tree seeds, etc., for planting denuded or nonforested lands.For cooperation with the various States in the procurement, production, and distribution of forest-tree seeds and plants in establishing windbreaks, shelter belts, and farm wood lots upon denuded or nonforested lands within such cooperating States, under the provisionsVol. 43, p. 654. of section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor,” approved June 7, 1924, $75,000, of which amount Services in the District.not to exceed $2,860 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. acquisition of additional forest landsAdditional forest lands. Acquiring, under Forest Conservation Act.Vol. 36, p. 961; Vol. 43, p. 654.For the acquisition of additional lands at headwaters of navigable streams, to be expended under the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 961), as amended, $1,000,000, to be immediately available, of which amount not to Services, etc., in the District.exceed $31,000 may be expended for personal services and supplies and equipment in the District of Columbia. Total, Forest Service, $11,145,105. BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY AND SOILSChemistry and Soils Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. Investigations, apparatus, supplies, employees, etc.For all necessary expenses connected with the investigations and experiments hereinafter authorized, including the employment of investigators, local and special agents, assistants, experts, clerks, draftsmen, and labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere; official traveling expenses, materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, repairs to apparatus, chemicals, furniture, office fixtures, stationery, gas, electric current, telegraph and telephone service, express and freight charges, rent outside the District of Columbia, and for all other necessary supplies and expenses, as follows: Chief of Bureau, and office personnel.For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $54,280. General subjects.Vol. 12, p. 387.For conducting the investigations contemplated by the Act of Biological food and drug investigations, etc.May 15, 1862, relating to the application of chemistry to agriculture; for the biological investigation of food and drug products and substances used in the manufacture thereof, including investigations of the physiological effects of such products on the human organism; to cooperate with associations and scientific societies in the development of methods of analysis, $259,000. Utilizing native raw materials for colorants, etc.For investigation and experiment in the utilization, for coloring, medicinal, and technical purposes, of raw materials grown or produced in the United States, in cooperation with such persons, associations, or corporations as may be found necessary, including repairs, alterations, improvements, or additions to a building on the ArlingtonArlington Farm building. Experimental Farm, $72,921. Table sirup, etc.For the investigation and development of methods for the manufacture of table sirup and sugar and of methods for the manufacture of sweet sirups by the utilization of new agricultural sources, $35,234. 557 For the investigation and development of methods of manufacturingInsecticides and fungicides investigations, etc. insecticides and fungicides, and for investigating chemical problems relating to the composition, action, and application of insecticides and fungicides, $44,800. For the investigation and development of methods for the preventionPlant dust explosions, etc.Methods for preventing. of farm fires and of grain-dust, smut-dust, and other plant-dust explosions and resulting fires, including fires in cotton gins and cotton-oil mills, independently or in cooperation with individuals, associations, or corporations, $52,743, of which sum $10,000 shall be immediately available. For the investigation and demonstration of improved methods orNaval stores.Investigations, demonstrations, etc. processes of preparing naval stores, the weighing, handling, transportation, and the uses of same, in cooperation with individuals and companies, including the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $15,000. For chemical investigations of soil types, soil composition, andSoil types, composition, etc., investigagations. soil minerals, the soil solution, solubility of soil and all chemical properties of soils in their relation to soil formation, soil texture, and soil productivity, including all routine chemical work in connection with the soil survey, $31,720. For physical investigations of the important properties of soilPhysical productivity of soils, etc. which determine productivity, such as moisture relations, aerations, heat conductivity, texture, and other physical investigations of the various soil classes and soil types, $17,225. For investigations within the United States of fertilizers and otherFertilizers. soil amendments and their suitability for agricultural use, $290,000. For the investigation of soils, in cooperation with other branchesCooperative soil mapping. of the Department of Agriculture, other departments of the Government, State agricultural experiment stations, and other State institutions, and for indicating upon maps and plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of such investigations, $253,000. For soil-bacteriology investigations, including the testing of samplesSoil bacteriology investigations. procured in the open market, of cultures for inoculating legumes, and if any such samples are found to be impure, nonviable, or misbranded, the results of the tests may be published, together with thePublishing tests of cultures. names of the manufacturers and of the persons by whom the cultures were offered for sale, $40,840. For soil-fertility investigations into organic causes of infertilitySoil fertility. and remedial measures, maintenance of productivity, properties and composition of soil humus, and the transformation and formation of soil humus by soil organisms, $126,850, of which $7,000 shall be immediately available. Total, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, $1,293,613, of which amountServices in the District. not to exceed $966,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGYEntomology Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. For necessary expenses connected with the investigations, experiments,Investigations of insects, etc. and demonstrations in reference to the items hereinafter enumerated for the promotion of economic entomology, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, States, counties, and municipalities, organizations and individuals concerned, including the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside of the DistrictOutside rent. of Columbia, and not to exceed $3,000 for the erection of insectaries 558*Proviso*.Buildings, etc.and other buildings: *Provided*, That the cost of any such building shall not exceed $1,500, as follows: Chief of Bureau, and office personnel.For general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $81,458. Specific investitions.Fruits, Japanese and Asiatic beetles, etc.For insects affecting deciduous fruits, grapes, and nuts, and including research on the Japanese and Asiatic beetles, $324,500. Tropical, etc., plants, Parlatoria date scale, etc.For insects affecting tropical, subtropical, and ornamental plants and including research on the Parlatoria date scale and the Mediterranean and other fruit flies, $113,000. Truck crops, etc.For insects affecting truck and garden crops and including insects affecting tobacco and sugar beets, $232,500. Gypsy and browntail moths, etc.For insects affecting forests and including research on the gypsy and brown-tail moths, $185,000. Cereal and forage crops, European corn borer, etc.For insects affecting cereal and forage crops, including sugar cane and rice, and including research on the European corn borer, $438,740. Cotton, pink bollworm.For insects affecting cotton and including research on the pink bollworm of cotton, $280,000, of which $10,000 shall be immediately available. Man and domestic animals.For insects affecting man and domestic animals, $80,180. Stored products.For insects affecting stored products, $51,900. Useful insects, insectpest survey.For taxonomy and interrelations of insects, and including the importation and exchange of useful insects and an insect pest survey, $130,000. Bee culture.For bee culture, $49,380, together with $3,000 of the unexpended Balance available.Vol. 44, p. 517.balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1927. Total, Bureau of Entomology, $1,966,658, of which amount not Services in the District.to exceed $351,300 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEYBiological Survey Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. Salaries, supplies, etc.For salaries and employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, including the purchase of bags, tags, and labels printed in the course of manufacture, traveling and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations and carrying out the work of the bureau, as follows: Chief of Bureau, and office personnel.For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $68,500. Reservations for game.For the maintenance of the Montana National Bison Range and other reservations and for the maintenance of game introduced into suitable localities on public lands, under supervision of the Biological Survey, including construction of fencing, wardens’ quarters, shelters for animals, landings, roads, trails, bridges, ditches, telephone lines, rockwork, bulkheads, and other improvements necessary for the Protection of bird preserves.Vol. 35, p. 1104.economical administration and protection of the reservations, and for the enforcement of section 84 of the Act approved March 4, 1909, entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,” $99,000, of which sum $30,000 shall be available Dam, Cold Springs Creek.*Proviso*.Game purchase, etc.for increase of the water supply by the construction of a dam across Cold Springs Creek: *Provided*, That $2,500 may be used for the purchase, capture, and transportation of game for national reservations. North American birds and animals.Food habits investigations, etc.For investigating the food habits of North American birds and other animals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in connection with rearing fur-bearing animals; for experiments, demonstrations, 559and cooperation in destroying mountain lions, wolves, coyotes, bobcats,Destroying predatory animals. prairie dogs, gophers, ground squirrels, jack rabbits, and other animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and wild game; and for the protection of stock and other domestic animals through the suppression of rabies in predatory wildSuppressing rabies. animals, $650,000, together with $12,000 of the unexpended balanceBalance available.Vol. 44, p. 519. of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year, 1927. For biological investigations, including the relations, habits, geographicBiological investigations. distribution, and migration of animals and plants, and the preparation of maps of the life zones, $45,000. For all necessary expenses for enforcing the provisions of theMigratory bird protection.Vol. 40, p. 755. Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (Fortieth Statutes at Large, page 755), and for cooperation with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds, and for necessary investigations connected therewith, $163,000: *Provided*, That of this sum not more than*Proviso*.Preventing shipment of prohibited birds, etc.Vol. 35, pp. 1135–1138.Carrying illegally killed game.Vol. 31, p. 187. $20,500 may be used for the enforcement of sections 241, 242, 243, and 244 of the Act approved March 4, 1909, entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,” and for the enforcement of section 1 of the Act approved May 25, 1900, entitled “An Act to enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, prohibit the transportation by interstate commerce of game killed in violation of local laws, and for other purposes,” including all necessary investigations in connection therewith. For investigations, experiments, and demonstrations for the welfare,Reindeer in Alaska.Improving industry, etc. improvement, and increase of the reindeer industry in Alaska, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures and cooperation with the Bureau of Education, and for all expenses necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of the Alaska gameVol. 43, p. 739. law, approved January 13, 1925, $100,000. In all, salaries and expenses, $1,125,500: *Provided*, That the Secretary*Proviso*.Investigation and report on feasibility of cooperative program for predatory animals eradication, etc. of Agriculture shall investigate and report to the next regular session of Congress as to the feasibility of a five-year cooperative program, or a program extending over such term of years as to him shall seem most advisable for the purposes in view, for the eradication, suppression, or bringing under control of predatory animals within the United States, and the estimated cost thereof as compared to the present method. upper mississippi river refugeUpper Mississippi River Refuge. For the acquisition of areas of land or land and water pursuantAcquiring areas for.Vol. 43, pp. 650, 1354. to the Act entitled “An Act to establish the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge,” approved June 7, 1924, and amendment thereto approved March 4, 1925, and for all necessary expenses incident thereto, including the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $1,000, which shall be available until expended, being part of the sum of $1,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for such purpose by section 10 of said Act; and for all necessary expenses of the Secretary of Agriculture authorized by section 9 of said Act, $39,000; in all, $40,000: *Provided*, That the*Proviso*.Contracts authorized for additional areas. Secretary of Agriculture may incur obligations and enter into contracts for the acquisition of additional areas to an amount which, inclusive of the amounts heretofore and herein appropriated, shall not exceed a total of $1,500,000, and such contracts shall be deemedDeemed Federal obligations. contractual obligations of the Federal Government. Total, Bureau of Biological Survey, $1,165,000, of which amountServices in the District. not to exceed $211,000 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. 560 BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADSPublic Roads Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. Salaries, supplies, etc.For the following expenses, including salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, office fixtures, apparatus, traveling, and all other necessary expenses, for conducting investigations and experiments, and for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of same, and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports, in addition to any moneys Vol. 39, p. 355.Vol. 42, p. 217.available from the funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916, as amended: Chief of Bureau, and office personnel.For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $64,530. Road management systems.For inquiries in regard to systems of road management and economic studies of highway construction, operation, maintenance, and value, either independently or in cooperation with the State highway departments and other agencies, and for giving expert advise on these subjects, $62,060. Materials, plants, etc., investigations.For investigations of the best methods of road making, especially by the use of local materials; for studying the types of mechanical plants and appliances used for road building and maintenance; for studying methods of road repair and maintenance suited to the needs Experimental highways.of different localities; for maintenance and repairs of experimental highways, including the purchase of materials and equipment; for furnishing expert advice on these subjects; and for the employment of assistants and labor, $70,000. Farm irrigation, etc., investigations.For investigating and reporting upon the utilization of water in farm irrigation, including the best methods to apply in practice; the different kinds of power and appliances; the flow of water in ditches, pipes, and other conduits; the duty, apportionment, and measurement of irrigation water, the customs, regulations, and laws affecting Drainage of farms, swamp lands, etc.irrigation; for investigating and reporting upon farm drainage and upon the drainage of swamp and other wet lands which may be made available for agricultural purposes; for preparing plans for the removal of surplus water by drainage; for the development of equipment for farm irrigation and drainage and for giving expert advice and assistance; for field experiments and investigations and the purchase and installation of equipment for experimental purposes; Domestic water supply, farm buildings construction, etc.for the preparation and illustration of reports and bulletins; for investigating farm domestic water supply and drainage disposal, the construction of farm buildings and other rural engineering problems involving mechanical principles, including the erection of such structures outside of the District of Columbia as may be necessary for Outside rent.experimental purposes only; for rent outside the District of Columbia; the employment of assistants and labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and for supplies and all other necessary expenses, $244,290. Services in the District.Total, Bureau of Public Roads, $440,880, of which amount not to exceed $200,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAgricultural Economics Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. Salaries, supplies, etc.For salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, traveling expenses, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all other expenses necessary 561in conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, as follows: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes,Chief of Bureau, and office personnel. including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $268,000. To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods ofFarm management and practice.*Proviso*.Cost of producing staples. farm management and farm practice, $372,250: *Provided*, That of this amount $150,000 may be used in ascertaining the cost of production of the principal staple agricultural products. For acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United StatesDistributing acquired information of farm products, marketing, etc. useful information on subjects connected with the marketing, handling, utilization, grading, transportation, and distributing of farm and nonmanufactured food products and the purchasing of farm supplies, including the demonstration and promotion of the use ofPromoting classification standards. uniform standards of classification of American farm products throughout the world, including scientific and technical researchCotton and by-products research.*Ante*, p. 426. into American-grown cotton and its by-products and their present and potential uses including new and additional commercial and scientific uses for cotton and its by-products, and for collecting and disseminating information on the adjustment of production to probable demand for the different farm and animal products, independently and in cooperation with other branches of the department, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the marketing, handling, utilization, grading, transportation, and distributing of farm and food products, and forCost of retail marketing of meat, etc. investigation of the economic costs of retail marketing of meat and meat products, $725,000: *Provided*, That practical forms of the*Proviso*.Forms of wool and mohair grades to be sold.*Post*, p. 865. grades recommended or promulgated by the Secretary for wool and mohair may be sold under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, and the receipts therefrom deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. For collecting, compiling, abstracting, analyzing, summarizing,General agricultural and livestock information.Designated data. interpreting, and publishing data relating to agriculture, including crop and livestock estimates, acreage, yield, grades, staples of cotton, stocks, and value of farm crops, and numbers, grades, and value of livestock and livestock products on farms, in cooperation withCooperation. the Extension Service and other Federal, State, and local agencies, $738,000: *Provided*, That $99,660 shall be available for collecting and*Provisos*.Disseminating information of world supply and need of American agricultural products, etc. disseminating to American producers, importers, exporters, and other interested persons information relative to the world supply of and need for American agricultural products, marketing methods, conditions, prices, and other factors, a knowledge of which is necessary to the advantageous disposition of such products in foreign countries, independently and in cooperation with other branches of the Government, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the transportation, marketing, and distribution of farm and food products, including the purchase of such books and periodicals as may be necessary in connection with this work: *Provided further*, That no part of the funds herein appropriatedIntended cotton acreage planting excluded. shall be available for any expense incident to ascertaining, collating, or publishing a report stating the intentions of farmers as to the acreage to be planted in cotton: *Provided further*, That no part ofNot available for specified cotton estimates. the funds herein appropriated shall be available for the preparation of mid-monthly reports of cotton estimates for the months of July, August, and November. For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture, independently and inPerishable farm products.Certifying conditions of shipments of, at central markets. cooperation with other branches of the Government, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, or other associations of business men or trade organizations, and persons or corporations engaged in the production, 562transportation, marketing, and distribution of farm and food products, whether operating in one or more jurisdictions, to investigate and certify to shippers and other interested parties the class, quality, and/or condition of cotton and fruits, vegetables, poultry, butter, hay, and other perishable farm products when offered for interstate shipment or when received at such important central markets as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time designate, or at points which may be conveniently reached therefrom, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, including payment of such fees as will be reasonable and as nearly as may be *Proviso*.Legal effect of certificates.to cover the cost for the service rendered: *Provided*, That certificates issued by the authorized agents of the department shall be received in all courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained, $388,455. Livestock, dairy, agriculture, etc., products.Collecting, distributing, etc., information of market condition thereof.For collecting, publishing, and distributing, by telegraph, mail, or otherwise, timely information on the market supply and demand, commercial movement, location, disposition, quality, condition, and market prices of livestock, meats, fish, and animal products, dairy and poultry products, fruits and vegetables, peanuts and their products, grain, hay, feeds, and seeds, and other agricultural products, independently and in cooperation with other branches of the Government, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged m the production, transportation, marketing, and distribution of farm and food products, $1,076,355. Cooperative marketing.Administering provisions of Act relating to.Vol. 44, p. 802.Cooperative marketing: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Act entitled “An Act to create a division of cooperative marketing in the Department of Agriculture; to provide for the acquisition and dissemination of information pertaining to cooperation; to promote the knowledge of cooperative principles and practices; to provide for calling advisers to counsel with the Secretary of Agriculture on cooperative activities; to authorize cooperative associations to acquire, interpret, and disseminate crop and market information, and for other purposes,” approved July 2, 1926, $260,000. Cotton.Statistics of grade and staple length.Vol. 44, p. 1372.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton,” approved March 3, 1927, $400,000. In all, salaries and expenses, $4,228,060. enforcement of the united states cotton futures act and united states cotton standards actCotton Futures Cotton Standards Act. Enforcement expenses.Vol. 39, p. 476; Vol. 40, p. 1351.Vol. 42, p. 1517.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Futures Act, as amended March 4, 1919, and to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Standards Act, approved March 4, 1923, including all expenses necessary for the purchase of equipment and supplies; for travel; for the employment of persons in the city of Washington Outside rent.and elsewhere; and for all other expenses, including rent outside of the District of Columbia, that may be necessary in executing the Agreements to effect use of standards, arbitration of disputes, etc., in foreign countries.provisions of these Acts, including such means as may be necessary for effectuating agreements heretofore or hereafter made with cotton associations, cotton exchanges, and other cotton organizations in foreign countries, for the adoption, use, and observance of universal standards of cotton classification, for the arbitration or settlement of disputes with respect thereto, and for the preparation, distribution, inspection, and protection of the practical forms or copies thereof under such agreements, $207,000. 563 enforcement of the united states grain standards actGrain Standards Act. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect theEnforcement expenses.Vol. 39, p. 482. provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act, including rent outside of the District of Columbia and the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $758,650. administration of the united states warehouse actWarehouse Act. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect theAdministration expenses.Vol. 39, p. 486; vol. 42, p. 1282. provisions of the United States Warehouse Act, including the payment of such rent outside of the District of Columbia and the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $240,320. enforcement of the standard container and produce agency actsStandard Container and Produce Agency Acts. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the ActEnforcement expenses.Vol. 39, p. 673.Vol. 44, p. 1355. entitled “An Act to fix standards for Climax baskets for grapes and other fruits and vegetables, and to fix standards for baskets and other containers for small fruits, berries, and vegetables, and for other purposes,” approved August 31, 1916, and the Act entitled “An Act to prevent the destruction or dumping, without good and sufficient cause therefor, of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants and others and to require them truly and correctly to account for all farm produce received by them,” approved MarchPurchase of perishable farm products. 3, 1927, including the purchase of such perishable farm products as may be necessary for detection of violations of the latter Act: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Receipts from sales to be credited to the appropriation. That all receipts from the sale of such products shall be credited to this appropriation, and shall be reexpendable therefrom, and including the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $30,000. completion of wool workWool clip of 1918. To enable the Bureau of Agricultural Economics to complete theCompleting the distribution among owners, of sums collected.*Post*, p. 895. work of the Domestic Wool Section of the War Industries Board and to enforce Government regulations for handling the wool clip of 1918 as established by the Wool Division of said board, pursuant to the Executive order dated December 31, 1918, transferring such work to the said bureau, $8,000, and to continue, as far as practicable, the distribution among the growers of the wool clip of 1918 of all sums heretofore or hereafter collected or recovered with or without suit by the Government from all persons, firms, or corporations which handled any part of the wool clip of 1918. center market, district of columbiaCenter Market, D. C. Operation and Management: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture,Operation and management expenses.Vol. 41, p. 1441, in carrying out the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1921 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 1441), to pay for ice, electricity, gas, fuel, travel, stationery, printing, telegrams, telephones, labor, supplies, materials, equipment, miscellaneous expenses, necessary repairs and alterations, to be reimbursed by any person for whose account any such expenditure may be made: *Provided*, That the*Provisos*.Purchases for, without regard to Supply Committee awards. Secretary of Agriculture may purchase necessary supplies and equipment for use at Center Market, without regard to awards made by General Supply Committee; to continue the employment of the necessary persons under the conditions in existence at the time of the taking over of the property by the Secretary of Agriculture, with 564Fund for charges, etc.such changes thereof as he may find necessary; to provide a fund for the payment of freight, express, drayage, and other charges and claims against the commodities accepted for storage, and to require reimbursement thereof with interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum under such rules as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, and to remove, sell, or otherwise dispose of such commodities held as security for such payment when such reimbursement is not made when due, all reimbursement of such payments and all receipts from such disposition of commodities to be credited to such fund and to be reexpendable therefrom; and to use such other means as the Secretary of Agriculture may find necessary for the proper occupancy and use by the Government and its tenants of said property, $96,250: Claims for storage loss or damages.*Provided*, That not more than $500 may be used for the payment of claims for the loss of or damage to goods while in storage in Center Market that have accrued or may accrue at any time during the operation thereof by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe. Services in the District.Total, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, $5,568,280, of which amount not to exceed $2,024,700 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICSHome Economies Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. Chief of Bureau, and office personnel.For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $17,281. Utilizing farm products in the home, etc.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the relative utility and economy of agricultural products for food, clothing, and other uses in the home, with special suggestions of plans and methods for the more effective utilization of such products for these purposes, and to disseminate useful information on this subject, Employment of labor.including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, and all other necessary expenses, $120,000. Services in the District.Total, Bureau of Home Economics, $137,281, of which amount not to exceed $127,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. PLANT QUARANTINE AND CONTROL ADMINISTRATIONPlant Quarantine and Control Administration. salaries and general expenses Enforcing nursery plant quarantine, etc.Vol. 37, pp. 315, 850.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the plant quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, and to conduct the other activities hereinafter authorized, independently or in cooperation with the States and other agencies, organizations, and individuals concerned, including necessary expenses for supplies and equipment, rent outside the District of Columbia, and the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, as follows: Chief of Administration, and office personnel.For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary, of chief of administration and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $68,610. Enforcing plant quarantines and preventing entry of Mexican cotton and cottonseed.For enforcement of foreign plant quarantines and to prevent the movement of cotton and cotton seed from Mexico into the United States, including the regulation of the entry into the United States of railway cars and other vehicles, and freight, express, baggage, or other materials from Mexico, and the inspection, cleaning, and disinfection thereof, including construction and repair of necessary buildings, plants, and equipment, for the fumigation, disinfection, 565or cleaning of products, railway cars, or other vehicles entering the United States from Mexico, $500,000: *Provided*, That any moneys*Proviso*.Receipts for cleaning, etc., to be deposited in the Treasury. received in payment of charges fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture on account of such cleaning and disinfection shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. For the control and prevention of spread of the pink bollworm,Pink bollworm of cotton.Control, etc.Cooperation with Mexico.*Post*, p. 895. including the establishment of such cotton-free areas as may be necessary to stamp out any infestation, the erection and repair of necessary inspection stations, and for necessary surveys and control operations in Mexico in cooperation with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, $487,800: *Provided*, That the cost of*Provisos*.Inspection stations. each such station shall not exceed $500, and that the total amount expended for such stations in one year shall not exceed $2,500: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $200,000 may be availableReimbursing nonproduction losses. for reimbursement to cotton-growing States for expenses incurred by them in connection with losses due to enforced nonproduction of cotton in certain zones in the manner and upon the terms and conditionsVol. 42, p. 158. set forth in Senate Joint Resolution 72, approved August 9, 1921: *Provided further*, That no part of the money herein appropriatedNo pay for crops, etc., destroyed. shall be used to pay the cost or value of crops or other property injured or destroyed. For the control and prevention of spread of the Parlatoria dateControls, etc.Parlatoria date scale. scale, $15,500. For the control and prevention of spread of the Thurberia weevil,Thurberia weevil. $32,800. For the control and prevention of spread of the gypsy and browntailGypsy and browntail moths. moths, $556,380. For the control and prevention of spread of the European cornEuropean corn borer. borer, $887,660. For the control and prevention of spread of the Japanese andJapanese and Asiatic beetles. Asiatic beetles, $265,800. For the control and prevention of spread of the white-pine blisterWhite-pine blister rust. rust, $26,500. For the control and prevention of spread of the Mexican fruitMexican fruit worm. worm, including necessary surveys and control operations in Mexico in cooperation with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, $100,000. For the inspection under such rules and regulations as the SecretaryInspection and certifying domestic fresh fruits, etc., for export. of Agriculture may prescribe of domestic fresh fruits, vegetables, and seeds and nursery stock and other plants for propagation when offered for export and to certify to shippers and interested parties as to the freedom of such products from injurious plant diseases and insect pests according to the sanitary requirements of the foreign countries affected and to make such reasonable charges and to use such means as may be necessary to accomplish this object, $30,000: *Provided*, That moneys received on account of such inspection and*Proviso*.Moneys received to be covered into the Treasury. certification shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Hereafter the functions of the Federal Horticultural Board shallFederal Horticultural Board.Plant Quarantine and Control Administration to exercise functions of.Quarantine Board.Members designated. devolve upon and be exercised by the Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, the chief of which shall serve ex officio as chairman of an advisory Federal Plant Quarantine Board of five members, the four additional members to be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture from existing bureaus and offices of the Department of Agriculture, including the Bureau of Entomology, the Bureau of Plant Industry, and the Forest Service, and who shall serve without additional compensation. Total, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, $2,971,050,Services in the District. of which amount not to exceed $205,400 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 566 ENFORCEMENT OF THE GRAIN FUTURES ACTGrain Futures Act. Enforcement expenses.Vol. 42, p. 998.Services in the District.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Grain Futures Act, approved September 21, 1922, $135,000, of which amount not to exceed $25,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. FOOD, DRUG, AND INSECTICIDE ADMINISTRATIONFood, Drug, and Insecticide Administration. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. Expenses specified.For all necessary expenses, for chemical apparatus, chemicals and supplies, repairs to apparatus, gas, electric current, official traveling expenses, telegraph and telephone service, express and freight charges, for the employment of such assistants, clerks, and other persons as the Secretary of Agriculture may consider necessary for the purposes named, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, in conducting investigations; collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of Outside rent.such investigations; and for rent outside of the District of Columbia for carrying out the investigations and work herein authorized as follows: Chief of Administration, and office personnel.For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of administration and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $98,000. Collaboration with other departments, etc.For collaboration with other departments of the Government desiring chemical investigations and whose heads request the Secretary of Agriculture for such assistance, and for other miscellaneous work, $15,725. Pure food inspection, etc.Vol. 34, p. 768.For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1906, entitled “An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated, or misbranded, or poisonous, or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes ”; Revision of Pharmacopoeia.Examining foreign tests of American food products.to cooperate with associations and scientific societies in the revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia and development of methods of analysis, and for investigating the character of the chemical and physical tests which are applied to American food products in foreign countries, and for inspecting the same before shipment when desired by the shippers or owners of these products intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are required before the said products *Proviso*.Foreign travel.are allowed to be sold therein, $938,000: *Provided*, That not more than $4,280 shall be used for travel outside of the United States. Impure tea imports.Expenses preventing, etc.Vol. 29, p. 604; Vol. 41, p. 712.For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act approved March 2, 1897, entitled “An Act to prevent the importation of impure and unwholesome tea,” as amended, including payment of compensation and expenses of the members of the board appointed under section 2 of the Act and all other necessary officers and employees, $41,055. Naval Stores Act.Vol. 42, p. 1435.For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Naval Stores Act of March 3, 1923, $37,825. Insecticides and fungicides.Preventing sale, etc., of adulterated.Vol. 36, p. 331.For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of April 26, 1910, entitled “An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded Paris greens, lead arsenates, other insecticides, and also fungicides, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes,” $215,000. Milk and cream, etc.Regulating importing of, etc.Vol. 44, p. 1101.For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved February 15, 1927, entitled “An Act to regulate the importation of milk and cream into the United States for the purpose of promoting the dairy industry of the United States and protecting the public health,” $50,000. 567 For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect theFederal Caustic Poison Act.Administration expenses.Vol. 44, p. 1406. provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1927, entitled “An Act to safeguard the distribution and sale of certain dangerous caustic or corrosive acids, alkalies, and other substances in interstate and foreign commerce,” $25,000. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to dismantle and movePure food, etc., laboratory, New York.Expenses of removing, to new quarters, etc. laboratory equipment, office fixtures and supplies of the food, drug, and insecticide administration from the old United States appraiser’s stores building and install same in the new United States appraiser’s stores building, New York City, including the purchase and installation of additional furniture, equipment, and apparatus as may be necessary to equip the new quarters, $50,000. Total, Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration, $1,470,605, ofServices in the District. which amount not to exceed $460,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. INTERCHANGE OF APPROPRIATIONSInterchange of appropriations. Not to exceed 10 per centum of the foregoing amounts for theAllowed for miscellaneous expenses of bureaus. miscellaneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office herein provided for shall be available interchangeably for expenditures on the objects included within the general expenses of such bureau, division, or office, but no more than 10 per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of extraordinary emergency, and then only upon the written order of the Secretary of Agriculture. MISCELLANEOUSMiscellaneous. experiments in livestock production in southern united statesLivestock production in Southern States. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with theCooperative experiments, etc., in development of. authorities of the States concerned, or with individuals, to make such investigations and demonstrations as may be necessary in connection with the development of livestock production in the cane-sugar and cotton districts of the United States, $54,000, of which amount $13,000 shall be available only for the construction of a bridge across BayouBridge, Bayou Teche. Teche at the New Iberia Livestock Experiment Station, Louisiana. experiments in dairying and livestock production in western united statesDairying and livestock production in western States. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct investigationsExperiments in, on semiarid and irrigated lands. and experiments in problems connected with the establishment dairying and meat-production enterprises on the semiarid and irrigated lands of the western United States, including the purchase of livestock and the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $60,000. passenger-carrying vehiclesPassenger vehicles. That not to exceed $175,000 of the lump-sum appropriations hereinAllowance for, from lump-sum appropriations, for field work.*Post*, p. 896. made for the Department of Agriculture shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of the field work of the Department of Agriculture outside the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That not to exceed $60,000 of this*Provisos*.Purchase and use limited. amount shall be expended for the purchase of such vehicles, and that such vehicles shall be used only for official service outside the District 568of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the continued use for official service of motor trucks in the District of Columbia: *Provided further*, Purchase to replace vehicles transferred from War Department for roads, etc.That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to expend, from the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (Forty-second Statutes at Large, page 212) not to exceed $40,000 for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles to replace such vehicles heretofore acquired and used by the Secretary of Agriculture in the construction and maintenance of national-forest roads or other roads constructed under his direct supervision which are or may become unserviceable, including the replacement of not to exceed two such vehicles for use in the administrative work of the Bureau of Public Roads in the Limit for maintenance, upkeep, etc.District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That expenditures from appropriations contained in this Act for the maintenance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of operator, tires, fuel, and lubricants, on any one vehicle used by the Department of Agriculture shall not exceed one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make or class, and in any case not more than $500: *Provided further*,Report to Congress. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, on the first day of each regular session of Congress, make a report to Congress showing the amount expended under the provisions of this paragraph Exchanges authorized for new vehicles.during the preceding fiscal year: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may exchange motor-propelled and horse-drawn vehicles, tractors, road equipment, and boats, and parts, accessories, tires, or equipment thereof, in whole or in part payment for vehicles, tractors, road equipment, or boats, or parts, accessories, tires, or equipment of such vehicles, tractors, road equipment, or boats, purchased by him. mileage rates for motor vehiclesTravel expenses. Allowance for, by motor vehicles.Whenever, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, the Secretary of Agriculture shall find that the expenses of travel, including travel at official stations, can be reduced thereby, he may, in lieu of actual operating expenses, under such regulations as he may prescribe, authorize the payment of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for an automobile, used for necessary travel on official business. collection of seed-grain loansSeed-grain loans. Collection expenses.Vol. 41, p. 1347; Vol. 42, p. 467; Vol. 43, p. 110; Vol. 44, p. 1251.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect moneys due the United States on account of loans made to farmers under the seedgrain loan provisions of the Act of March 3, 1921, the Seed Grain Loan Act of March 20, 1922, the Seed and Feed Loan Act of April 26, 1924, and the Florida seed and fertilizer loans approved by the Act of February 28, 1927, $15,000, of which amount not to exceed Services in the District.$10,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. special corn-borer researchEuropean corn borer. Sum authorized for special research work, in meeting infestation of, available for fiscal year 1929.Vol. 44, p. 1177.Not to exceed $150,000 of the $10,000,000 appropriated by the joint resolution making an appropriation for the eradication or control of the European corn borer, approved February 23, 1927, is hereby made available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct special research work, not otherwise provided for, with a view to meeting any situation arising out of the infestation of the European corn borer, independently or in cooperation with agricultural colleges or other agencies, includ-569ing the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and other necessary expenses: *Provided*, That the*Proviso*.Services in the District. expenditures for personal services in the District of Columbia shall not exceed $56,000. agricultural investigations in cooperation with south carolina experiment stationSouth Carolina Experiment Station. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the ActCooperation with, in dairying and livestock experiments.Vol. 44, p. 1397. entitled “An Act authorizing an appropriation to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the South Carolina Experiment Station,” approved March 3, 1927, including the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, $25,000. forest roads and trailsFederal Highway Act. For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal HighwayRoads and trails in forests.Vol. 42, pp. 218, 660.Vol. 43, p. 889.Vol. 44, p. 530. Act approved November 9, 1921, including not to exceed $47,000 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $7,500,000, which sum is composed of $3,945,000, part of the sum of $7,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1928 by the Act approved June 22, 1926, and $3,555,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1929 by the Act approved June 22, 1926: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Agriculture*Provisos*.Apportionment to States, etc. shall, upon the approval of this Act, apportion and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Porto Rico, as provided in section 23 of said Federal Highway Act, the sum of $7,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, by the Act approved June 22, 1926: *Provided further*, That theApproved projects deemed Federal contractual obligations. Secretary of Agriculture shall incur obligations, approve projects, or enter into contracts under his apportionment and prorating of this authorization, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation on the part of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof: *Provided further*, That the appropriationsPayment of incurred obligations.Vol. 39, p. 358.Vol. 42, pp. 218, 660.Vol. 43, pp. 889, 1326.Vol. 44, p. 530. heretofore, herein, and hereafter made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 8 of the Act of July 11, 1916, and of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall be considered available for the purpose of discharging the obligations created thereunder in any State or Territory: *Provided further*, That theLimit to any State or Territory. total expenditures on account of any State or Territory shall at no time exceed its authorized apportionment: *Provided further*, ThatStorage buildings. this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $1,500. federal aid highway systemFederal aid highway system. For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act toCooperation with States in constructing rural post roads.Vol. 39, p. 355.Vol. 40, p. 1201.Vol. 42, pp. 660, 1157.Vol. 43, p. 889.Vol. 44, pp. 760, 1398.Departmental service in the District. provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1916, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act as amended, including not to exceed $420,000 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $71,000,000, to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $27,800,000, the remainderUse of annual allotments. of the sum of $75,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal 570year ending June 30, 1927, by paragraph 1 of the Act approved February 12, 1925, and $43,200,000, part of the sum of $75,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, by paragraph 1 of the Act approved June 22, 1926. flood relief, vermont, new hampshire, and kentuckyFlood relief, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Kentucky. Aid to States as contribution to damages to roads, etc., by floods of 1927.For the relief of the following States as a contribution in aid from the United States, induced by the extraordinary conditions of necessity and emergency resulting from the unusually serious financial loss to such States through the damage to or destruction of roads and bridges by the floods of 1927, imposing a public charge against the property of said States beyond their reasonable capacity to bear, and without acknowledgment of any liability on the part of the United States in connection with the restoration of such local Allotments immediately available.improvements, namely: Vermont, $2,654,000; New Hampshire, $653,300; Kentucky, $1,889,994; in all, $5,197,294, to be immediately *Provisos*.Expenditures by State highway departments.available and to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That the sums hereby appropriated shall be expended by the State highway departments of the respective States with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture for the restoration, including relocation, of roads and bridges so damaged or destroyed, in such manner as to give the largest measure of permanent relief, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture: Contribution from State funds required.*Provided further*, That the amount herein appropriated for each State shall be available when such State shall have or make available a like sum from State funds for the purposes contained herein. eighth international dairy congressEighth International Dairy Congress. Participation expenses.*Ante*, p. 148.For the expenses of the United States in participating in the Eighth International Dairy Congress, to be held in Great Britain during June and July, 1928, as authorized by Public Resolution Numbered 10, Seventieth Congress, approved February 25, 1928, including the compensation of employees, transportation, subsistence, or per diem in lieu of subsistence (notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act), and such other expenses as the President shall deem proper, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, to be immediately available, $10,000. Total, Department of Agriculture, $139,138,793.88. Approved, May 16, 1928.
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