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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 46 STAT. · June 30, 1932 · Chapter 278

Chapter 278. Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 278.— An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes. February 23, 1931.[[H. R. 15256](/us/bill/71/hr/15256).][[Public, No. 717](/us/pl/71/717).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Department of Agriculture appropriations, fiscal year 1932. That the following 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, 1932, namely:
Secretary’s Office.OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY salaries Secretary, Assistant, office and field personnel, labor, etc.For Secretary of Agriculture, $15,000; Assistant Secretary, and for other personal services in the District of Columbia, including $7,294 for extra labor and emergency employments, and for personal services in the field, $763,815; in all, $778,815, of which amount not to *Provisos*.Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Acts.Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. 45, p. 776.*Ante*, p. 1003.exceed $750,815 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary the average of the salaries of the total number 1243of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation[U.
S. C., p. 65; Supp. IV, p. 25](/us/usc/p65). unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of suchIf only one position in a grade. position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade except that in unusually meritorious cases of one positionAdvances in unusually meritorious cases. in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once in any fiscal year, and then only to the next higher rate: *Provided further*, That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1,Restriction not applicable to clerical-mechanical services. 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed, asNo reduction in fixed salaries.Vol. 42, p. 1490.[U. S. C., p. 66; Supp. IV, p. 25](/us/usc/p66).Transfers to another position without reduction.Higher salary rates permitted. of July 1, 1924, 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 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 as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law: *Provided further*,Contracts for stenographic reporting. 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: *Provided further*, ThatPurchase of options for land. the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to expend from appropriations available for the purchase of lands not to exceed $1 for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land: *Provided further*,Allowance for living quarters, etc., stationed abroad.*Ante*, p. 818. That not to exceed $55,000 of the appropriations available for salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture permanently stationed in foreign countries may be used for payment of allowances for living quarters, including neat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 818): *Provided further*, That no part of the fundsNo payment to officer or employee issuing predictions, etc., of future prices of cotton. 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. When specifically approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, transfersTransfers allowed between appropriations to meet reallocations. may be made between the appropriations in this Act under the respective jurisdiction of any bureau, office, institution, or service, in order to meet increases in compensation resulting from the real-location by the Personnel Classification Board of positions under any such organization unit. Any such transfers shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. For salaries and compensation of necessary employees in the Mechanical, etc., employees.mechanical shops and power plant of the Department of Agriculture, $125,000, of which $9,780 shall be immediately available. miscellaneous expenses, department of agriculture For stationery, blank books, twine, paper, gum, dry goods, soap,Department contingent expenses. 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 and purchase and exchange of two motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and one motor cycle for official purposes only; for 1244the payment of the Department of Agriculture’s proportionate share of the expense of the dispatch agent in New York; for official traveling expenses, including examination of estimates for appropriations in the field for any bureau, office, or service of the department; and for other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the department, which are authorized by such officer as the Secretary may designate, $289,200, of which $73,700 shall be immediately available. Rent.rent of buildings in the district of columbia Buildings 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 Leases.Department of Agriculture, $70,000 in addition to which the Secretary of Agriculture, if found necessary, may enter into leases not to *Proviso*.Restriction.exceed $35,000: *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 the Secretary, $1,263,015. Information Office.office of information salaries and general expenses Salaries and 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 and 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 Services in the District.for, $420,961, of which not to exceed $395,960 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923 as amended. printing and binding Printing 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, $1,000,000, Annual Report.including the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, as Vol. 28, p. 616; Vol. 34, p. 825.[U. S. C., pp. 1421, 1429](/us/usc/pp1421/1429).required by the Act approved January 12, 1895 (U. S. C., title 44, secs. III, 212–220, 222, 241, 244, 257), and in pursuance of the Joint Resolution Numbered 13, approved March 30, 1906 (U. S. C., title 44, Farmers’ bulletins.secs. 214, 224), and also including not to exceed $250,000 for farmers’ bulletins, which shall 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 Work excepted.Vol. 40, p. 1270.[U. S. C., pp. 1421, 1430](/us/usc/pp1421/1430).Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct, but not including work done at the field printing plants of the Weather Bureau and the Forest Service authorized by the Joint Committee on Printing, in accordance with the Act approved March 1, 1919 (U. S. C., title 44, secs. III, 220). Total, Office of Information, $1,420,961, of which amount not to Services in the District.exceed $395,960 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 1245 library, department of agricultureLibrary. Salaries and expenses: For purchase and exchange of books ofSalaries and expenses. reference, law books, technical and scientific books, periodicals, and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series; not to exceed $1,200 for newspapers, and when authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture for dues for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; 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, $110,620, of which amount not to exceed $74,120 may be expended for personal services in the District ofServices in the District. Columbia. OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONSExperiment Stations Office. payments to states, hawaii, and alaska for agricultural experiment stations To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March 2, Support of experiment stations.Vol. 24. p. 440.[U. S. C., p. 115](/us/usc/p115).1887 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 362, 363, 365, 368, 377–379), entitled “An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisionsVol. 12, p. 503.[U. S. C., p. 111](/us/usc/p111). of an Act approved July 2, 1862 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 301–308), and of the Acts 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.[U. S. C., p. 115](/us/usc/p115).1906 (34 Stat., p. 63), entitled “An Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof,” and Acts 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 entitled “An Act toFurther allotments.Vol. 42, p. 970.[U. S. C., p. 115](/us/usc/p115). authorize the more complete endowment of agricultural experiment stations,” approved February 24, 1925 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 361, 366, 370, 371, 373–376, 380, 382), $2,880,000. To carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act toExtending benefits to Hawaii.Vol. 45, p. 571.[U. S. C., Supp IV, p. 44](/us/usc/p44). extend the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of Hawaii,” approved May 16, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, secs. 386–386b), $22,000. To carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act toExtension work in Alaska.Vol. 45, p. 1256.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 45](/us/usc/p45). extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska,” approved February 23, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, sec. 386c), $15,000: *Provided*, That the Secretary*Proviso*.Fairbanks station transferred to Agricultural College, etc. of Agriculture is authorized to turn over to the Agricultural College and School of Mines of Alaska the tract of land and buildings near Fairbanks, Alaska, now occupied and used by the Department of Agriculture as an experiment station, together with such equipment at the station as is not needed at the other agricultural stations maintained in Alaska by the Department of Agriculture. In all, payments to States, Hawaii, and Alaska for agricultural experiment stations, $4,357,000. salaries and general expenses To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisionsAdministration expenses.Vol. 24, p. 440; Vol. 34, p. 63. of the Acts approved March 2, 1887 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 362, 363, 365, 368, 377–379), March 16, 1906 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 369, 375), 1246Vol. 43, p. 970; Vol. 45, p. 571.[U. S. C., p. 115; Supp. IV, p. 45](/us/usc/p45).February 24, 1925 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 361, 366. 370, 371, 373–376, 380, 382), May 16, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, secs. 386–386b), and February 23, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, sec. 386c), and Territorial and insular possessions.Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, 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, telegraph and telephone service, Outside rent.gas, electric current, and rent outside of the District of Columbia, $169,380; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form Annual statement forms.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 experiment stations in Territories and insular possessions.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain agricultural experiment 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.$230,030, as follows: Alaska, $62,450; Hawaii, $43,520; Porto Rico, $63,560; Guam, $30,200; and the Virgin Islands of the United States, $30,300; 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 Sale of products.Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the amount obtained from the sale thereof shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. In all, salaries and expenses, $399,410. Services in the District.Total, Office of Experiment Stations, $4,756,410, of which amount not to exceed $159,600 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Extension Service.EXTENSION SERVICE payments to states, hawaii, and alaska for agricultural extension work Cooperative extension work allotments.For cooperative agricultural extension work, to be allotted, paid, and expended in the same manner, upon the same terms and conditions, and under the same supervision as the additional Vol. 38, p. 372; Vol. 45, p. 571.[U. S. C., p. 114; Supp, IV, p. 44](/us/usc/p114).appropriations made by the Act of May 8, 1914 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 341–348), 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 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 301–308), and of Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture,” $1,580,000; and all sums Uses as mutually agreed upon.appropriated 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 *Proviso*.County agents.benefits of said Act of May 8, 1914: *Provided*, That of the above appropriation not more than $300,000 shall be expended for purposes other than salaries of county agents. Further cooperation with State colleges in extension work.To enable the Secretary of /Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the further development of agricultural extension work between the agricultural 1247colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act entitledVol. 38, p. 372; Vol. 45. p. 711.[U. S. C., p. 111; Supp. IV, p. 44](/us/usc/p111). ‘An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts,’ approved July 2, 1862 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 301–308). and all Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture,” approved May 22, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, secs. 343a, 343b), $1,480,000. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisionsExtension work in Alaska.Vol. 45, p. 1256.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 45](/us/usc/p45). of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska,” approved February 23, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, sec. 386c), $10,000. Additional cooperative agricultural extension work: For additionalAdditional cooperative extension work. cooperative agricultural extension work, including employment of specialists in economics and marketing, to be allotted and paid by the Secretary of Agriculture to the several States and the Territory of Hawaii in such amounts as he may deem necessary to*Proviso*.Local, etc., contributions required. accomplish such purposes, $1,000,000: *Provided*, That no expenditures shall be made hereunder 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 indivduals or organizations for the accomplishment of such purpose. In all, payments to States, Hawaii, and Alaska for agricultural extension work, $4,070,000. salaries and general expenses For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, Administration expenses.including personal services in the District of Columbia, $15,260. For farmers’ cooperative demonstration work, including specialFarmers’ cooperative demonstration work. 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,Personal services. and for such work on Government reclamation projects, and for personal services in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, and all other necessary expenses, $1,574,430: *Provided*, That the*Proviso.*Voluntary contributions within State accepted. 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. Agricultural exhibits at fairs: To enable the Secretary of AgricultureAgricultural exhibits at fairs. to make suitable agricultural 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, $129,870. Cooperative farm forestry: For cooperation with appropriate Cooperative farm forestry.officials of the various States or with other suitable agencies to assistWood lots, etc. 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 provisionsTimber crops.Vol. 43. p. 654.[U. S. C., p. 427](/us/usc/p427). of section 5 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 1248to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly Services in the District.suitable therefor,” approved June 7, 1924 (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 564–570), including personal services in the District of Columbia, $74,000. In all, salaries and expenses, $1,793,560. Total, Extension Service, $5,863,560, of which amount not to exceed $539,630 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Grand total, Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, $13,414,566. Weather Bureau.WEATHER BUREAU General expenses.salaries and general expenses Classification of.For carrying into effect in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in the United States, in the West Indies, in the Panama Canal, the Caribbean Sea, and on adjacent coasts, in the Hawaiian Islands, in Vol. 26, p. 653.[U. S. C., p. 381](/us/usc/p381).Bermuda, and in Alaska the provisions of an Act approved October 1, 1890 (U. S. C., title 15, secs. 311–313, 317), so far as they relate to the weather service transferred thereby to the Department of Agriculture, and the amendment thereof contained in section 5
(e)Air Service reports.Vol. 44, p. 571.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 132](/us/usc/p132).of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 15, sec. 313), for the employment of professors of meteorology, district forecasters, local forecasters, meteorologists, section directors, observers, apprentices, operators, skilled mechanics, instrument makers, foremen, assistant foremen, proofreaders, 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 Weather Bureau grounds; and the erection of temporary buildings for living quarters of observers; for official traveling expenses; Telegraphing and telephoning.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 Issuing forecasts and warnings.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, Cooperation with other bureaus, etc.including cooperation with 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, $137,680. Expenses in the District and elsewhere.For necessary expenses incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, evaporation, and aerology in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including $4,650 1249for investigations of the relationship of weather conditions to forestWeather relationship to forest fires.Vol. 45, p. 701.[U. S. C., Supp. IV. p. 175](/us/usc/p175). fires, under section 6 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, sec. 581e), $2,585,200, of which not to exceed $800 may be expended for the contribution of the United States to the cost of the office of the secretariat of the International MeteorologicalInternational Meteorological Committee. Committee, not to exceed $30,000 which shall be immediately available for the construction of a building and suitable facilities to replace the existing Weather Bureau building and facilities at Tatoosh Island, Washington, including the employment of architecturalTatoosh Island, Wash.New building, etc.Printing office. services by contract or otherwise, and not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for the maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington for the printing of weather maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and other publications: *Provided*, That no printing shall be*Proviso*.Limitation on work. done by the Weather Bureau that can be done at the Government Printing Office without impairing the service of said bureau. For investigations, observations, and reports, forecasts, warnings,Forecasts, warnings, etc. and advices for the protection of horticultural interests, $65,500. For the maintenance of stations, for observing, measuring, and Aerological stations.investigating atmospheric phenomena, including salaries and other expenses, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $1,709,340. Total, Weather Bureau, $4,497,720, of which amount not to exceed Services in the District.$540,940 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRYAnimal Industry Bureau. salaries and general expenses For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved May 29,General expenses.Vol. 23, p. 31.[U. S. C., pp. 117, 631](/us/usc/pp117/631).Vol. 26, p. 833.[U. S. C., p. 1444](/us/usc/p1444). 1884 (U. S. C., title 7, sec. 391; title 21, secs. 112–119, 130), establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry, and the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1891 (U. S. C., title 45, secs. 75, 76), 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 August 30, 1890 (U. S. C., title 21, secs. 101–105),Vol. 26, p. 414.[U. S. C., p. 630](/us/usc/p630). providing for the importation of animals into the United States, and for other purposes; and the provisions of the Act approved February 2, 1903 (U. S. C., title 21, secs. 111–113, 120–122), toVol. 32, p. 193.[U. S. C., p. 624](/us/usc/p624). 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.[U. S. C., p. 631](/us/usc/p631). and for other purposes; and also the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1905 (U. S. C., title 21, secs. 123–128), to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine districts,Cattle quarantine.Vol. 34, p. 607.[U. S. C., p. 633](/us/usc/p633). 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, 1906 (U. S. C., title 45, secs. 71–74),Twenty-eight hour law.Vol. 34, p. 607.[U. S. C., p. 1444](/us/usc/p1444). 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 (U. S. C., title 21, secs. 151–158), regulating the preparation, sale, barter, exchange,Animal viruses, etc.Vol. 37, p. 832.[U. S. C., p. 634](/us/usc/p634). 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 the Packers and Stockyards Act,Packers and Stockyards Act.Vol. 42, p. 159.[U. S. C., p. 102](/us/usc/p102).Collecting and disseminating information. approved August 15, 1921 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 181–229); and to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and disseminate information concerning livestock and animal products; to prepare and disseminate reports on animal industry; to employ and pay fromPay of employees. the appropriation herein made as many persons in the city of Wash-1250ington or elsewhere as he may deem necessary; to purchase in the Tuberculin, serums, etc.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; Purchase and destruction of diseased animals.to purchase and destroy diseased or exposed animals, including poultry, or quarantine the same whenever in his judgment essential to Pleuropneumonia, etc.prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia, tuberculosis, contagious poultry diseases, or other diseases of animals from one State to another, 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, $185,575. Inspection and quarantine work.For inspection and quarantine work, including all necessary 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, $798,720. Tuberculosis, etc., of animals.Investigating, etc., for control, eradication, etc., of.For investigating the diseases of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, and avian tuberculosis, 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 Application of funds.independently or in cooperation with farmers, associations, or State, Territory, or county authorities, $6,505,800, of which $1,255,800 shall Payment of indemnities.*Provisos*.Reimbursement of owners for animals destroyed.be set aside for administrative and operating expenses and $5,250,000 for the payment of indemnities: *Provided*, 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 cattle, 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, for the reimbursement of Cooperation with States, etc.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 cattle and for compensation to Restriction on payments.owners of cattle so condemned, but no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be used in compensating owners of such cattle except in cooperation with and supplementary to payments to be made by State, Territory, county, or municipality where condemnation of such cattle shall take place, nor shall any payment be made hereunder as compensation for or on account of any such animal if Compensation limited.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 Additional limitations.for the purpose of being slaughtered: *Provided further*, That out of the money hereby appropriated no payment as compensation for any cattle condemned for slaughter shall exceed one-third of the difference betwen the appraised value of such cattle and the value of the salvage thereof; that no payment hereunder shall exceed the 1251amount 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 $35 for any grade animal or more than $70 for any purebred animal, and that no payment shall be made unless the owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations. For all necessary expenses for the eradication of southern cattleSouthern cattle ticks eradication.*Proviso*.Purchase of animals, etc., limited. ticks, $771,900: *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: For all necessary expenses for investigationsAnimal husbandry.Feeding, breeding, etc., experiments. and experiments in animal husbandry; for experiments in animal feeding and breeding, including cooperation with the State agricultural 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 other necessary expenses, $723,400, of which $32,495 shall be immediately available, including $12,500 for livestock experimentsLivestock experiments, Big Springs, Tex. and demonstrations at Big Springs, and/or elsewhere in Texas, to be available only when the State of Texas, or other cooperatingCondition. agency in Texas shall have appropriated an equal amount or, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall have furnished its equivalent in value in cooperation for the same purpose during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932: *Provided*, That of the sum thus*Proviso*.Poultry. appropriated $181,320 may be used for experiments in poultry feeding and breeding. Diseases of animals: For all necessary expenses for scientific investigationsAnimal diseases investigations. of diseases of animals, including not to exceed $15,000 for the construction of necessary buildings at Beltsville, Maryland,Beltsville, Md.Building. the maintenance and improvement of the bureau experiment station at Bethesda, Maryland, and the necessary alterations of buildingsBethesda, Md. Station. thereon, and the necessary expenses for investigations of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, and analogous products, $460,000, of which $13,000 shall be immediately available: *Provided*, That of said sum*Proviso*.Contagious abortion of animals. $100,000 may be used 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 controlHog cholera.Cooperative investigation, demonstration, etc. or 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, $499,480: *Provided*, That of said sum $284,070*Provisos*.Regulating trade in viruses, etc.Vol. 37, p. 832.[U. S. C., p. 634](/us/usc/p634). shall be available for expenditure in carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1913 (U. S. C., title 21, secs. 151–158), 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*,Pathological researches. That of said sum $31,720 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. eradication of dourine, $32,800. 1252 Packers and Stockyards Act.Enforcement expenses.Vol. 42, p. 159.[U. S. C., p. 102](/us/usc/p102).*Provisos*.Bonds from agencies and dealers.Packers and Stockyards Act: For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, approved August 15, 1921 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 181–229), $402,880: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may require reasonable 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 Suspension for violations.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 take effect within not less than five days, unless suspended or modified or set aside by the Secretary of Agriculture or a court of competent Fee for inspecting brands.jurisdiction: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may, whenever necessary, authorize the charging and collection from owners of a reasonable fee for the inspection of brands appearing upon livestock subject to the provisions of the said Act for the purpose of determining the ownership of such livestock: *Provided further*,Request for, required. That such fee shall not be imposed except upon written request made to the Secretary of Agriculture by the Board of Livestock Commissioners, or duly organized livestock association of the States from which such livestock have originated or been shipped to market. In all, salaries and expenses, $10,380,555. Meat inspection.meat inspection Additional expenses.Vol. 34. pp. 674, 1260.[U. S. C., p. 627](/us/usc/p627).For additional expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Meat Inspection Act of June 30, 1906 (U. S. C., title 21, sec. 95), as amended by the Act of March 4, 1907 (U. S. C., title 21, secs. 71–94), Equine meat.Vol. 41, p. 241.[U. S. C., p. 63](/us/usc/p63).and as extended to equine meat by the Act of July 24, 1919 (U. S. C., title 21, sec. 96), including the purchase of tags, labels, stamps, and certificates printed in course of manufacture, $2,661,140. Contagious diseases of animals.eradication of foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases of animals Emergency, 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 Use of unexpended balances.country, he may expend, in the city of Washington or elsewhere, any unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for this purpose, in the arrest and eradication of any such disease, including Payment for destroyed animals.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 *Provisos*.Appraisement based on meat, etc., value.complied with all lawful quarantine 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 of any such appraisements:Balance available for eradicating European fowl post.Vol. 43, p. 682.*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 disease and other 1253contagious or infectious diseases of animals, is hereby made available during the fiscal year 1932 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to control and eradicate the European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry. Total, Bureau of Animal Industry, $13,041,695, of which amountServices in the District. not to exceed $887,260 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRYDairy Industry Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved May 29, 1924 Investigations, etc.Vol. 43, p. 243.[U. S. C., p. 117](/us/usc/p117).(U. S. C., title 7, secs. 401–404), establishing a Bureau of Dairying, for salaries in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and for all other necessary expenses, 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, $69,580. For conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrationsInvestigations, demonstrations, etc. in dairy industry, cooperative investigations of the dairy industry in the various States, and inspection of renovated butter factories, including repairs to buildings, not to exceed $30,000 for the construction of buildings, and not to exceed $15,975 for the purchase of additionalBeltsville, Md.Addition to farm. land for experimental purposes adjoining the experimental farm of the Department of Agriculture near Beltsville, Maryland, $727,410, of which $30,000 shall be immediately available. Total, Bureau of Dairy Industry, $796,990, of which amount notServices in the District. to exceed $349,070 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 Investigations of fruits, plants, products, etc.trees, 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*Proviso*.Limit for buildings.Field, etc., expenses. shall not 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 for the employment of all investigators, local andEmployment of investigators, etc. 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, $210,266. Mycology and disease survey: For mycological collections and the Plant disease survey.maintenance of a plant-disease survey, $59,960. Citrus canker eradication: For conducting such investigations of Citrus canker eradication.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 1254Cooperation expensesthe city of Washington and elsewhere, and cooperation with such authorities of the States concerned, organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, Limited to local, etc., contributions.$40,000, 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 State, county, or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accomplishment of such *Proviso*.No pay for trees de strayed.purposes: *Provided*, That no part of the money herein appropriated shall he used to pay the cost or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed. Forest pathology.Forest pathology: For the investigation of diseases of forest and ornamental trees and shrubs, including a study of the nature and Chestnut tree bark disease, etc.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, and including $125,000 Vol. 45, p. 701.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 175](/us/usc/p175).for investigations of diseases of forest trees and forest products, under section 3 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, sec. 581b), $223,572. Blister rust control.While 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 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 Local contributions required.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 or organizations for the accomplishment of such purposes, $456,000: *Proviso*.No pay for trees, etc., destroyed.*Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed. Plant nutrition.For plant-nutrition investigations, $18,050. Cotton production, etc.Cotton production and diseases: For investigation of cotton production, including the improvement by cultural methods, breeding, acclimatization, adaptation, and selection, and for investigation and control of diseases, $233,140. Rubber, fiber, and other tropical plants.Acclimatizing, etc.Rubber, fiber, and other tropical plants: For investigation of crops introduced from tropical regions, and for the improvement of rubber, abaca, and other fiber plants by cultural methods, breeding, acclimatization, adaptation, and selection, and for investigation of Hard fibers production.their diseases, and for determining the feasibility of increasing the production of hard fibers outside of the continental United States, $140,463. Drug plants, etc.Drug and related plants: For the investigation, testing, and improvement of plants yielding drugs, spices, poisons, oils, and related products and by-products, $58,120. Nematology.Nematology: For crop technological investigations, including the study of plant-infesting nematodes, $58,260. Seed laboratory.Testing commercial seeds and grasses.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 are found to be adulterated or misbranded the results of the tests shall be published, together with the names of the persons by Preventing admission of seeds, etc.Vol. 37, p. 506; Vol. 44, p. 325.[U. S. C., p. 95](/us/usc/p95).whom the seeds were offered for sale, and for carrying out the provisions of the Act approved August 24, 1912 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 111–114), entitled “An Act to regulate foreign commerce by prohibiting the admission into the United States of certain adulterated 1255grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes,” $78,220: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.International Seed Testing Congress. 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 problems 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.Investigations for improvement of, eradicating diseases, etc. of cereals, including corn, and methods of cereal production and for the study and control of cereal diseases, 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, $574,060. Barberry eradication: For the eradication of the common barberryBarberry eradication.Methods for, end cereal rusts. and for applying such other methods of eradication and control of cereal rusts as m 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 authorities of theCooperation. States concerned, organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, $377,140: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Subject to equal contribution of States, etc. That $75,000 of this 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: *Provided further*,No pay for property destroyed. That no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used to pay the cost or value of property injured or destroyed. Tobacco: For the investigation and improvement of tobacco andTobacco production, etc. the methods of tobacco production and handling, $91,000. Sugar plants: For sugar-plant investigations, including studiesSugar plant investigations. of diseases and the improvement of sugar beets and sugar-beet seed, $413,700. Botany: For investigation, improvement, and utilization of wild Wild plants and grazing lands.plants and grazing lands, and for determining the distribution of weeds and means of their control, $56,260. Dry-land agriculture: For the investigation and improvement of Dry land, etc., crop production.methods of crop production under subhumid, semiarid, or dry-land conditions, $345,740: *Provided*, That $80,000, including construction*Provisos*.Cheyenne Wyo., station.Southern Great Plains station.Woodward, Okla.Vol. 45, p. 430.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 45](/us/usc/p45). of physical improvements, shall be available for the horticultural experiment station at Cheyenne, Wyoming: *Provided further*, That $35,000 shall be available for carrying into effect the Act approved April 16, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, secs. 387–388a), entitled “An Act providing for horticultural experiment and demonstration work in the Southern Great Plains area,” at Woodward, Oklahoma: *Provided further*, That the limitations in this Act as to the cost ofCost limit not applicable. farm buildings shall not apply to this paragraph: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the establishmentNo new field station. of any new field station. Western irrigation agriculture: For investigations in connectionUtilizing western re claimed lands. with western irrigation agriculture, the utilization of lands reclaimed under the Reclamation Act, and other areas in the arid and semiarid regions, $153,940: *Provided*, That the limitations in this*Proviso*.Building limit not applicable. Act as to the cost of farm buildings shall not apply to this paragraph. Horticultural crops and diseases: For investigation and control ofHorticultural crops and diseases.Investigating and control.Improving methods, etc. diseases, for improvement of methods of culture, propagation, breeding, selection, and related activities concerned with the production of fruits, nuts, vegetables, ornamentals, and related plants, for investigation of methods of harvesting, packing, shipping, storing, and 1256utilizing these products, and for studies of the physiological and related changes of such products during processes of marketing and while in commercial storage, $1,420,360, of which $15,000 shall be available toward the establishment, including the erection of Pecan experiment station.buildings, of a pecan experiment station in the middle eastern Mississippi region when the State of Mississippi and/or other local cooperating agency shall have deeded to the Government 100 acres of land acceptable to the Secretary of Agriculture for such purpose. Phony peach eradication.Investigations, etc.Phony peach eradication: For conducting such investigations of the nature and means of communication of the disease of peach trees known as phony peach, 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 authorities of the States concerned, organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, $85,000, and, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no expenditures Subject to equal contributions from States, etc.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 or *Proviso*.No pay for trees, etc., injured or destroyed.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. Experimental gardens and grounds, D.C.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, $98,120. Arlington, Va., experimental farm, etc.Arlington Farm: For continuing the necessary improvements to establish and maintain a general experiment farm and agricultural station on the Arlington estate, in the State of Virginia, in Vol. 31, p. 135.*Proviso*.Cost limitation not applicable.accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 18, 1900 (31 Stat., pp. 135, 136), $60,600: *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, $228,140. Forage crops and diseases.New and rare seeds, etc.Forage crops and diseases: 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 and control of diseases, $279,375. Biophysical investigations.Biophysical laboratory: For biophysical investigations in connection with the various lines of work herein authorized, $36,420. National Arboretum.Administration, etc.Operation of National Arboretum: For the maintenance of the national arboretum established under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to Vol. 44, p. 1422.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 297](/us/usc/p297).establish a national arboretum, and for other purposes,” approved March 4, 1927 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 20, secs. 191–194), including the erection of buildings, salaries in the city of Washington and elsewhere, traveling expenses of employees and advisory council, and Employment of landscape architects.other necessary expenses, $30,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be expended by contract or otherwise for the services of consulting 1257landscape architects without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or civil-service rules. Total, Bureau of Plant Industry, $5,826,126, of which amount notServices in the District. to exceed $1,830,889 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. FOREST SERVICEForest Service. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to experiment and toExperiments.Restricted to United States. 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 the 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 cost of*Proviso*.Cost of buildings. any building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and of connecting the same with any such building, and exclusive of the cost of any tower upon which a lookout house may be erected, shall not exceed $2,500; to pay all expenses necessary to protect, administer,Protection of national forests. and improve the national forests, including tree planting in the forest reserves to prevent erosion, drift, surface wash, and soil waste*Ante*, p. 527. 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 transport and care for fish and game supplied to stock the nationalCare of fish and game. 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 necessary supplies, apparatus, office fixtures, law books, reference andStation supplies, etc. 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, $370,640. national forest administrationNational forests. 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 1258seed, and planting, necessary for the use, maintenance, improvement, and protection of the national forests, and of additional Vol. 36, p. 963; Vol. 43, p. 653.[U. S. C., pp. 418–428](/us/usc/pp418–428).national forests created or to be created under section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 521), and under the Act of June 7, 1924 (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 471, 499, 505, 564–570), 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: District expenses allotted.*Proviso*.Care of graves of fire fighters.In national forest region 1, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and South Dakota, $1,509,546: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Agriculture 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 region 2, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, *Proviso*.Wichita National Forest.Long-horned cattle on, maintenance.Nebraska, and Oklahoma, $733,900: *Provided*, That not to exceed $1,000 of this appropriation may be expended for the maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita National Forest; In national forest region 3, Arizona and New Mexico, $717,834; In national forest region 4, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado, $936,224; In national forest region 5, California and Nevada, $1,264,767; In national forest region 6, Washington, Oregon, and California, $1,279,418; In national forest region 7, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Maine, Porto Rico, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Vermont, $572,094; In national forest region 8, Alaska, $140,247; In national forest region 9, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, $135,210; Aggregate.In all, for the use, maintenance, improvement, protection, and general administration of the national forests, $7,289,240, of which *Provisos*.Interchangeable allotments for emergencies.$45,000 shall be immediately available: *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 Restriction.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 and preventing 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 Revested Oregon-California lands, etc.Vol. 39, p. 218.upon the lands revested in the United States by the Act approved June 9, 1916 (39 Stat., p. 218), 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. Aerial fire control.Aerial fire control: 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 *Proviso*.Purchases forbidden.forests and adjacent 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.Classification of lands: 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 1259and 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 Office; and for the survey and platting of certain lands,Surveying, etc., agricultural lands in national forests. chiefly valuable for agriculture, now listed or to be listed within the national forests, under the Act of JuneVol. 34, p. 223; Vol. 30, pp. 34, 1095; Vol. 37. p. 843.[U. S. C., pp. 421–424](/us/usc/pp421–424). 11, 1906 (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 506–509), the Act of August 10, 1912 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 506), and the Act of March 3, 1899 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 488), as provided by the Act of March 4, 1913 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 512), $58,980. Sanitation and fire prevention: For the construction and maintenancePublic camp ground facilities. 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, $67,000, of which $40,000 shall be immediately available. Planting on national forests: For the establishment and maintenanceSeeding, tree planting, etc. of forest-tree nurseries, the collection or purchase of tree seed, cones, and nursery stock, and seeding and tree planting within national forests; for additional protection, care, and improvement of the resulting plantations or young growth; and for experiments and investigations necessary for such seeding and tree planting, $250,000. Reconnaissance, national forests: For estimating and appraisingAppraising timber, etc., for sale. timber and other resources on the national forests preliminary to disposal by sale or to the issue of occupancy permits, and for emergency expenses incident to their sale or use, $131,260. Improvement of the national forests: For the construction and Permanent improvements.maintenance of roads, trails, bridges, fire lanes, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements necessary for the proper and economical administration, protection, and development of the national forests, $2,359,200, of which $494,200 shall be immediately available, and of which amount $150,000 is reserved for expenditureAmount for southern California forests. on the Angeles, Cleveland, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino National Forests in southern California: *Provided*, That such sum*Provisos*.Local contributions required. of $150,000 shall not be expended 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 opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture,Purchase of telephone lines, etc. direct purchase will be more economical than construction, telephone lines, cabins, fences, and other improvements may be purchased: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $120,000 may beDivision fences, stock driveways, watering places, etc. 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 ofPoisonous plants eradication. poisonous plants on the national forests: *Provided further*, That notDam at Cass Lake, Minn. to exceed $1,000 of this appropriation may be used for the repair and maintenance of the dam at Cass Lake, Minnesota: *Provided further*,Roads and trails, construction and maintenance. That not less than $1,229,200 of this appropriation shall be available only for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails. forest researchForest research. For forest research in accordance with the provisions of sectionsDevelopment of timber, etc.Vol. 45, p.699.[U. S. C., Supp. XV, p. 175](/us/usc/p175). 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act entitled “An Act to insure adequate supplies of timber and other forest products for the people of the United States, to promote the full use for timber growing and other purposes of forest lands in the United States, including farm wood lots and those abandoned areas not suitable for agricultural production, and to secure the correlation and the most economical conduct 1260of forest research in the Department of Agriculture through research in reforestation, timber growing, protection, utilization, forest economics, and related subjects,” approved May 22, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, secs. 581, 581a, 581f–581i), as follows: Experiments, investigations, etc., at stations.Vol. 45, p. 700.Forest management: Fire silvicultural, and other forest investigations and experiments under section 2, at forest experiment stations or elsewhere, $562,000. Management of ranges, etc.Vol. 45, p. 701.Range investigations: Investigations and experiments to develop improved methods of management of forest and other ranges under section 7, at forest or range experiment stations or elsewhere, $130,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for range utilization research in cooperation with the United States Range Livestock Experiment Station at Miles City, Montana. Forest products experiments.Vol. 45, p. 701.Forest products: Experiments, investigations, and tests of forest products under section 8, at the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, $641,300. Forest Products Laboratory, Wis.Construction, etc.For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the acceptance of a donation of land and the construction thereon of suitable buildings and appurtenances for the Forest *Ante*, p. 167.Products Laboratory, and for other purposes,” approved April 15, 1930 (46 Stat., pp. 167–168), $800,000, which amount shall be immediately available. Forest survey.Vol 45, p. 702.Forest survey: A comprehensive forest survey under section 9, $200,000. Forest economics.Vol. 45, p. 702.Forest economics: Investigations in forest economics under section 10, $75,000. Aggregate.Additional, from cooperative forest fund contributions.Vol. 43, p. 1132.[U. S. C., p. 428](/us/usc/p428).Vol. 38, p. 430.[U. S. C., p. 422](/us/usc/p422).In all, salaries and expenses, $13,084,620; and in addition 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 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 572), which funds shall be covered into the Treasury and constitute a part of the special funds provided by the Act of June 30, 1914 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. *Proviso*.Services in the District.Contribution to International Union of Forest Research Stations.498): *Provided*, That not to exceed $510,700 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $1,000 may be expended for the contribution of the United States to the cost of the office of the secretariat of the International Union of Forest Research Stations. Forest-fire prevention.forest-fire cooperation Cooperation with States, etc., for protection of timber on their lands.For cooperation with the various States or other appropriate agencies in forest-fire prevention and suppression and the protection of timbered and cut-over lands in accordance with the provisions of Vol. 43, p, 653.[U. S. C., p. 427](/us/usc/p427).sections 1, 2, and 3 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 continuous production of timber on lands chiefly valuable therefor,” approved June 7, 1924 (U. S. C., title 16, secs. Tax laws and timber insurance.564–570), as amended, including also the study of the effect of tax laws and the investigation of timber insurance as provided in section 3 of said Act, $1,775,000, of which $54,480 shall be available Services in the District.Purchase of supplies, etc.for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $2,000 for the purchase of supplies and equipment required for the purposes of said Act in the District of Columbia. Forest planting stock.cooperative distribution of forest planting stock Cooperation with States, etc., in procuring forest tree seeds, etc., for 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 1261or nonforested lands within such cooperating States, under theVol, 43, p. 654.[U. S. C., p. 427](/us/usc/p427). provisions 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 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 567), and Acts supplementary thereto, $95,000, of which amount not toServices in the District. exceed $1,840 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. acquisition of additional forest landsAdditional forest lands. For the acquisition of additional lands under the provisions of Acquiring under Forest Conservation Act.Vol. 36, p. 961; Vol. 43, p. 654; Vol. 45, p. 468.*Ante*, p. 527.[U. S. C., p. 427; Supp. IV, p. 172](/us/usc/p427).Services in the District.the Act of March 1, 1911 (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 513–519), as amended by the Act of June 7, 1924 (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 564–570), subject to the provisions of the Act of April 30, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 468), $2,000,000, of which amount not to exceed $40,900 may be expended for departmental personal services and supplies and equipment in the District of Columbia. Total, Forest Service, $16,954,620. BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY AND SOILSChemistry and Soils Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. For all necessary expenses connected with the investigations andInvestigations, apparatus, supplies, employees, etc. 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: 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, $59,060. Agricultural chemical investigations: For conducting the investigationsChemical investigations.Vol. 12, p. 387.[U. S. C., p. 56](/us/usc/p56). contemplated by the Act of May 15, 1862 (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 511, 512), relating to the application of chemistry to agriculture; for the biological investigation of food and drug products andBiologic food and drug products. 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, $465,150: *Provided*, That the Bureau*Proviso*.Cooperation with Standards Bureau. of Chemistry and Soils cooperate with the Bureau of Standards without duplication. Color investigations: For investigation and experiment in theUtilizing raw materials for colorants. 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 additionsArlington Farm, building. to a building on the Arlington Experimental Farm, $93,460. Sirup and sugar investigations: For the investigationInsecticide and fungicide investigations. and developmentTable sirup, etc. 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, $37,700. Insecticide and fungicide investigations: For the investigation and development of methods of manufacturing insecticides and fungicides, and for investigating chemical problems relating to the 1262composition, action, and application of insecticides and fungicides, $128,400. Plant dust explosions, etc.Methods for preventing.Plant dust explosions and farm fires: For the investigation and development of methods for the prevention of farm fires and of grain-dust, smut-dust, and other dust explosions not otherwise provided for and resulting fires, including fires in cotton gins and cotton-oil mills, independently or in cooperation with individuals, associations, or corporations, $51,700. Naval stores, investigations, etc.Naval stores investigations: For the investigation and demonstration of improved methods or 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 Field laboratory in southern pine regions.elsewhere, $72,306, of which $40,000 shall be available for the establishment of a field laboratory for naval stores research work in the pine regions of the South, including erection of buildings, on land owned by the United States or to be donated to the United States for that purpose. Soil types, composition, etc., investigations.Soil chemical investigations: For chemical investigations of soil types, soil composition, and 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, $42,760. Physical productivity of soils.Soil physical investigations: For physical investigations of the important properties of soil which determine productivity, such as moisture relations, aerations, heat conductivity, texture, and other physical investigations of the various soil classes and soil types, $18,660. Fertilizers.Fertilizer investigations: For investigations within the United States of fertilizers and other soil amendments and their suitabilty for agricultural use, $378,400. Cooperative soils survey.Soil survey: For the investigation of soils, in cooperation with other branches 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, $328,705. Soil bacteriology investigations.Soil-bacteriology investigations: For soil-bacteriology investigations, including the testing of samples procured in the open market, of cultures for inoculating legumes, and if any such samples are found to be impure, non viable, or misbranded, the results of the tests may Publishing tests of impure cultures.be published, together with the names of the manufacturers and of the persons by whom the cultures were offered for sale, $43,820. Soil fertility.Soil-fertility investigations: For soil-fertility investigations into organic causes of infertility and remedial measures, maintenance of productivity, properties and composition of soil humus, and the transformation and formation of soil humus by soil organisms, $227,080. Services in the District.Total, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, $1,947,201, of which amount not to exceed $1,272,956 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Entomology Bureau.BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY General expenses.salaries and general expenses Investigations of Insects, etc.For necessary expenses connected with the investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in reference to the items hereinafter enumerated for the promotion of economic entomology, for investigating the history and habits of insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, for studying insects affecting man and animals, and for ascertaining the best means of destroying insects 1263found to be injurious, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, States, counties, and municipalities, organizations, and individuals concerned, or with foreign governments, including the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside of theOutside rent District of Columbia, and not to exceed $5,000 for the erection of necessary buildings: *Provided*, That the cost of any such building*Proviso*.Buildings. shall not exceed $1,500, as follows: For general administrative purposes, including the salary of chiefChief of bureau, and office personnel. of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $94,380. Deciduous-fruit insects: For insects affecting deciduous fruits, Deciduous-fruit insects.trapes, and nuts, and including research on the Japanese and Asiatic beetles, $474,950, of which $20,000 shall be immediately available. Subtropical plant insects: For insects affecting tropical, subtropical,Subtropical plants. and ornamental plants and including research on the Parlatoria date scale and the Mediterranean and other fruit flies, $188,035.Mediterranean fruit fly, etc. Truck-crop insects: For insects affecting truck crops, includingTruck and field crops. insects affecting tobacco and sugar beets, $424,185. Forest insects: For insects affecting forests under section 4 of theForest insects.Methods for preventing infestations, etc.Vol. 45, p. 701.[U. S. C., supp. IV. p. 175](/us/usc/p175). Act approved May 22, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, sec. 581c), entitled “An Act to insure adequate supplies of timber and other forest products for the people of the United States, to promote the full use for timber growing and other purposes of forest lands in the United States, including farm wood lots and those abandoned areas not suitable for agricultural production, and to secure the correlation and the most economical conduct of forest research in the Department of Agriculture, through research in reforestation, timber growing, protection, utilization, forest economics, and related subjects,” $233,590; for insects affecting ornamental trees and shrubs, $10,000; in all, $243,590. Cereal and forage insects: For insects affecting cereal and forageCereal and forage insects. crops, including sugar cane and rice, and including research on the European corn borer, $577,220, of which amount not to exceed $1,000European corn borer. may be used for the rent of land in the Southwest for the investigation of the alfalfa seed chalcid, if the Secretary of Agriculture isAlfalfa seed chalcid. able to lease said land for a period of not to exceed 10 years, at aLeases. rate not to exceed $1,000 per annum. Cotton insects: For insects affecting cotton and including researchCotton, pink bollworm, etc. on the pink bollworm of cotton, $304,820. For insects affecting man and animals, $159,500.Man and animals. For insects affecting stored products, $136,920, of which $10,000Stored products. shall be immediately available. For taxonomy and interrelations of insects, and including the Taxonomy of insects.importation and exchange of useful insects and an insect-pest survey, $184,720. For bee culture and apiary management, $75,420.Bee culture. Total, Bureau of Entomology, $2,863,740, of which amount notServices in the District. to exceed $488,750 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEYBiological Survey Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. For salaries and employment of labor in the city of WashingtonSalaries, supplies, etc. and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, including the purchase of bags, tags, and labels printed in the course of manufacture, traveling and 1264all 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, $83,280. Game, etc., reservations.Montana National Bison Range.Maintenance of mammal and bird reservations: 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, Protection of bird preserves.bulkheads, and other improvements necessary for the economical administration and protection of the reservations, and for the Vol. 35, p. 1104.[U. S. C., p. 471](/us/usc/p471).enforcement of section 84 of the Act approved March 4, 1909 (U. S. C., title 18, sec. 145), entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the Vol 45, p. 1224.[U. S. C. Supp. IV, p. 180](/us/usc/p180).*Proviso*.Purchase of game and lands.penal laws of the United States,” and Acts amendatory thereto, and section 10 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, sec. 715i), $101,830: *Provided*, That $2,500 may be used for the purchase, capture, and transportation of game for national reservations, and not to exceed $13,500 additional for the purchase of privately owned land, including improvements thereon, within or adjacent to the Niobrara Bird Reservation in Nebraska. North American birds and animals.Food habits investigations, etc.Food habits of birds and animals: For investigating the food habits and economic value of North American birds and animals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry, including methods of conserving beneficial and controlling injurious birds and animals, $107,660. Destroying predatory animals.Control of predatory animals and injurious rodents: For demonstrations and cooperation in destroying animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and wild game; and Suppression of rabies.in protecting stock and other domestic animals through the suppression of rabies and other diseases in predatory wild animals, $590,480. Fur-bearing animals.Investigating production, etc.Production of fur-bearing animals: For investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and cooperation in connection with the production and utilization of fur-bearing animals raised for meat and fur, in the United States and Alaska, $64,360. Biological investigations.For biological investigations, including the relations, habits, geographic distribution, and migration of animals and plants, and the preparation of maps of the life zones, and including $24,900 for Vol. 45, p. 699.investigations of the relations of wild animal life to forests, under section 5 of the Act approved May 22, 1928, $83,110. Migratory bird protection.Vol. 40, p. 436.[U. S. C. p. 436](/us/usc/p436).Protection of migratory birds: For all necessary expenses for enforcing the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 703–711), and for cooperation with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds, and for *Proviso*.Preventing shipment of prohibited birds, etc.Vol. 35. pp. 1135–1138.[U. S. C., pp. 492–493](/us/usc/pp492–493).necessary investigations connected therewith, $220,120: *Provided*, That of this sum not more than $20,500 may be used for the enforcement of sections 241, 242, 243, and 244 of the Act approved March 4, 1909 (U. S. C., title 18, secs. 391–394), 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 (U. S. C., title 16, Carrying illegally killed game.Vol. 31. p. 187.[U. S. C., p. 436](/us/usc/p436).sec. 701), 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. Reindeer and musk oxen in Alaska.Improving industry and enforcing game law.Alaska: For investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in the establishment, improvement, and increase of the reindeer industry and of musk oxen and mountain sheep in Alaska, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures and cooperation with 1265other agencies, and for all expenses necessary for the enforcementVol. 43, p. 739.[U. S. C., p. 1573](/us/usc/p1573).*Proviso*.Buildings for wardens. of the provisions of the Alaska game law, approved January 13, 1925 (U. S. C., title 48, secs. 192–211), $155.650: *Provided*, That of this sum not more than $4,000 may be expended for the purchase of land and the purchase or construction of buildings for offices and quarters for use of wardens in Alaska. In all, salaries and expenses, $1,406,490. 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.[U. S. C., p. 721](/us/usc/p721). to the Act entitled “An Act to establish the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge,” approved June 7, 1924 (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 721–731), as amended, and for all necessary expenses incident thereto, including the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $150,000, which shall be available until expended, being part of the sum of $1,500,000 authorized to beVol. 43, p. 652. 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, $47,780; in all, $197,780: *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. bear river migratory-bird refugeBear River Migratory Bird Refuge. For the establishment of a suitable refuge and feeding and breedingEstablishment, etc. grounds for migratory wild fowl, including the acquisition of water rights and privately owned lands pursuant to the Act entitled,Vol. 45, p. 448.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 177](/us/usc/p177). “An Act to establish the Bear River migratory-bird refuge, approved April 23, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, secs. 690–690h), and the resolution approved February 15, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1186), and for all expenses incident thereto, including the employment of personsAll expenses. and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $75,000 forBalance available.*Ante*, p. 416. this purpose contained in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1931 shall remain available until June 30, 1932; for administration and maintenance, including the construction ofAdministration, etc. necessary buildings and for personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $19,900. migratory bird conservation actMigratory Bird Conservation Act. For carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “AnAcquiring land, etc., for reservations in perpetuity.Vol. 45, p. 1224.[U. S. C., Supp. IV. p. 179](/us/usc/p179). Act to more effectively meet the obligations of the United States under the migratory-bird treaty with Great Britain by lessening the dangers threatening migratory game birds from drainage and other causes by the acquisition of areas of land and of water to furnish in perpetuity reservation for the adequate protection of such birds; and authorizing appropriations for the establishment of such areas, their maintenance and improvement, and for other purposes,” approved February 18, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, secs. 715–715r), $400,000, authorized by section 12 of the Act,Expenses of Commission.Vol. 45, p. 1225. and in addition thereto $5,000 authorized by section 18 of the Act; in all, $405,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriationBalance available.*Ante*, p. 416. of $200,000 for the purposes of section 12 of said Act as contained in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1266*Proviso*.Contracts.1931; *Provided*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may incur obligations and enter into contracts for the acquisition of additional areas approved for purchase or rental by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission provided for in section 2 of said Act to an amount which, inclusive of the amounts heretofore and herein appropriated, shall not exceed a total of $875,000, and such Deemed Federal obligation.contracts shall be deemed contractual obligations of the Federal Government. Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge, Kans.cheyenne bottoms migratory-bird refuge Provisions governing.For carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An *Ante*, p. 579.Act authorizing the establishment of a migratory-bird refuge in the Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas,” approved June 12, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 579), and for necessary expenses incident thereto, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $200,000, being part of the sum of $250,000 Balance reappropriated.*Ante*, p. 871.authorized to be appropriated for this purpose by section 3 of said Act, together with the unexpended balance of the sum of $50,000 appropriated for this purpose by the Second Deficiency Act for the fiscal years 1930 and 1931. Total, Bureau of Biological Survey, $2,229,170, of which amount Services in the District.not to exceed $321,480 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. Public Roads Bureau.BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS General expenses.salaries and general 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, Vol. 39, p. 355; Vol. 42, p. 217.[U. S. C., p. 662](/us/usc/p662).publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports, in addition to any moneys available from the funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916 (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 21), 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, $41,260. Road management.For conducting, either independently or in cooperation with State highway departments and other agencies, inquiries in regard to systems of road management, economic studies of highway construction, operation, maintenance, and value, investigations of the Road building.best methods of road making, especially by the use of local materials, and studies of types of mechanical plants and appliances used for road building and maintenance and of methods of road repair and maintenance suited to the needs of different localities; for maintenance and repairs of experimental highways, including the purchase of materials and equipment; and for furnishing expert advice on these subjects, $138,680. Total, Bureau of Public Roads, $179,940, of which amount not Services in the District.to exceed $99,340 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Agricultural Engineering Bureau.BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING General expenses.salaries and 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, $30,000. 1267 For investigations, experiments, and demonstrations involving the Investigations, etc.application of engineering principles to agriculture, independently or in cooperation with Federal, State, county, or other public agencies or with farm bureaus, organizations, or individuals; for investigating and reporting upon the utilization of water in farm irrigation and 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 irrigation, and the drainage of farms and of swamps and other wet lands which may be made available for agricultural purposes; for preparing plans for the removal of surplus water by drainage; for developing equipment for farm irrigation and drainage; for investigating and reporting upon farm domestic water supply and drainage disposal, upon the design and construction of farm buildings and their appurtenances and of buildings for processing and storing farm products, upon farm power and mechanical farm equipment, upon the engineering problems relating to the processing, transportation, and storage of perishable and other agricultural products, and upon the engineering problems involved in adapting physical characteristics of farm land to the use of modem farm machinery; for investigations of cotton ginning under the Act approved April*Ante*, p. 248. 19, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 248); for giving expert advice and assistance in agricultural engineering; for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of investigations and preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins, plans, and reports; and for other necessary expenses, including travel, rent, repairs, and not to exceed $5,000 for the construction of buildings, $553,840. Total, Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, $583,840, of whichServices in the District. amount not to exceed $139,230 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAgricultural Economics Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. For salaries and the employment of labor in the city of WashingtonSalaries, supplies, labor, etc. and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, traveling expenses, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all other expenses necessary in 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, $290,030. Farm management and practice: To investigate and encourage theFarm management and practice. adoption of improved methods of farm management and farm practice, $480,760: *Provided*, That of this amount $150,000 may be used in*Proviso*.Cost of producing staples. ascertaining the cost of production of the principal staple agricultural products. Marketing and distributing farm products: For acquiring and Distributing acquired information of farm products, marketing, etc.diffusing among the people of the United States 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 of uniformPromotion of classified standards. standards of classification of American farm products throughout the world, including scientific and technical research into American-grown cotton and its by-products and their present and potentialCotton and by-products research. uses, including new and additional commercial and scientific uses for 1268Cotton-ginning investigations.*Ante*, p. 248.cotton and its by-products, and including investigations of cotton ginning under the Act approved April 19, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 248), 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 Retail marketing of meats.organizations, and persons engaged in the marketing, handling, utilization, grading, transportation, and distributing of farm and food products, and for investigation of the economic costs of retail marketing of *Proviso*.Forms of wool and mohair grades to be sold.meat and meat products, $900,000: *Provided*, That practical forms of the 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. General livestock and agricultural information.Collecting, etc., data.Crop and livestock estimates: For collecting, compiling, abstracting, analyzing, summarizing, 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 with the Extension Service and other Federal, *Provisos*.Disseminating information of world’s supply and need of American agricultural products, etc.State, and local agencies, $1,187,500: *Provided*, That $383,380 shall be available for collecting and 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 and not to exceed $1,000 for newspapers as may be necessary in connection Intended cotton acreage planting excluded.with this work: *Provided further*, That no part of the funds herein appropriated 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. Perishable farm products.Certifying conditions of shipments thereof, at central markets.Market inspection of farm products: For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture, independently and in 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, transportation, marketing, and distribution of farm and food products, whether *Ante*, pp. 418, 537.operating in one or more jurisdictions, to investigate and certify to shippers and other interested parties the class, quality, and/or condition of cotton, tobacco, fruits and vegetables whether raw, dried, or canned, 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 to cover the cost for the service *Proviso*.Legal effect of certificates.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, $580,026. 1269 Market news service: For collecting, publishing, and distributing,Market news service.Collecting, etc., information of livestock, daily, agriculture, etc., products. 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, nay, feeds, tobacco, 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 in the production, transportation, marketing, and distribution of farm and food products, $1,498,020. Cotton statistics: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carryCotton.Statistics of grade and staple lengths. 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 (U. S. C., Supp. III,Vol. 44, p. 1517.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 48](/us/usc/p48). title 7, secs. 471–176), $420,000. Tobacco stocks and standards: To enable the Secretary of AgricultureTobacco stocks and standards. to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the collection and publication of statistics ofVol. 45, p. 1079.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 49](/us/usc/p49). tobacco by the Department of Agriculture,” approved January 14, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, secs. 501–508), including the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington andServices in the District. elsewhere, $25,000. Perishable agricultural commodities Act: To enable the SecretaryPerishable Agricultural Commodities Act.*Post*, p. 531. of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to suppress unfair and fraudulent practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities in interstate and foreign commerce,” $350,000, of which $100,000 shall be immediately available. In all, salaries and expenses, $5,731,336. enforcement of the united states cotton futures act and united states cotton standards actCotton Futures and Cotton Standards Acts. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect theEnforcement expenses.Vol. 39, p. 476; Vol. 40. p. 1351.[U. S. C., p. 788](/us/usc/p788).Vol. 42, p. 1517.[U. S. C., p. 90](/us/usc/p90). provisions of the United States Cotton Futures Act, as amended March 4, 1919 (U. S. C., title 26, secs. 731–752), and to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Standards Act, approved March 4, 1923 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 51–65), including all expenses necessary for the purchase of equipment and supplies; for travel; for the employment of persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and for all other expenses, including rent outside of the District of Columbia, that may be necessary in executing the 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 universalAgreements to effect the use of standards, arbitration of disputes, etc., in foreign countries. 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, $236,560. 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, $860,040. 1270 Warehouse Act.administration of the united states warehouse act Administration expenses.Vol. 39, p. 480; Vol. 42, p. 1282.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the 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, $312,200. Standard Container, Hamper, and Produce Agency Acts.enforcement of the standard container, hamper, and produce agency acts Enforcement expenses.Vol. 39. p. 673.[U. S. C., p. 377](/us/usc/p377).To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Act entitled “An Act to fix standards for Climax baskets for grapes and other fruits and vegetables, and to fix standards for Vol. 45, p. 685.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, pp. 130, 49](/us/usc/pp130/49).baskets and other containers for small fruits, berries, and vegetables, and for other purposes,” approved August 31, 1916 (U. S. C., title 15, secs. 251–256), the Act entitled “An Act to fix standards for hampers, round stave baskets, and split baskets for fruits and vegetables, and for other purposes.” approved May 21, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. Purchase of perishable products.III, title 15, secs. 257–257i), 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 March 3, 1927 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, secs. 491–497), including the purchase of such perishable farm products as may be necessary for detection of violations of the *Proviso*.Receipts from sales credited to appropriate fund.latter Act: *Provided*, 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, $45,000. Wool clip of 1918.completion of wool work Completing the distribution from, among owners of sums collected.To enable the Bureau of Agricultural Economics to complete the 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, $6,000, 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. Wool marketing studies.wool marketing studies Fund created for, from collections of wool clip of 1918.Not to exceed $50,000 of the funds collected from persons, firms, or corporations which handled any part of the wool clip of 1918, which the Secretary of Agriculture finds it impracticable to distribute among woolgrowers, shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of a special fund which is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year 1932 for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of Used for standardizing wools.Vol. 45, p. 593.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 46](/us/usc/p46).the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the appropriation for use by the Secretary of Agriculture of certain funds for wool standards, and for other purposes,” approved May 17, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, secs. 415b–415d), including personal services and other necessary expenses in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. Services in the District.Total, Bureau of Agriculture Economics, $7,241,136, of which amount not to exceed $2,450,430 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 1271 BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICSHome Economics Bureau. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. 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, $28,000. For conducting, either independently or in cooperation with otherUtilizing farm products in the home, etc. agencies, investigations of 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 for disseminating useful information on this subject, including travel and all other necessary expenses, $218,700. Total, Bureau of Home Economics, $246,700, of which amount notServices in the District. to exceed $224,990 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. PLANT QUARANTINE AND CONTROL ADMINISTRATIONPlant Quarantine and Control Administration. salaries and general expensesGeneral expenses. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisionsEnforcing nursery plant quarantine, etc.Vol. 37, pp. 315, 850. 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: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, includingChief of Administration, and office personnel. the salary of chief of administration and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $88,000. For enforcement of foreign plant quarantines and to prevent the Enforcement of plant quarantines, preventing entry of Mexican cotton and cottonseed, etc.movement of cotton and cottonseed 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 disinfectionCleaning, etc. thereof, including construction and repair of necessary buildings, plants, and equipment, for the fumigation, disinfection, or cleaning of products, railway cars, or other vehicles entering the United States from Mexico, $799,130, of which $35,000 shall be immediately available: *Provided*, That any moneys received in payment*Proviso*.Receipts from cleaning, etc., to be deposited in the Treasury. 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 inspection in transit or otherwise of articles quarantinedInspection of articles quarantined.Vol. 37, p. 318; Vol. 44, p. 250.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 42](/us/usc/p42). under the Act of August 20, 1912 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 7, secs. 161, 164a), as amended, and for the interception and disposition of materials found to have been transported interstate in violation of quarantines promulgated thereunder, $42,800. For the control and prevention of spread of the pink bollworm, Control, etc., of pink bollworm of cotton.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 controlCooperation with Mexico. operations in Mexico in cooperation with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, $497,000: *Provided*, That the cost of each*Proviso*.Inspection stations. such station shall not exceed $500, and that the total amount expended for such stations in one year shall not exceed $2,500. 1272 Controls, etc.Parlatoria date scale.For the control and prevention of spread of the Parlatoria date scale, $65,460. Thurberia weevil.For the control and prevention of spread of the Thurberia weevil, $34,500. Gypsy and brown-tail moths.For the control and prevention of spread of the gypsy and browntail moths, $648,580. European corn borer.For the control and prevention of spread of the European corn borer, $950,000. Japanese beetle.For the control and prevention of spread of the Japanese beetle, $445,000. White-pine blister rust.For the control and prevention of spread of the white-pine blister rust, $10,200. Phony peach disease.For the control and prevention of spread of the phony peach disease, $12,000. Mexican fruit worm.For the control and prevention of spread of the Mexican fruit worm, including necessary surveys and control operations in Mexico Cooperation with Mexico.in cooperation with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, $124,960. Inspection and certifying domestic fresh fruits for export.Certification of exports: For the inspection, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary 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 *Proviso*.Receipts covered into Treasury.accomplish this object, $30,300: *Provided*, That moneys received on account of such inspection and certification shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Total, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, $3,747,930, Services in the District.of which amount not to exceed $276,470 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Grain Futures Act.ENFORCEMENT OF THE GRAIN FUTURES ACT Enforcement expenses.Vol. 42, p. 908.[U. S. C., p. 87](/us/usc/p87).To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Grain Futures Act, approved September 21, 1922 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 1–17), $198,980, of which amount not to exceed $48,800 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Food and Drug Administration.FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION General expenses.salaries and general expenses Items 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, $105,455. Pure-food inspection.Vol. 34, p. 768.[U. S. C. p. 621](/us/usc/p621).Enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act: For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1906 (U. S. C., title 21, secs. 1–15), entitled “An Act for 1273preventing 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”; to cooperate with associations and scientific societies in the revision of the United States Pharmacopceia and development ofRevision of Pharmacopceia.Examining foreign tests of American food products. 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 are allowed to be sold therein, $1,315,865: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Outside travel. That not more than $4,280 shall be used for travel outside of the United States. Enforcement of the Tea Importation Act: For enabling the SecretaryImpure tea imports.Expenses preventing.Vol. 29, p. 604; Vol. 41, p. 712.[U. S. C., p. 625](/us/usc/p625). of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act approved March 2, 1897 (U. S. C., title 21, secs. 41–50), 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, $44,030. For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect theNaval Stores Act.Vol. 42, p. 1435.[U. S. C., p. 91](/us/usc/p91). Provisions of the Naval Stores Act of March 3, 1923 (U. S. C., title, secs, 91–99), $39,600. Enforcement of the Insecticide Act: For enabling the SecretaryInsecticides and fungicides.Preventing sale, etc., of adulterated.Vol. 36, p. 336.[U. S. C., p. 95](/us/usc/p95). of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of April 26, 1910 (U. S. C., title 7, secs. 121–134), 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,” $225,458. Enforcement of the Milk Importation Act: For enabling the SecretaryMilk and cream.Regulating importation, etc., of.Vol. 44, p. 1101.[U. S. C., Supp, IV, p. 301](/us/usc/p301). of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved February 15, 1927 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 21, secs. 141–149), 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,” $53,030. Enforcement of the Caustic Poison Act: For enabling the SecretaryCaustic Poison Act.Administration expenses.Vol. 44, p. 1406.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 132](/us/usc/p132). of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1927 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 15, secs. 401–411), 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,” $26,790. Total, Food and Drug Administration, $1,810,228, of which amountServices in the District. not to exceed $618,720 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, etc. 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*Proviso*.Statement to be included in annual Budget. Secretary of Agriculture: *Provided*, That a statement of any transfers of appropriations made hereunder shall be included in the annual Budget. 1274 Miscellaneous.MISCELLANEOUS Work for other departments.work for other departments Transfers for inspection, etc., by Agricultural Department, of necessary funds.During the fiscal year 1932 the head of any department or independent establishment of the Government requiring inspections, analyses, and tests of food and other products, within the scope or the functions of the Department of Agriculture and which that department is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, transfer to the Department of Agriculture for direct expenditure such sums as may be necessary for the performance of such work. Livestock production in Southern States.experiments in livestock production in southern united states Cooperative experiment is, etc., in development of.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the 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, $43,500. Passenger vehicles.passenger-carrying vehicles Allowance for, from lump sum appropriations for field work.That not to exceed $175,000 of the lump-sum appropriations herein made for the Department of Agriculture shall be available for the purchase 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*, *Provisos*.Use restricted.That such vehicles shall be used only for official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the continued use for official service of motor trucks in the District of Columbia: Purchase, etc., to replace vehicles, transferred from War Department, for roads.Vol. 42, p. 218.[U. S. C., p. 668](/us/usc/p668).*Provided further*, 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 (U. S. C., title 23, secs. 21 and 23), not to exceed $50,000 for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for use in the construction and maintenance of national-forest roads or other roads constructed under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture, including the replacement of not to exceed two such vehicles for use in the administrative work of the Bureau of Public Roads in the District Limit for maintenance, upkeep, etc.of Columbia: *Provided further*, That appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for the maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, but expenditures for that purpose, exclusive of garage rent, pay of operator, tires, fuel, and lubricants, on any one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle except a bus, 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 Exchanges authorized.$500: *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. Travel expenses.mileage rates for motor vehicles Allowance for, by motor vehicles.Whenever, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, the Secretary of Agriculture shall find that the expenses of travel and administration, including travel and administration at official sta-1275tions, 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: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize*Provisos*.Additional, if poor roads, etc., prevail. not to exceed 10 cents per mile for an automobile used in localities where poor road conditions or high cost of motor supplies prevail and he finds that the average cost to the operator is in excess of 7 cents per mile: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the payment of toll and ferry charges, storage andToll and ferry charges. towage for such motor cycles and automobiles, in addition to mileage allowance. collection of seed-grain loansSeed grain loans. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect moneys due theExpenses collecting.Vol. 41, p. 1347; Vol. 42, p. 467; Vol. 43, p. 110; Vol. 44, p. 1251; Vol. 45, p. 1306.*Ante*, p. 78. United States on account of loans made to farmers under the seed-grain loan provisions of the Act of March 3, 1921 (41 Stat., p. 1347), the Seed Grain Loan Act of March 20, 1922 (42 Stat., p. 467), the Seed and Feed Loan Act of April 26, 1924 (43 Stat., p. 110), the Seed and Fertilizer Loan Act of February 25, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1306), as amended, the Seed and Fertilizer Loan Act of March 3, 1930 (46 Stat., pp. 78, 79), and the Florida seed and fertilizer loansVol. 44, p. 1251. approved by the Act of February 28, 1927 (44 Stat., p. 1251), $125,000, of which amount not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. soil-erosion investigationsSoil erosion. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make investigation notInvestigations, etc., for control of destructive. otherwise provided for of the causes of soil erosion and the possibility of increasing the absorption of rainfall by the soil in the United States, and to devise means to be employed in the preservation of soil, the prevention or control of destructive erosion and the conservation of rainfall by terracing or other means, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Government, StateCooperation with other activities. agencies, counties, farm organizations, associations of business men, or individuals, including necessary expenses, $330,000, of which amount not to exceed $20,610 may be expended for personal servicesServices in the District. in the District of Columbia. forest roads and trailsFederal highways. For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the FederalRoads and trails in forests.Vol. 42, pp. 218, 661.[U. S. C., p. 668](/us/usc/p668). Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 23), including not to exceed $79,090 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $12,500,000, which sum is composed of $2,945,000, part of the sum of $12,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1931 by the Acts approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 750), and May 5, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 261), and $9,555,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal yearVol. 45., p. 750.*Ante*, pp. 261, 805. 1932 by the Act approved May 5, 1930: *Provided*, That the Secretary*Provisos*.Apportionment to States, etc. of Agriculture 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 $12,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, by the Act approved May 5, 1930: *Provided further*,Approved projects deemed Federal obligations. That the 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 Govern-1276State, etc., limitation.ment for the payment of the cost thereof: *Provided further*, That the total expenditures on account of any State or Territory shall at no time exceed its authorized apportionment: *Provided further*, Storage.That 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 $2,500: *Provided further*, Lands and buildings for road equipment.That there shall be available from this appropriation not to exceed $15,000 for the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, gift, grant, dedication, or otherwise of land and not to exceed $120,000 for the acquisition by purchase or construction of a building or buildings for the storage and repair of Government equipment for use in the construction and maintenance of roads. Federal aid highway system.federal-aid highway system Cooperation 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; Vol. 45, p. 750.[U. S. C., p. 422; Supp. IV, p. 311](/us/usc/p422).For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat., pp. 355–359), 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 $579,110 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $125,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $42,400,000, a part of the sum of $75,000,000 authorized to be apropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, by paragraph 1 of the Act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 750), and $50,000,000, the sum authorized to be *Ante*, p. 141.appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, by paragraph 2 of the Act approved April 4, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 141), and $32,600,000, part of the sum of $125,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, by paragraph 1 of the Act approved April 4, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 141). Georgia and South Carolina, flood damages.Road and bridge flood relief, Georgia and South Carolina: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of the State of *Ante*, pp. 386, 489.Georgia for damage to and destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929,” approved May 27, 1930, and the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of the State of South Carolina for damage to and destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929,” approved June Balance available.*Ante*, p. 872.2, 1930, the unexpended balances of the appropriations for these purposes contained in the Second Deficiency Act, 1930, shall remain available until June 30, 1932. Alabama, flood relief.Unexpended balance reappropriated.*Ante*, p. 99.Relief of the State of Alabama: The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $1,660,000 contained in the First Deficiency Act. fiscal year 1930, for carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of the State of Alabama for damage to and destruction of roads and bridges by floods in 1929,” approved March 12, 1930, shall remain available until June 30, 1932. Drought relief, Southern States.Advances to farmers, etc.*Ante*, pp. 1032, 1039.To enable the Secretary of Agriculture, for the crop of 1931, to make advances or loans to farmers in the States of Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, who suffered storm and/or drought losses to crops in 1929 and 1930, where he shall find that an emergency need for such assistance exists, for the purchase of seed of suitable crops, fertilizer, feed for work stock, and/or fuel and oil for tractors used for crop production, upon such terms and conditions and subject to such regulations as he shall prescribe: 1277 *Provided*, That a first lien on all crops growing, or to be planted and*Proviso*.To be a first lien on crops. grown, during the year 1931 shall in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture be deemed sufficient security for such advance or loan, to be immediately available, $2,000,000. Total, Department of Agriculture, $215,579,082. Approved, February 23, 1931.
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