Chapter 3.
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CHAP. 3.— Joint Resolution To provide funds for the eradication, control, and prevention of the spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly. May 2, 1929.[[H. J. Res. 56](/us/bill/71/hjres/56).][[Pub. Res., No. 1](/us/bill/71/pubres/1).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Mediterranean fruit fly.Sum available for emergency expenses in eradicating, etc.Vol. 45, p. 895. That to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the emergency caused by the presence of the Mediterranean fruit fly in the United States, not to exceed $4,250,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation *Post*, pp. 53, 422.of $5,000,000 for establishing and enforcing noncotton zones carried in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, is hereby made available until June 30, 1930, for necessary expenses for the eradication, control, and prevention of the spread of this pest, the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and for other expenses, including objects specified in the Agricultural Vol. 45, pp. 564, 1215.Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1929 and 1930 under the heading “Salaries and general expenses, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration,” and for necessary investigations, for printing, and for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation 3of passenger-carrying vehicles outside of the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture no*Proviso*.Cooperative State, etc., contributions may be required. expenditure shall be made hereunder until a sum or sums adequate to State cooperation shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, county, or local authorities or individuals or organizations.
Approved, May 2, 1929.