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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · June 30, 1940 · Public Law 160

Public Law 160.

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(/us/pl/76/159)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, namely: TITLE I— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1940. Office of the Secretary salaries For the Secretary of Agriculture, Under Secretary of Agriculture, Salaries.*Provisos*.Salaries limited to average rates under Classification Act; exception.[42 Stat. 1488](/us/stat/42/1488).[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674;
Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c). Assistant Secretary, and for other personal services in the District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $581,920: *Provided*, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations contained in this Act for the payment of 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 53 Stat. 940 the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act as If only one position in a grade.Restriction not applicable to clericalme-chanical service.No reduction in fixed salaries.[42 Stat. 1490](/us/stat/42/1490).[5 U. S. C. § 666](/us/usc/t5/s666).Transfers without reduction.Higher rates permitted.If only one position in a grade.Contracts for stenographic reporting services.Options to purchase lands.Allowances for living quarters abroad.[46 Stat. 818](/us/stat/46/818).[5 U. S. C. § 118a](/us/usc/t5/s118a).Advance payments.Employees predicting future prices of cotton; payments to, forbidden.Spray insecticides on fruits, etc., use of funds for certain laboratory investigations forbidden. amended and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusually meritorious cases of one position 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, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, 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,
(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, or
(5)to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to contract for stenographic reporting services, and the appropriations made in this Act shall be available for such purposes: *Provided further*, That 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*, That not to exceed $54,000 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 heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a): *Provided further*, That with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture employees of the Department of Agriculture stationed abroad may enter into leases for official quarters, for periods not exceeding one year, and may pay rent, telephone, subscriptions to publications, and other charges incident to the conduct of their offices and the discharge of their duties, in advance, in any foreign country where custom or practice requires payment in advance: *Provided further*, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast with respect to future prices of cotton or the trend of same: *Provided further*, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for laboratory investigations to determine the possibly harmful effects on human beings of spray insecticides on fruits and vegetables. miscellaneous expenses, department of agriculture Miscellaneous expenses.Vehicles. For stationery, supplies, materials, and equipment, freight, express, and drayage charges, advertising and press clippings, communication service, postage, washing towels, repairs, and alterations; for the maintenance, repair, and operation of one motorcycle and not to exceed three motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (including one for the Secretary of Agriculture, one for general utility needs of the entire Department, and one for the Forest Service) and purchase of 53 Stat. 941 one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle at not to exceed $1,500, including the exchange value of one such vehicle, for official purposes only; 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, $108,250: *Provided*, That this appropriation *Provisos*.Maintenance, etc., of vehicles; reimbursement from other appropriations.[42 Stat. 508](/us/stat/42/508).[5 U. S. C. § 543](/us/usc/t5/s543).Maintenance of stationery, etc., stocks.Maximum.Reimbursement from other appropriations.[47 Stat. 417](/us/stat/47/417).[31 U. S. C. § 686](/us/usc/t31/s686).Salaries and expenses, handling, etc., supplies.Use of central storehouse.Segregation of transactions.Purchase of domestic twine. shall be available for the payment of salaries of employees engaged in the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor transport vehicles, and that this appropriation shall be reimbursed from the appropriation made for any bureau or office for which such service is performed, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1922 (5 U. S. C. 543): *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Agriculture, during the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made, may maintain stocks of stationery, supplies, equipment, and miscellaneous materials sufficient to meet, in whole or in part, requirements of the bureaus and offices of the Department in the city of Washington and elsewhere, but not to exceed in the aggregate $200,000 in value at the close of the fiscal year, and the appropriations of such bureaus, offices, and agencies available for the purchase of stationery, supplies, equipment, and miscellaneous materials shall be available to reimburse the appropriation for miscellaneous expenses current at the time supplies are allotted, assigned, or issued, or when payment is received; for transfer for the purchase of inventory; and tor transfer pursuant to the provisions of section 601 of the Act approved June 30, 1932 (31 U. S. C. 686): *Provided further*, That the appropriations made hereunder shall be available for the payment of salaries and expenses for purchasing, storing, handling, packing, or shipping supplies and blank forms, and there shall be charged proportionately as a part of the cost of supplies issued an amount to cover such salaries and expenses, and in the case of blank forms and supplies not purchased from this appropriation an amount to cover such salaries and expenses shall be charged proportionately to the proper appropriation: *Provided further*, That the facilities of the central storehouse of the Department shall to the fullest extent practicable be used to make unnecessary the maintenance of separate bureau storehouse activities in the Department: *Provided further*, That a separate schedule of expenditures, transfers of funds, or other transactions hereunder shall be included in the annual Budget: *Provided further*, That, except to provide materials required in or incident to research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities or materials produced outside of the United States. rent of buildings in the district of columbia For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of Rent of buildings, D. C. Columbia, for use of the various bureaus, divisions, and offices of the Department of Agriculture, $193,600. Total, Office of the Secretary, $883,770. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR Salaries and expenses: For the employment of personal services in Salaries and expenses. the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and for other necessary expenses, $232,480, of which not to exceed $187,781 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 53 Stat. 942 OFFICE OF INFORMATION salaries and expenses Salaries and expenses.Personal services. 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 for, $383,040, of which not to exceed $360,780 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia. printing and binding Printing and binding.Annual Report of the Secretary.[28 Stat. 601, 612](/us/stat/28/601/612); [38 Stat. 1110](/us/stat/38/1110); [49 Stat. 1550](/us/stat/49/1550).[44 U. S. C. §§ 111, 212–220, 222, 241, 244; Supp. IV, §§ 215, 215a](/us/usc/t44/s111/212–220/222/241/244/215/215a); [7 U. S. C. § 418](/us/usc/t7/s418); [5 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 108](/us/usc/t5/s108).[34 Stat. 825](/us/stat/34/825).[44 U. S. C. §§ 214, 224](/us/usc/t44/s214/224).Farmers’ bulletins.Exceptions.[40 Stat. 1270](/us/stat/40/1270).[44 U. S. C. §§ 111, 220](/us/usc/t44/s111/220).*Provisos*.Transfer of certain funds for printing, etc., in connection with market quotas.[52 Stat. 31](/us/stat/52/31).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, ch. 35](/us/usc/t7/35).[49 Stat. 774](/us/stat/49/774).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 612 (c)](/us/usc/t7/s612/c).[52 Stat. 45](/us/stat/52/45).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1303](/us/usc/t7/s1303).Maximum amount. 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, $1,609,570, including the purchase of reprints of scientific and technical articles published in periodicals and journals; the Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, as required by the Acts of January 12, 1895 (44 U. S. C. 111, 212–220, 222, 241, 244), March 4, 1915 (7 U. S. C. 418), and June 20, 1936 (5 U. S. C. 108), and in pursuance of the Act approved March 30, 1906 (44 U. S. C. 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 Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct, but not including work done at the field printing plants of the Weather Bureau and of the Forest Service authorized by the Joint Committee on Printing, in accordance with the Act approved March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111, 220): *Provided*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to this appropriation from the appropriation made for “Conservation and Use of Agricultural Land Resources” such sums as may be necessary for printing and binding in connection with marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and from funds appropriated to carry into effect the terms of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 612c), as amended, such sums as may be necessary for printing and binding in connection with the activities under said section 32, and from funds appropriated for parity payments under section 303 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, such sums as may be necessary for printing and binding in connection with such payments: *Provided further*, That the total amount that may be transferred under the authority granted in the preceding proviso shall not exceed $600,000. Total, Office of Information, $1,992,610. LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Salaries and expenses. Salaries and expenses: For purchase and exchange of books of reference, law books, technical and scientific books, periodicals, and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series; not to exceed $1,200 for newspapers; for dues, when authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture, 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 53 Stat. 943 for library fixtures, library cards, supplies, and for all other necessary expenses, $109,220, of which amount not to exceed $75,250 may Personal services. be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS payments to states, hawaii, alaska, and puerto rico for agricultural experiment stations Hatch Act: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved Support of stations.[24 Stat. 440](/us/stat/24/440).[7 U. S. C. §§ 362, 363, 365, 368, 377–379](/us/usc/t7/s362/363/365/368/377–379).College-aid land grants.[12 Stat. 503](/us/stat/12/503).[7 U. S. C. §§ 301–308](/us/usc/t7/s301–308). March 2, 1887 (7 U. S. C. 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 provisions of an Act approved July 2, 1862 (7 U. S. C. 301–308), and of the Acts supplementary thereto”, the sums apportioned to the several States, to be paid quarterly in advance, $720,000. Adams Act: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved Increased allotments.[34 Stat. 63](/us/stat/34/63).[7 U. S. C. § 369](/us/usc/t7/s369). March 16, 1906 (7 U. S. C. 369), 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. Purnell Act: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled Further allotments.[43 Stat. 970](/us/stat/43/970).[7 U. S. C. §§ 361, 366, 370, 371, 373–376, 380, 382](/us/usc/t7/s361/366/370/371/373–376/380/382). “An Act to authorize the more complete endowment of agricultural experiment stations”, approved February 24, 1925 (7 U. S. C. 361, 366, 370, 371, 373–376, 380, 382), $2,880,000. Hawaii: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled “An Hawaii.[45 Stat. 571](/us/stat/45/571).[7 U. S. C. §§ 386–386b](/us/usc/t7/s386–386b). Act to extend the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of Hawaii”, approved May 16, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 386–386b), $60,000. Alaska: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled “An Alaska.[45 Stat. 1256](/us/stat/45/1256).[7 U. S. C. § 386c](/us/usc/t7/s386c).Benefits of other provisions extended to.[49 Stat. 1554](/us/stat/49/1554).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 369a](/us/usc/t7/s369a). Act to extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the Smith-Lever Act to the Territory of Alaska”, approved February 23, 1929 (7 U. S. C. 386c), $15,000; and the provisions of section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the benefits of the Adams Act, the Purnell Act, and the Capper-Ketcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved June 20, 1936 (7 U. S. C. 369a), $8,750; in all, for Alaska, $23,750. Puerto Rico: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled Puerto Rico.[46 Stat. 1520](/us/stat/46/1520).[7 U. S. C. §§ 386d–386f](/us/usc/t7/s386d–386f). “An Act to coordinate the agricultural experiment station work and to extend the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of Puerto Rico”, approved March 4, 1931 (7 U. S. C. 386d–386f), $45,000. Title I, Bankhead-Jones Act: For payments to States, Hawaii, Research into basic agricultural laws and principles.[49 Stat. 436](/us/stat/49/436).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 427–427g](/us/usc/t7/s427–427g). Alaska, and Puerto Rico, pursuant to authorizations contained in title I of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges”, approved June 29, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 427–427g), $2,400,000. In all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico for Total. agricultural experiment stations, $6,848,750. salaries and expenses Administration of grants to States and coordination of research: To Administration of grants to States, etc.[24 Stat. 440](/us/stat/24/440); [34 Stat. 63](/us/stat/34/63); [43 Stat. 970](/us/stat/43/970); [45 Stat. 571, 1256](/us/stat/45/571/1256); [46 Stat. 1520](/us/stat/46/1520); [49 Stat. 1553](/us/stat/49/1553).[7 U. S. C. §§ 361–363, 365, 366, 368–371, 373–380, 382, 386–386f; Supp. IV, § 369a](/us/usc/t7/s361–363/365/366/368–371/373–380/382/386–386f/369a). enable the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of the Acts approved March 2, 1887 (7 U. S. C. 362, 363, 365, 368, 377–379), March 16, 1906 (7 U. S. C. 369, 375), February 24, 1925 (7 U. S. C. 361, 366, 370, 371, 373–376, 380, 382), May 16, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 386–386b), February 23, 1929 (7 U. S. C. 386c), March 4, 1931 (7 U. S. C. 386d–386f), and June 20, 1936 (7 U. S. C. 369a), and Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, relative to their administration and for 53 Stat. 944 Puerto Rico, station.Form of annual financial statement, etc. the administration of an agricultural experiment station in Puerto Rico, including the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $161,735; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required under the above Acts, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with their provisions, coordinate the research work of the Department of Agriculture and coordinate the research work of the Department with that of the State agricultural colleges and experiment stations in the lines authorized in said Acts, and make report thereon to Congress. Insular experiment stations.*Proviso*.Transfer of equipment.[45 Stat. 571](/us/stat/45/571).[7 U. S. C. §§ 386–386b](/us/usc/t7/s386–386b).Sale of products; deposit of receipts. Insular experiment stations: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain an agricultural experiment station in Puerto Rico, including the erection of buildings, the preparation, illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, $83,000: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may, at his discretion, transfer such property and equipment including the library, of the Hawaii Experiment Station, formerly maintained by the Department of Agriculture, as he may deem necessary and advisable to the experiment station of the University of Hawaii, which has been conducted jointly and in collaboration with the former Federal station under the Act of May 16, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 386–386b); and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment station in Puerto Rico, 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, $244,735. Personal services.Vehicles, field service. Total, Office of Experiment Stations, $7,093,485, of which amount not to exceed $150,105 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $750 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. SPECIAL RESEARCH FUND, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Administrative expenses.[49 Stat. 436](/us/stat/49/436).[7 U. S. C., Supp.IV, §§ 427, 427b, 427c, 427f](/us/usc/t7/s427/427b/427c/427f).Special research work.Personal services.Vehicles. For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges”, approved June 29, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 427, 427b, 427c, 427f); for administration of the provisions of section 5 of the said Act, and for special research work, including the planning, programming, coordination, and printing the results of such research, to be conducted by such agencies of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate or establish, and to which he may make allotments from this fund, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia, $1,400,000. EXTENSION SERVICE payments to states, hawaii, alaska, and puerto rico Further cooperation with State colleges. Capper-Ketcham extension work: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act 53 Stat. 945 to provide for the further development of agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act entitled ‘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 (7 [12 Stat. 503](/us/stat/12/503); [45 Stat. 711](/us/stat/45/711).[7 U. S. C. §§ 301–308, 343a, 343b](/us/usc/t7/s301–308/343a/343b). U. S. C. 301–308), and all Acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture”, approved May 22, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 343a, 343b), $1,480,000. Extension work, Act of April 24, 1939: To enable the Secretary of Cooperative extension work, etc.*Ante*, p. 589. Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work”, approved April 24, 1939 (Public, Numbered 41, Seventy-sixth Congress), $203,000. Extension work, section 21, Bankhead-Jones Act: To enable Cooperative State agricultural extension work.[49 Stat. 438](/us/stat/49/438).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 343c](/us/usc/t7/s343c). the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of section 21, title II, of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges”, approved June 29, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 343c), $12,000,000. Alaska: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect Alaska.[45 Stat. 1256](/us/stat/45/1256).[7 U. S. C. § 386c](/us/usc/t7/s386c).Benefits of designated Acts extended to.[49 Stat. 1554](/us/stat/49/1554).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 343e](/us/usc/t7/s343e). the provisions 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 (7 U. S. C. 386c), $13,918; and the provisions of section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the benefits of the Adams Act, the Purnell Act, and the Capper-Ketcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes”, approved June 20, 1936 (7 U. S. C. 343e), $7,500; in all, for Alaska, $21,418. Puerto Rico: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into Puerto Rico.[50 Stat. 881](/us/stat/50/881).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 343f, 343g](/us/usc/t7/s343f/343g). effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the benefits of section 21 of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico”, approved August 28, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 343f–343g), $65,000. In all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico for Total. agricultural extension work, $13,769,418. salaries and expenses General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general General administrative expenses. administrative purposes, including personal services in the District of Columbia, $126,246. Farmers’ cooperative demonstration work: For farmers’ cooperative Farmers’ cooperative demonstration work.Farmers’ institutes.*Proviso*.Acceptance of voluntary contributions within State. demonstration work, including special suggestions of plans and methods for more effective dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations and of improved methods of agricultural practice, at farmers’ institutes and in agricultural instruction, and for such work on Government reclamation projects, and for personal services in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, and all other necessary expenses, $560,170: *Provided*, That the expense of such service shall be defrayed from this appropriation and such cooperative funds as may be voluntarily contributed by State, county, and municipal agencies, associations of farmers, and individual farmers, universities, colleges, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, other local associations of businessmen, business organizations, and individuals within the State. Motion pictures: For the preparation and distribution of motion Motion and sound pictures, etc.Preparation and distribution. and sound pictures, and sound recordings, as a means of disseminating information to farmers and others on the results of scientific research of the Department, and of teaching improved methods and practices 53 Stat. 946 in agriculture, home economics, and other subjects related to the work of the Department of Agriculture; including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $79,000. Agricultural exhibits at fairs. Agricultural exhibits at fairs: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make suitable agricultural exhibits at State, interstate, and international fairs held within the United States, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $85,000. Cooperative farm forestry extension work.[43 Stat. 654](/us/stat/43/654).[16 U. S. C. § 568](/us/usc/t16/s568). Cooperative farm forestry extension work: For cooperation with appropriate officials of the various States or with other suitable agencies to assist the owners of farms in establishing, improving, and renewing wood lots, shelterbelts, windbreaks, and other valuable forest growth, and in growing and renewing useful timber crops under the provisions 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 to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor”, approved June 7, 1924 (16 U. S. C. 564–570), including personal services in the District of Columbia, $77,898. Personal services. In all, salaries and expenses, $928,314, of which amount not to exceed $692,816 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Total, Extension Service, $14,697,732. FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE Administrative expenses.[46 Stat. 497](/us/stat/46/497).[7 U. S. C. §§ 541–545](/us/usc/t7/s541–545).Cooperation with Government agencies. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to promote the agriculture of the United States by expanding in the foreign field the service now rendered by the United States Department of Agriculture in acquiring and diffusing useful information regarding agriculture, and for other purposes”, approved June 5, 1930 (7 U. S. C. 541–545), and 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, and including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and the purchase of such books and periodicals and not to exceed $1,000 for newspapers as may be necessary in connection with this work, $295,000. Grand total, Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, $26,704,297. WEATHER BUREAU salaries and expenses Salaries and expenses.[26 Stat. 653](/us/stat/26/653).[15 U. S. C. §§ 311–313, 317; Supp. IV, 313](/us/usc/t15/s311–313/317/313).[52 Stat. 1014](/us/stat/52/1014).[49 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 603](/us/usc/t49/s603).Buildings and grounds. For the employment of persons and means required 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 Bermuda, and in Alaska the provisions of an Act approved October 1, 1890 (15 U. S. C. 311–313, 317), so far as they relate to the weather service transferred thereby to the Department of Agriculture, and section 803 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 (49 U. S. C. 603); for repair, alterations, and improvements to existing buildings and care and preservation of 53 Stat. 947 grounds, including the construction of necessary outbuildings and sidewalks on public streets, abutting Weather Bureau grounds; for the erection of temporary buildings for living quarters of observers; Living quarters of observers.Telegraphing, etc.Issuing forecasts and warnings.Cooperation with other bureaus, etc. 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 establishment, equipment, and maintenance of meteorological offices and stations and for the issuing of weather forecasts and warnings of storms, cold waves, frosts, and heavy snows, the gaging and measuring of the flow of rivers and the issuing of river forecasts and warnings; for observations and reports relating to crops; and for other necessary observations and reports, including cooperation with other bureaus of the Government and societies and institutions of learning as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general Administrative expenses. administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $145,000. General weather service and research: For necessary expenses incident General weather service and research.Weather relationship to forest fires.[45 Stat. 701](/us/stat/45/701).[16 U. S. C. § 581e](/us/usc/t16/s581e).International Meteorological Committee.Printing office.*Proviso*.Restriction. 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 $3,930 for investigations of the relationship of weather conditions to forest fires, under section 6 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (16 U. S. C. 581e), $2,527,870, of which not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for the contribution of the United States to the cost of the office of the secretariat of the International Meteorological Committee, 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 done by the Weather Bureau that can be done at the Government Printing Office without impairing the service of said Bureau. Airways weather service and research: For promoting the safety Airways weather service and research.[52 Stat. 1014](/us/stat/52/1014).[49 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 603](/us/usc/t49/s603). and efficiency of aircraft as provided by section 803 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, and for the maintenance of stations for observing, measuring, and investigating atmospheric phenomena, including salaries and other expenses, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $3,500,000. Total, salaries and expenses, Weather Bureau, $6,172,870, of which Personal services.*Proviso*.Part-time employees. amount not to exceed $722,719 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That Weather Bureau part-time employees, appointed by designation or otherwise, under regulations of the Civil Service Commission, for observational work, may perform odd jobs in the installation, repair, improvement, alteration, cleaning, or removal of Government property and receive compensation therefor at rates of pay to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture. weather bureau building, washington, district of columbia Weather Bureau Building: For the construction and equipment, Construction and equipment. on the site of the Weather Bureau in the District of Columbia, of the first unit of an extensible building for the use of said Bureau, including necessary alterations in the existing Weather Bureau buildings, to remain available until expended, $250,000. Total, Weather Bureau, $6,172,870. 53 Stat. 948 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY salaries and expenses Salaries and expenses.[23 Stat. 31](/us/stat/23/31).[7 U. S. C. § 391](/us/usc/t7/s391); [21 U. S. C. §§ 112–119, 130](/us/usc/t7/s112–119/130).[26 Stat. 833](/us/stat/26/833).[45 U. S. C. §§ 75, 76](/us/usc/t45/s75/76).[26 Stat. 414](/us/stat/26/414).[21 U. S. C. §§ 101–105](/us/usc/t21/s101–105).Contagious diseases, etc.[32 Stat. 791](/us/stat/32/791).[21 U. S. C. §§ 111–113, 120–122](/us/usc/t21/s111–113/120–122).Cattle quarantine.[33 Stat. 1264](/us/stat/33/1264).[21 U. S. C. §§ 123–128](/us/usc/t21/s123–128).Twenty-eight hour law.[34 Stat. 607](/us/stat/34/607).[45 U. S. C. §§ 71–74](/us/usc/t45/s71–74).Meat inspection.[34 Stat. 674, 1260](/us/stat/34/674/1260); [41 Stat. 241](/us/stat/41/241).[21 U. S. C. §§ 95, 71–94, 96; Supp. IV, § 91](/us/usc/t21/s95/71–94/96/91).[48 Stat. 1225](/us/stat/48/1225).[31 U. S. C. § 725a](/us/usc/t31/s725a).[52 Stat. 1235](/us/stat/52/1235).[21 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 91](/us/usc/t21/s91).Animal viruses, etc.[37 Stat. 832](/us/stat/37/832).[21 U. S. C. §§ 151–158](/us/usc/t21/s151–158).Inspections at other than headquarters.Credit of fees to appropriate fund.Collection and dissemination of information.Personal services.Tuberculin, serums, etc., purchase of samples.Purchase and destruction of diseased, etc., animals, including poultry. For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved May 29, 1884 (7 U. S. C. 391; 21 U. S. C. 112–119, 130), establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry, and the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1891 (45 U. S. C. 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 (21 U. S. C. 101–105), providing for the importation of animals into the United States, and for other purposes; and the provisions of the Act approved February 2, 1903 (21 U. S. C. 111–113, 120–122), to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to more effectually suppress and prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of livestock, and for other purposes; and also the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1905 (21 U. S. C. 123–128), to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine districts, to permit and regulate the movement of cattle and other livestock therefrom, and for other purposes; and for carrying out the provisions of the Act of June 29, 1906 (45 U. S. C. 71–74), 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 Meat Inspection Act of June 30, 1906 (21 U. S. C. 95), as amended by the Act of March 4, 1907 (21 U. S. C. 71–94), as extended to equine meat by the Act of July 24, 1919 (21 U. S. C. 96), as authorized by section 2
(a)of the Act of June 26, 1934 (31 U. S. C. 725a), and as further amended by the Act of June 29, 1938 (21 U. S. C. 91); and for carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1913 (21 U. S. C. 151–158), regulating the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous products manufactured in the United States and the importation of such products intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals; and the Secretary of Agriculture, upon application of any exporter, importer, packer, owner, agent of, or dealer, in livestock, hides, skins, meat, or other animal products, may, in his discretion, make inspections and examinations at places other than the headquarters of inspectors for the convenience of said applicants and charge the applicants for the expenses of travel and subsistence incurred for such inspections and examinations, the funds derived from such charges to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation from which the expenses are paid; 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 persons and means in the city of Washington or elsewhere; to purchase in the open market samples of all tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, or analogous products, of foreign or domestic manufacture, which are sold in the United States, for the detection, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, to test the same, and to disseminate the results of said tests in such manner as he may deem best; to purchase and destroy diseased or exposed animals, including poultry, or quarantine the same whenever in his judgment essential to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, contagious poultry diseases, or other diseases of animals from one State to another, as follows: General administrative expenses. General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $170,120. Animal husbandry.Feeding, breeding, etc., experiments. Animal husbandry: For investigations and experiments in animal husbandry; for experiments in animal feeding and breeding, including 53 Stat. 949 cooperation with the State agricultural experiment stations and other agencies, including repairs and additions to and erection of buildings absolutely necessary to carry on the experiments, $802,880, including $12,500 for livestock experiments and demonstrations at Big Spring Texas, cooperative demonstrations, etc.; conditions.*Proviso*.Poultry feeding and breeding. or elsewhere in Texas, to be available only when the State of Texas, or other cooperating 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 1940: *Provided*, That of the sum thus appropriated $243,957 may be used for experiments in poultry feeding and breeding, of which amount $45,000 may be used in cooperation with State authorities in the administration of regulations for the improvement of poultry, poultry products, and hatcheries. Diseases of animals: For scientific investigations of diseases of Animal diseases, investigations.Beltsville, Md, station.*Proviso*.Contagious abortion of animals. animals, including the construction of necessary buildings at Beltsville, Maryland, and necessary expenses for investigations of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, and analogous products, $462,000: *Provided*, That of said sum $78,182 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. Eradicating tuberculosis and Bang’s disease: For the control and Eradicating tuberculosis and Bang’s disease.Unobligated balances reappropriated.[52 Stat. 720](/us/stat/52/720); [48 Stat. 805](/us/stat/48/805); [49 Stat. 775](/us/stat/49/775).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 612b](/us/usc/t7/s612b).*Provisos*.Indemnities for destroyed animals.State, etc., cooperation.Compensation, limitation.Experimentation.[49 Stat. 775](/us/stat/49/775).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 612b](/us/usc/t7/s612b). eradication of the diseases of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, avian tuberculosis, and Bang’s disease of cattle, $8,300,000, together with the unobligated balances of the funds reappropriated under this head for the fiscal year 1939 by the Agricultural Appropriation Act for that year from unobligated balances of funds made available by the Act of May 25, 1934 (48 Stat. 805), and section 37 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 612b): *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, or cattle reacting to the test for Bang’s disease, and 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 for the payment of indemnities to owners of such animals but, except as hereinafter provided, 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 at the time of inspection or test, or at the time of condemnation thereof, it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been sold, shipped, or delivered for the purpose of being slaughtered: *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 between the appraised value of such cattle and the value of the salvage thereof; that no payment hereunder shall exceed the amount paid or to be paid by the State, Territory, county, and municipality where the animal shall be condemned; and that in no case shall any payment hereunder be more than $25 for any grade animal or more than $50 for any purebred animal: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount herein made available may be used for continuation of scientific experimentation in diseases of livestock as authorized by section 37 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 612b). 53 Stat. 950 Eradicating southern cattle ticks.*Provisos*.Limitation on purchase of animals, etc.Materials for dipping vats.State, etc., cooperation. Eradicating cattle ticks: For the eradication of southern cattle ticks, $475,000: *Provided*, That, except upon the written order of the Secretary of Agriculture, 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: *Provided further*, That on and after May 1 of the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made, in any State or Territory whose legislature has been in regular session subsequent to the beginning of such fiscal year, no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures, or contributions other than money of the value equivalent to such expenditures, shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by the State, county, or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations concerned. Hog-cholera control. Hog-cholera control: For the control and eradication of hog cholera and related swine diseases, 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, $122,000. Inspection and quarantine.Mallein testing of animals. Inspection and quarantine: For inspection and quarantine work, including the eradication of scabies in sheep and cattle and dourine in horses, 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, $680,000. Meat inspection.[34 Stat. 674, 1260](/us/stat/34/674/1260); [41 Stat. 241](/us/stat/41/241).[21 U. S. C. §§ 95, 71–94, 96; Supp. IV, § 91](/us/usc/t21/s95/71–94/96/91).[48 Stat. 1225](/us/stat/48/1225).[31 U. S. C. § 725a](/us/usc/t31/s725a).[52 Stat. 1235](/us/stat/52/1235).[21 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 91](/us/usc/t21/s91).Printed tags, stamps, etc. Meat inspection: For expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Meat Inspection Act of June 30, 1906 (21 U. S. C. 95), as amended by the Act of March 4, 1907 (21 U. S. C. 71–94), as extended to equine meat by the Act of July 24, 1919 (21 U. S. C. 96), as authorized by section 2
(a)of the Act of June 26, 1934 (31 U. S. C. 725a), and as further amended by the Act of June 29, 1938 (21 U. S. C. 91), including the purchase of printed tags, labels, stamps, and certificates without regard to existing laws applicable to public printing, $5,433,000. Virus Serum Toxin Act.[37 Stat. 832](/us/stat/37/832).[21 U. S. C. §§ 151–158](/us/usc/t21/s151–158). Virus Serum Toxin Act: For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1913 (21 U. S. C. 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, $218,712. Marketing agreements, hog cholera virus and serum.[48 Stat. 38](/us/stat/48/38).[7 U. S. C. § 612; Supp. IV, § 612](/us/usc/t7/s612).[49 Stat. 781](/us/stat/49/781).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 851–855](/us/usc/t7/s851–855). Marketing agreements with respect to hog cholera virus and serum: The sum of $30,000 of the appropriation made by section 12
(a)of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, approved May 12, 1933, is hereby made available during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made to carry into effect sections 56 to 60, inclusive, of the Act approved August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 851–855), entitled “An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes”, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. In all, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, $16,663,712. 53 Stat. 951 eradication of foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases of animals In case of an emergency arising out of the existence of foot-and-mouth Emergency eradication of foot-and-mouth, etc., diseases.Balances available.Payment for destroyed animals.*Provisos*.Basis of appraisements.Limitation.Eradication of European fowl pest, etc.[43 Stat. 682](/us/stat/43/682). disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious disease of animals, which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, threatens the livestock industry of the country, he may expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere any unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made for this purpose in the arrest and eradication of any such disease, including the payment of claims growing out of past and future purchases and destruction, in cooperation with the States, of animals affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circumstances, when such owner has complied with all lawful quarantine 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: *Provided further*, That the sum of $5,000 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 contagious or infectious diseases of animals, is hereby made available during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to control and eradicate the European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry. Total, Bureau of Animal Industry, $16,663,712, of which amount Personal services.Vehicles. not to exceed $768,898 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horsedrawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRY salaries and expenses For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved May 29, Salaries and expenses.[43 Stat. 243](/us/stat/43/243).[7 U. S. C. §§ 401–404](/us/usc/t7/s401–404). 1924 (7 U. S. C. 401–404), establishing a Bureau of Dairying, for salaries in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and for all other necessary expenses, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general Administrative expenses. administrative purposes, including the salary of the Chief of Bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $75,500. Dairy investigations: For conducting investigations, experiments, Investigations, demonstrations, etc. and demonstrations 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 $5,000 for the construction of buildings, $645,905. Total, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Dairy Industry, $721,405, Personal services. of which amount not to exceed $343,510 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 53 Stat. 952 BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY salaries and expenses Investigation of fruits, plants, etc.*Proviso*.Cost of buildings. For the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other plants and plant industries, and of soils and soil-plant relationships, in cooperation with other branches of the Department, the State experiment stations, and practical farmers; for the erection of necessary farm buildings: *Provided*, That the cost of any building erected, except head houses connecting greenhouses, shall not exceed $2,500; and for the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere required for the investigations, experiments, and demonstrations herein authorized, as follows: Administrative expenses. General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $202,442. Arlington, Va., experimental farm, etc.[31 Stat. 135](/us/stat/31/135). 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 accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 18, 1900 (31 Stat. 135, 136), $49,414. Wild plants and grazing lands, improvement, etc.Eradication of noxious weeds. Botany: For investigation, improvement, and utilization of wild plants and grazing lands, and for determining the distribution of weeds and means of their control, $76,635, of which $40,000 shall be expended for scientific investigation concerning control and eradication of whitetop, bind weed, and other noxious weeds. Cereal crops and diseases, investigation, etc. Cereal crops and diseases: For the investigation and improvement 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, $551,121. Cotton, etc., production and diseases.Sea Island cotton. Cotton and other fiber crops and diseases: For investigation of the production of cotton and other fiber crops, including the improvement by cultural methods, breeding, and selection, fiber yield and quality, and the control of diseases, $424,385, of which sum not less than $14,700 shall be used for experimenting in Sea Island cotton, including its hybridization with other varieties. Drug, etc., plants. Drug and related plants: For the investigation, testing, and improvement of plants yielding drugs, spices, poisons, oils, and related products and byproducts, $47,139. Dry-land agriculture.*Proviso*.New field stations forbidden. Dry-land agriculture: For the investigation and improvement of methods of crop production under subhumid, semiarid, or dry-land conditions, $226,828: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the establishment of any new field station. Experimental greenhouse maintenance. Experimental greenhouse maintenance: For maintenance and operation of experimental greenhouses and adjacent experimental grounds and plots, $77,372. Forage crops and diseases. Forage crops and diseases: For the investigation and improvement of forage crops, including grasses, alfalfas, clovers, soybeans, lespedezas, vetches, cowpeas, field peas, and miscellaneous legumes; for the investigation of green-manure crops and cover crops; for investigations looking to the improvement of pastures; and for the investigation of forage-crop diseases and methods of control, $313,450. Forest pathology. Forest pathology: For the investigation of diseases of forest and ornamental trees and shrubs, including a study of the nature and habits of the parasitic fungi causing the chestnut-tree bark disease, the white-pine blister rust, and other epidemic tree diseases, for the purpose of discovering new methods of control and applying methods of eradication or control already discovered, and including $132,569 53 Stat. 953 for investigations of diseases of forest trees and forest products, under section 3 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (16 U. S. C. 581b), [45 Stat. 701](/us/stat/45/701).[16 U. S. C. § 581b](/us/usc/t16/s581b). $265,392. Fruit and vegetable crops and diseases: For investigation and control Fruit and vegetable crops and diseases. of 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 utilizing these products, and for studies of the physiological and related changes of such products during processes of marketing and while in commercial storage, $1,348,982. Genetics and biophysics: For biophysical investigations in connection Genetics and biophysics. with the various lines of work herein authorized, $31,675. Irrigation agriculture: For investigations of crop production on Irrigation agriculture. irrigable lands, the quality of irrigation water and its use by crops, and methods for improving and maintaining the productivity of irrigated soils, $152,674. Mycology and disease survey: For mycological collections and the Mycology and disease survey. maintenance of a plant-disease survey, $45,818. National Arboretum: For the maintenance and development of the National Arboretum.[44 Stat. 1422](/us/stat/44/1422).[20 U. S. C. §§ 191–194](/us/usc/t20/s191–194).Consulting landscape architects.[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c). National Arboretum established under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a National Arboretum, and for other purposes”, approved March 4, 1927 (20 U. S. C. 191–194), erection of buildings, employment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and traveling expenses of employees and advisory council, $54,587, of which such amounts as may be necessary may be expended by contract or otherwise for the services of consulting landscape architects without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or civil-service rules. Nematology: For crop technological investigations, including the Nematology. study of plant-infesting nematodes, $48,961. Plant exploration and introduction: For investigations in seed Plant exploration and introduction.*Proviso*.Glenn Dale, Md, additional land. 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, $200,933: *Provided*, That not to exceed $1,400 of this amount may be expended for the purchase of approximately twenty acres of land to enlarge the United States Plant Introduction Garden at Glenn Dale, Maryland. Plant nutrition: For plant-nutrition investigations, $16,024. Plant nutrition. Rubber and other tropical plants: For investigation of crops from Rubber, etc., plants. tropical regions and for the study and improvement of rubber plants by cultural methods, breeding, acclimatization, adaptation, and selection, and for investigation of their diseases, $46,749. Soil chemical and physical investigations: For chemical, physical, Soil chemical and physical investigations. and physical-chemical investigations of soil types, soil composition, and soil minerals, the soil solution, solubility of soil, and all chemical and physical properties of soils in their relation to soil formation, soil texture, erosibility, and soil productivity, $76,700. Soil-fertility investigations: For soil investigations into causes of Soil-fertility investigations. infertility; maintenance of productivity; effects of soil composition, cultural methods, and fertilizers on yield and quality of crops; and the properties, composition, formation, and transformation of soil organic matter, $121,622. Soil microbiology investigations: For investigations of the micro-organisms Soil microbiology investigations. of the soil and their activities, including the testing of samples procured in the open market, of cultures for inoculating legumes, other crops, or soil, and the publication of results, and if 53 Stat. 954 any such samples are found to be impure, nonviable, or misbranded, Publication of results. the results of the tests may be published, together with the names of the manufacturers and of the persons by whom the cultures were offered for sale, $39,854. Soil survey. Soil survey: For the investigation of soils and their origin, for survey of the extent of classes and types, and for indicating upon maps and plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of such investigations and surveys, $298,708. Sugar-plant investigations. Sugar-plant investigations: For sugar-plant investigations, including studies of diseases and the improvement of sugar beets and sugarbeet seed, $330,000. Tobacco investigations. Tobacco investigations: For the investigation and improvement of tobacco and the methods of tobacco production and handling, $135,544. Personal services.Vehicles. Total, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry, $5,183,009, of which amount not to exceed $1,761,950 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $25,325 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. FOREST SERVICE salaries and expenses Experiments and investigations.Restricted to United States.*Provisos*.Cost of buildings.Protection, etc., of national forests.Care of fish and game.Supplies, etc. For the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to experiment and to make and continue investigations and report on forestry, national forests, forest fires, and lumbering, but no part of this appropriation shall be used for any experiment or test made outside the jurisdiction of the United States; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, and methods for 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 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 $7,500, with the exception that any building erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $7,500 or more, may be improved out of the appropriations made under this Act for the Forest Service by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum of the cost of such building as certified by the Secretary of Agriculture; to protect, administer, and improve the national forests, including tree planting and other measures to prevent erosion, drift, surface wash, soil waste, and the formation of floods, and to conserve water 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 national forests or the waters therein; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results of experiments and investigations made by the Forest Service; to purchase law books, reference and technical books, and technical journals for officers of the Forest Service stationed outside of Washington, and for medical supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of artisans, laborers, and other 53 Stat. 955 employees engaged in any hazardous work under the Forest Service: *Provided further*, That the appropriations for the work of the Forest Warehouse maintenance, etc.Cooperative forest fire control.Rent of equipment to other Federal agencies. Service shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, equipment, and materials stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Forest Service and for sale and distribution to other Government activities and to State and private agencies who cooperate with the Forest Service in fire control under terms of written cooperative agreements, the cost of such supplies, equipment, and materials, including the cost of supervision, transportation, warehousing, and handling, to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies and materials are procured for warehouse stocks: *Provided further*, That the Forest Service may rent equipment to other Federal agencies at rates sufficient to reimburse the appropriations of the Forest Service that would otherwise be chargeable with the cost of the repair, maintenance, and depreciation of such equipment, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general Administrative expenses.[36 Stat. 963](/us/stat/36/963).[16 U. S. C. § 514](/us/usc/t16/s514). administrative purposes, including the salary of the Chief Forester, for the necessary expenses of the National Forest Reservation Commission as authorized by section 14 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S. C. 514), and for other personal services in the District of Columbia, $607,500. National forest protection and management: For the administration, National forest protection and management.Nurseries.Aerial fire control.Experimental forests.*Proviso*.Direct purchases.Classification, etc., lands opened to entry, etc.[34 Stat. 233](/us/stat/34/233); [37 Stat. 287, 842](/us/stat/37/287/842); [43 Stat. 1144](/us/stat/43/1144).[16 U. S. C. §§ 506–509, 512](/us/usc/t16/s506–509/512).Purchase or acquisition.[36 Stat. 963](/us/stat/36/963); [43 Stat. 655](/us/stat/43/655).[16 U. S. C. §§ 521, 471, 499, 505, 564–570](/us/usc/t16/s521/471/499/505/564–570).Lands transferred.[50 Stat. 522](/us/stat/50/522).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, ch. 33](/us/usc/t7/33).*Provisos*.Care of graves of fire fighters. protection, use, maintenance, improvement, and development of the national forests, including the establishment and maintenance of forest tree nurseries, including the procurement of tree seed and nursery stock by purchase, production, or otherwise, seeding and tree planting and the care of plantations and young growth; the maintenance and operation of aerial fire control by contract or otherwise; the maintenance of roads and trails and the construction and maintenance of all other improvements necessary for the proper and economical administration, protection, development, and use of the national forests, including experimental forests: *Provided*, That where, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, direct purchases will be more economical than construction, improvements may be purchased; the construction, equipment, and maintenance of sanitary, fire preventive, and recreational facilities; control of destructive forest tree diseases and insects; timber cultural operations; development and application of fish and game management plans; propagation and transplanting of plants suitable for planting on semiarid portions of the national forests; estimating and appraising of timber and other resources and development and application of plans for their effective management, sale, and use; examination, classification, surveying, and appraisal of land incident to effecting exchanges authorized by law and of lands within the boundaries of the national forests that may be opened to homestead settlement and entry under the Act of June 11, 1906, and the Act of August 10, 1912 (16 U. S. C. 506–509), as provided by the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U. S. C. 512); and all expenses necessary for the use, maintenance, improvement, protection, and general administration of the national forests, including lands under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation proceedings have been instituted under the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S. C. 521), and the Act of June 7, 1924 (16 U. S. C. 471, 499, 505, 564–570), lands transferred by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture from the Resettlement Administration to the Forest Service, and lands transferred to the Forest Service under authority of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, $12,004,000: *Provided*, That $200 of this appropriation shall be available for the expenses of properly caring for the graves of fire 53 Stat. 956 fighters buried at Wallace, Idaho; Newport, Washington; and Saint Basis of expenditure for schools and roads from sales of forest products.[35 Stat. 260](/us/stat/35/260); [37 Stat. 843](/us/stat/37/843).[16 U. S. C. §§ 500, 501](/us/usc/t16/s500/501). Maries, Idaho: *Provided further*, That in sales of logs, ties, poles, posts, cordwood, pulpwood, and other forest products the amounts made available for schools and roads by the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U. S. C. 500), and the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U. S. C. 501), shall be based upon the stumpage value of the timber. Investigation, etc., of water rights. Water rights: For the investigation and establishment of water rights, including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests in lands or rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in connection with the administration and public use of the national forests, $20,000. Fighting forest fires. Fighting forest fires: For fighting and preventing forest fires on or threatening the national forests and unappropriated public forest lands, $100,000, which amount shall be immediately available. Private forestry cooperation. Private forestry cooperation: For cooperation with and advice to timberland owners and associations, wood-using industries or other appropriate agencies in the application of forest management principles to private forest lands, so as to attain sustained yield management, the conservation of the timber resource, the productivity of forest lands, and the stabilization of employment and economic continuance of forest industries, $100,000. Forest research.[45 Stat. 699](/us/stat/45/699).[16 U. S. C. §§ 581, 581a, 581f–581i; Supp. IV, § 581a](/us/usc/t16/s581/581a/581f–581i/581a). Forest research: For forest research in accordance with the provisions of sections 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 of forest research in the Department of Agriculture through research in reforestation, timber growing, protection, utilization, forest economics, and related subjects”, approved May 22, 1928, as amended (16 U. S. C. 581, 581a, 581f–581i), as follows: Forest management.[45 Stat. 700](/us/stat/45/700). Forest management: Fire, silvicultural, and other forest investigations and experiments under section 2, as amended, at forest experiment stations or elsewhere, $613,403, of which $5,000 shall be for investigations of the lowland hardwoods in the lower Mississippi River Basin. Range investigations.[45 Stat. 701](/us/stat/45/701). 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, $245,935. Forest products.[45 Stat. 701](/us/stat/45/701). Forest products: Experiments, investigations, and tests of forest products under section 8, at the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, $664,181. Forest survey.[45 Stat. 702](/us/stat/45/702). Forest survey: A comprehensive forest survey under section 9, $250,000. Forest economics.[45 Stat. 702](/us/stat/45/702). Forest economics: Investigations in forest economics under section 10, $149,295. Forest influences. Forest influences: For investigations and experiments at forest experiment stations or elsewhere for determining and demonstrating the influence of natural vegetative cover characteristic of forest, range, or other wild land on water conservation, flood control, stream-flow regulation, erosion, climate, and maintenance of soil productivity, and for developing preventive and control measures therefor, $139,152. Tropical forest experiment station.[45 Stat. 700](/us/stat/45/700).[16 U. S. C. § 581a; Supp. IV, § 581a](/us/usc/t16/s581a). Tropical forest experiment station: For the establishment and maintenance of a forest experiment station in the tropical possessions of the United States in the West Indies, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of May 22, 1928 (16 U. S. C. 581a), $30,000. Aggregate; additional, from contributions. In all, salaries and expenses, $14,923,466; and in addition thereto there are hereby appropriated all moneys received as contributions 53 Stat. 957 toward cooperative work under the provisions of section 1 of the Act approved March 3, 1925 (16 U. S. C. 572), which funds shall be [43 Stat. 1132](/us/stat/43/1132).[16 U. S. C. § 572](/us/usc/t16/s572).[38 Stat. 430](/us/stat/38/430).[16 U. S. C. § 498](/us/usc/t16/s498).*Provisos*.Personal services.International Union of Forest Research Stations, contribution. covered into the Treasury and constitute a part of the special funds provided by the Act of June 30, 1914 (16 U. S. C. 498): *Provided*, That not to exceed $859,659 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $1,500 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 and of the Department of Timber Utilization of the Comite International du Bois. forest-fire cooperation For cooperation with the various States or other appropriate Cooperation with States, etc.[43 Stat. 653](/us/stat/43/653).[16 U. S. C. §§ 564–566](/us/usc/t16/s564–566).Study of effect of tax laws and investigation of timber insurance.Personal services.Supplies and equipment. agencies in forest-fire prevention and suppression and the protection of timbered and cut-over lands in accordance with the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for 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 (16 U. S. C. 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, $2,200,000, of which not to exceed $54,800 shall be available for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $2,500 for the purchase of supplies and equipment required for the purposes of said Act in the District of Columbia. cooperative distribution of forest planting stock For cooperation with the various States in the procurement, production, Cooperation with States, etc.[43 Stat. 654](/us/stat/43/654).[16 U. S. C. § 567](/us/usc/t16/s567). and distribution of forest-tree seeds and plants in establishing windbreaks, shelterbelts, and farm wood lots upon denuded or nonforested lands within such cooperating States, under the 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 (16 U. S. C. 567), and Acts supplementary thereto, $100,000, which amount shall be available for the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. acquisition of lands for national forests For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act Acquisition, under Conservation Act.[36 Stat. 961](/us/stat/36/961).[16 U. S. C. §§ 513–519, 521](/us/usc/t16/s513–519/521).*Proviso*.Personal services. approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U. S. C. 513–519, 521), under sound commercial title satisfactory to the Attorney General as provided in said Act, including the transfer to the Office of the Solicitor of such funds for the employment by that office of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere as may be necessary in connection with the acquisition of such lands, $3,000,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $112,500 of the sum appropriated in this paragraph may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. For the acquisition of land to facilitate the control of soil erosion Soil erosion and flood damage.Acquisition of designated lands from forest receipts.[49 Stat. 866](/us/stat/49/866). and flood damage originating within the exterior boundaries of the following national forests, in accordance with the provisions of the following Acts authorizing annual appropriations of forest receipts for such purposes, and in not to exceed the following amounts from such receipts: Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah, Act of August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 866), $40,000; Cache National Forest, Utah, 53 Stat. 958 [52 Stat. 347, 699, 1205](/us/stat/52/347/699/1205). Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347), $6,000; San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests in Riverside County, California, Act of June 15, 1938 (52 Stat. 699), $15,000; Nevada and Toiyabe National Forests, Nevada, Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1205), $10,000; in all, $71,000. Vehicles, field work.[42 Stat. 217](/us/stat/42/217).[23 U. S. C. §§ 21, 23](/us/usc/t23/s21/23). Total, Forest Service, $20,294,466, of which amount not to exceed $61,628 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia, and in addition thereto there is authorized for expenditure from funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (23 U. S. C. 21, 23), not to exceed $9,755 for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for use by the Forest Service in the construction and maintenance of national-forest roads. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING salaries and expenses Investigations, demonstrations, etc. For investigations, experiments, and demonstrations hereinafter authorized, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Department of Agriculture, other departments or agencies of the Federal Government, States, State agricultural experiment stations, universities, and other State agencies and institutions, counties, municipalities, business, farm, or other organizations and corporations, individuals, associations, and scientific societies, including the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and for erection, alteration, and repair of buildings outside the District of Columbia at a total cost not to exceed $15,000, as follows: Administrative expenses. General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of Chief of Bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $112,800. Agricultural chemical investigations.[12 Stat. 387](/us/stat/12/387).[5 U. S. C. §§ 511, 512](/us/usc/t5/s511/512).Biological, etc., investigations.Methods of sugar manufacture, etc.Utilization of fruits and vegetables.Frozen pack investigations.Control of noxious weeds, etc.Winter Haven, Fla., Citrus Products Laboratory, addition. Agricultural chemical investigations: For conducting the investigations contemplated by the Act of May 15, 1862 (5 U. S. C. 511, 512), relating to the application of chemistry to agriculture; for the biological, chemical, physical, microscopical, and technological investigation of foods, feeds, drugs, plant and animal products, and substances used in the manufacture thereof; for investigations of the physiological effects and for the pharmacological testing of such products and of insecticides; for the investigation and development of methods for the manufacture of sugars, sugar sirups, and starches and the utilization of new agricultural materials for such purposes; for the technological investigation of the utilization of fruits and vegetables and for frozen pack investigations; for the investigation of chemicals for the control of noxious weeds and plants; and to cooperate with associations and scientific societies in the development of methods of analysis, $411,500, of which amount not to exceed $19,000 shall be available for the construction and equipment of an addition to the United States Citrus Products Laboratory, Winter Haven, Florida. Industrial utilization of farm products and byproducts.Utilization of native substances for color, medicinal, etc., purposes. Industrial utilization of farm products and byproducts: For the investigation, development, experimental demonstration and application of methods for the industrial utilization of agricultural products, waste, and byproducts, and products made therefrom, except as otherwise provided for in this Act, by the application of chemical, physical, and technological methods, including the changes produced by micro-organisms such as yeasts, bacteria, molds, and fungi; the utilization for color, medicinal, and technical purposes of substances grown or produced in the United States, $191,200. 53 Stat. 959 Agricultural engineering investigations: For investigations, experiments, Agricultural engineering investigations.Cotton ginning.[46 Stat. 248](/us/stat/46/248).[7 U. S. C. §§ 424, 425](/us/usc/t7/s424/425). and demonstrations involving the application of engineering principles to agriculture for the investigation, development, experimental demonstration, and application of methods for the prevention and control of dust explosions and fires during the harvesting, handling, milling, processing, fumigating, and storing of agricultural products, and of other dust explosions and resulting fires not otherwise provided for, including fires in grain mills and elevators, cotton gins, cotton-oil mills, and other structures; the heating, charring, and ignition of agricultural products; fires on farms and in rural communities and other explosions and fires in connection with farm and agricultural operations; for investigating and reporting upon the different kinds of farm power and appliances; upon farm domestic water supply and sewage 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 and rural electrification; 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 modern farm machinery; for investigations of cotton ginning under the Act approved April 19, 1930 (7 U. S. C., 424, 425); for giving expert advice and assistance in agricultural and chemical engineering; for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of investigations and preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins, plans, and reports, $349,469. Naval-stores investigations: For the investigation of naval stores Naval-stores investigations.[49 Stat. 653](/us/stat/49/653).[5 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 556b](/us/usc/t5/s556b). (turpentine and rosin) and their components; the investigation and experimental demonstration of improved equipment, methods, or processes of preparing naval stores; the weighing, storing, handling, transportation, and utilization of naval stores; and for the assembling and compilation of data on production, distribution, and consumption of turpentine and rosin, pursuant to the Act of August 15, 1935 (5 U. S. C. 556b), $89,400. Fertilizer investigations: For investigations within the United Fertilizer investigations. States of fertilizers, fertilizer ingredients, including phosphoric acid and potash, and other soil amendments and their suitability for agricultural use, $225,000. Total, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry Personal services.Vehicles. and Engineering, $1,379,369, of which amount not to exceed $895,500 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $3,725 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE salaries and expenses For necessary expenses connected with investigations, experiments, Investigations, etc.Plant Quarantine Act, enforcement.[37 Stat. 315](/us/stat/37/315).[7 U. S. C. ch. 8; Supp. IV, ch. 8](/us/usc/t7/8). and demonstrations for the promotion of economic entomology, for investigating and ascertaining the best means of destroying insects and related pests injurious to agriculture, for investigating and importing useful and beneficial insects and bacterial, fungal, and other diseases of insects and related pests, for investigating and ascertaining the best means of destroying insects affecting man and animals, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, to conduct other activities hereinafter authorized, and for the eradication, control, and prevention of spread of injurious insects and plant pests, independently or in cooperation with other branches 53 Stat. 960 of the Federal Government, States, counties, municipalities, corporations, agencies, individuals, or with foreign governments; including the employment of necessary persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, rent, construction, or repair of necessary *Proviso*.Cost of buildings. buildings outside the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That, unless otherwise specifically provided, the cost for the construction of any building shall not exceed $1,500 and the total amount expended for such construction in any one year shall not exceed $7,000, as follows: General administrative expenses. General administrative expenses: For general administrative purposes, including the salary of Chief of Bureau and other personal services, $166,280. Fruit insects. Fruit insects: For insects affecting fruits, grapes, and nuts, $428,600. Japanese beetle control. Japanese beetle control: For the control and prevention of spread of the Japanese beetle, $395,000. Sweetpotato weevil control.*Provisos*.State cooperation.No indemnity for destroyed, etc., property. Sweetpotato weevil control: For the determination and application of such methods of control for sweetpotato weevils as, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture, may be necessary, $75,000: *Provided*, That, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the control of sweetpotato weevil in any State until such State has provided cooperation necessary to accomplish this purpose: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of farm animals, farm crops, or other property injured or destroyed. Mexican fruitfly control. Mexican fruitfly control: For the control and prevention of spread of the Mexican fruitfly, including necessary surveys and control operations in Mexico in cooperation with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, $160,460. Citrus canker eradication.*Proviso*.No indemnity for destroyed, etc., property. Citrus canker eradication: For determining and applying such methods of eradication or control of the disease of citrus trees known as “citrus canker” as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary, including cooperation with such authorities of the States concerned, organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, $13,485: *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. Gypsy, etc., moth control. Gypsy and brown-tail moth control: For the control and prevention of spread of the gypsy and brown-tail moths, $375,000. Dutch elm disease eradication.*Provisos*.State, etc., contributions.No indemnity for destroyed, etc., property. Dutch elm disease eradication: For determining and applying methods of eradication, control, and prevention of spread of the disease of elm trees known as “Dutch elm disease” and of a virus disease of elm trees prevalent in the Ohio Valley, $500,000: *Provided*, That, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no expenditures from this appropriation 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 concerned: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed. Phony peach, etc., eradication.*Proviso*.No indemnity for destroyed, etc., property. Phony peach and peach mosaic eradication: For determining and applying such methods of eradication, control, and prevention of spread of the diseases of peach trees known as “phony peach” and “peach mosaic” as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary, including cooperation with such authorities of the States concerned, organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, including the certification of products out of the infested areas to meet the requirements of State quarantines, $89,800: *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. 53 Stat. 961 Forest insects: For insects affecting forests and forest products, Forest insects.[45 Stat. 701](/us/stat/45/701).[16 U. S. C. § 581c](/us/usc/t16/s581c).Ornamental trees and shrubs.*Proviso*.Matching by State funds. under section 4 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (16 U. S. C. 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”, and for insects affecting ornamental trees and shrubs, $253,100: *Provided*, That $40,000 of this amount shall only be available for expenditure when matched by State funds. Blister rust control: For applying such methods of eradication, Blister rust control.*Proviso*.No indemnity for destroyed, etc., property. control, and prevention of spread of the white pine blister rust as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary to accomplish such purposes, and in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by State, county, or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations concerned, $300,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed. Truck crop and garden insects: For insects affecting truck crops, Truck crop and garden insects. ornamental and garden plants, including tobacco, sugar beets, and greenhouse and bulbous crops, $381,580. Cereal and forage insects: For insects affecting cereal and forage Cereal and forage insects. crops, including sugarcane and rice, and including research on the European corn borer, $383,700. European corn borer control: For the control and prevention of European corn borer control. spread of the European corn borer and for the certification of products out of the infested areas to meet the requirements of State quarantines on account of the European corn borer, $32,939. Barberry eradication: For the eradication of the common barberry Barberry eradication.*Provisos*.State, etc., contributions.No indemnity for destroyed, etc., property. and for applying such other methods of eradication, control, and prevention of spread of cereal rusts as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary to accomplish such purposes, $175,000: *Provided*, That, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no expenditures from this appropriation shall be made for these purposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, counties, or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accomplishment of such purposes: *Provided further*, That no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used to pay the cost or value of property injured or destroyed. Cotton insects: For insects affecting cotton, $144,544. Cotton insects. Pink bollworm control: For the control and prevention of spread Pink bollworm control.Cooperation with Mexican Government. of the pink bollworm, including the establishment of such cotton-free areas as may be necessary to stamp out any infestation, and for necessary surveys and control operations in Mexico in cooperation with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, $906,800. Bee culture: For bee culture and apiary management, $83,000. Bee culture. Thurberia weevil control: For the control and prevention of spread Thurberia weevil control. of the Thurberia weevil, $2,808. Insects affecting man and animals: For insects affecting man, Insects affecting man and animals. household possessions, and animals, $181,500. Insect-pest survey and identification: For the identification and Insect-pest survey and identification. classification of insects, including taxonomic, morphological, and 53 Stat. 962 related phases of insect-pest control and the maintenance of an insect-pest survey for the collection and dissemination of information to Federal, State, and other agencies concerned with insect-pest control, $154,790. Foreign parasites. Foreign parasites: For administrative expenses in connection with the introduction of natural enemies of injurious insects and related pests and for the exchange with other countries of useful and beneficial insects and other arthropods, $38,000. Control investigations. Control investigations: For developing equipment or apparatus to aid in enforcing plant quarantines, eradication and control of plant pests, determining methods of disinfecting plants and plant products to eliminate injurious pests, determining the toxicity of insecticides, and related phases of insect-pest control, $67,518. Insecticide and fungicide investigations. Insecticide and fungicide investigations: For the investigation and development of methods of manufacturing insecticides and fungicides, and for investigating chemical problems relating to the composition, action, and application of insecticides and fungicides, $134,984. Transit inspection.[37 Stat. 315](/us/stat/37/315).[7 U. S. C. §§ 161, 164a](/us/usc/t7/s161/164a). Transit inspection: For the inspection in transit or otherwise of articles quarantined under the Act of August 20, 1912 (7 U. S. C. 161, 164a), as amended, and for the interception and disposition of materials found to have been transported interstate in violation of quarantines promulgated thereunder, $44,059. Foreign plant quarantines.Mexican cotton, etc.Inspection, cleaning, etc.*Proviso*.Receipts covered into Treasury. Foreign plant quarantines: For enforcement of foreign plant quarantines, at the port of entry and port of export, and to prevent the 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 disinfection 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, $680,000: *Provided*, That any moneys received in payment of charges fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture on account of such cleaning and disinfection shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Certification of exports.*Proviso*.Receipts covered into Treasury. Certification of exports: For the inspection, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, of domestic plants and plant products when offered for export and to certify to shippers and interested parties as to the freedom of such products from injurious plant diseases and insect pests according to the sanitary requirements of the foreign countries affected and to make such reasonable charges and to use such means as may be necessary to accomplish this object, $31,862: *Provided*, That moneys received on account of such inspection and certification shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Insect pests and plant diseases, control.*Ante*, p. 514. Control of incipient and emergency outbreaks of insect pests and plant diseases: Not to exceed $400,000 of the funds appropriated under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939 (Public, Numbered 7, Seventy-sixth Congress), approved March 15, 1939, shall remain available until June 30, 1940. Personal services.Vehicles. Total salaries and expenses, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, $6,199,809, of which amount not to exceed $879,986 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $40,900 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. 53 Stat. 963 BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY salaries and expenses For the employment of persons and means in the city of Washington Salaries and expenses. and elsewhere, including the purchase of printed bags, tags, and labels, without regard to existing laws applicable to public printing, and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations and carrying out the work of the Bureau, including cooperation with Federal, State, county, or other agencies or with farm bureaus, organizations, or individuals, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general General administrative expenses. administrative purposes, including the salary of Chief of Bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $118,000. Food habits of birds and animals: For investigating the food habits Food habits of birds and animals. 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, $68,140. Fur resources investigations: For investigations, experiments, Fur resources investigations. demonstrations, and cooperation in connection with the production and utilization of animals the pelts of which are used commercially for fur, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures, $91,000. Biological investigations: For biological investigations, including Biological investigations.[45 Stat. 701](/us/stat/45/701).[16 U. S. C. § 581d](/us/usc/t16/s581d). the relations, habits, geographic distribution, and migration of animals and plants, and the preparation of maps of the life zones, and including $30,738 for investigations of the relations of wild animal life to forests, under section 5 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (16 U. S. C. 581d), and for investigations of the wildlife resources of the Territory of Alaska, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures, $186,000. Control of predatory animals and injurious rodents: For investigations, Predatory animals and injurious rodents, control.[46 Stat. 1468](/us/stat/46/1468).[7 U. S. C. §§ 426–426b](/us/usc/t7/s426–426b).Pocatello, Idaho, depot and laboratory.[49 Stat. 1913](/us/stat/49/1913).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 667](/us/usc/t16/s667). demonstrations, and cooperation in destroying animals injurious to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and wild game, as authorized by the Act of March 2, 1931 (7 U. S. C. 426–426b); and in protecting stock and other domestic animals through the suppression of rabies and other diseases in predatory wild animals; and for construction, repairs, additions, and installations in and about the grounds and buildings of the game-management supply depot and laboratory at Pocatello, Idaho, including purchase, transportation, and handling of supplies and materials for distribution from said depot to other projects, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved June 24, 1936 (16 U. S. C. 667), $700,000. Protection of migratory birds: For all necessary expenses for Protection of migratory birds.[40 Stat. 755](/us/stat/40/755); [49 Stat. 1556](/us/stat/49/1556).[16 U. S. C. §§ 703–711; Supp. IV, §§ 703–709a](/us/usc/t16/s703–711/703–709a).[39 Stat. 1702](/us/stat/39/1702).Cooperation with local authorities.Traffic in game and other wildlife.[35 Stat. 1137](/us/stat/35/1137); [49 Stat. 380](/us/stat/49/380).[18 U. S. C. §§ 391–394; Supp. IV, §§ 392–394](/us/usc/t18/s391–394/392–394).Preservation of game and wild birds.[31 Stat. 187](/us/stat/31/187).[16 U. S. C. § 701](/us/usc/t16/s701). enforcing the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, as amended by the Act of June 20, 1936 (16 U. S. C. 703–711), to carry into effect the treaty with Great Britain for the protection of birds migrating between the United States and Canada (39 Stat., pt. 2, 1702), and the convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals; for cooperation with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds, and for necessary investigations connected therewith; for the enforcement of sections 241, 242, 243, and 244 of the Act approved March 4, 1909 (18 U. S. C. 391–394), entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States”, as amended by title II of the Act approved June 15, 1935 (18 U. S. C. 392–394), and for the enforcement of section 1 of the Act approved May 25, 1900 (16 U. S. C. 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 pur-53 Stat. 964poses”, including all necessary investigations in connection therewith, Securing information of law violations. $365,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of securing information concerning violations of the laws for the enforcement of which this appropriation is made available. Enforcement of Alaska game law.[43 Stat. 739](/us/stat/43/739); [46 Stat. 1111](/us/stat/46/1111); [52 Stat. 1169](/us/stat/52/1169).[48 U. S. C. §§ 192–211; Supp. IV, §§ 192–207](/us/usc/t48/s192–211/192–207). Enforcement of Alaska game law: For the enforcement of the provisions of the Alaska game law, approved January 13, 1925, as amended by the Act of February 14, 1931, and by the Act of June 25, 1938 (48 U. S. C. 192–211), $130,798. Mammal and bird reservations.Construction, materials, etc.Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, roads.Taking of eggs on bird breeding grounds.[35 Stat. 1104](/us/stat/35/1104).[18 U. S. C. § 145](/us/usc/t18/s145).Prohibited acts on acquired areas.[45 Stat. 1224](/us/stat/45/1224).[16 U. S. C. § 715i](/us/usc/t16/s715i).Long-horned cattle, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Maintenance of mammal and bird reservations: For the maintenance of the Montana National Bison Range, the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, 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, including the purchase of necessary materials to be used in conjunction with Works Progress Administration labor in improving roads in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, not exceeding $30,000, trails, bridges, ditches, telephone lines, rockwork, bulkheads, and other improvements necessary for the economical administration and protection of the reservations; for the enforcement of section 84 of the Act approved March 4, 1909 (18 U. S. C. 145), entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States”, and Acts amendatory thereto, and section 10 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (16 U. S. C. 715i); for the purchase, capture, and transportation of game for national reservations; and for the maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, $630,000. Migratory bird conservation refuges.[39 Stat. 1702](/us/stat/39/1702).[45 Stat. 1222](/us/stat/45/1222); [49 Stat. 381](/us/stat/49/381).[16 U. S. C. §§ 715–715r; Supp. IV, §§ 715d–l–715e–l](/us/usc/t16/s715–715r/715d–l–715e–l). Migratory bird conservation refuges: For carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to more effectively meet the obligations of the United States under the migratory-bird treaty with Great Britain (39 Stat., pt. 2, 1702) by lessening the dangers threatening migratory game birds from drainage and other causes by the acquisition of areas of land and 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, as amended by title III of the Act approved June 15, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 715–715r), $79,753, authorized by section 12 of the Act, which sum is a part of the remaining $410,887 of the $1,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933. In all, salaries and expenses, $2,368,691. upper mississippi river wildlife refuge Acquisition of areas.[43 Stat. 650](/us/stat/43/650).[16 U. S. C. §§ 721–731](/us/usc/t16/s721–731). For the acquisition of areas of land or land and water pursuant to the Act entitled “An Act to establish the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge”, approved June 7, 1924 (16 U. S. C. 721–731), as amended, and for all necessary expenses incident thereto, to remain available until expended, $60,000. migratory bird conservation fund Migratory bird conservation fund. For carrying into effect the provisions of section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to supplement and support the Migratory Bird Conservation Act by providing funds for the acquisition of areas for use as migratory-bird sanctuaries, refuges, and breeding grounds, for developing and administering such areas, for the protection of 53 Stat. 965 certain migratory birds, for the enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and regulations thereunder, and for other purposes”, approved March 16, 1934, as amended by an Act entitled “An Act to [48 Stat. 451](/us/stat/48/451); [49 Stat. 378](/us/stat/49/378).[16 U. S. C. §§ 718–718h; Supp. IV, §§ 718a–718e](/us/usc/t16/s718–718h/718a–718e).Receipts from stamp sales.Balance available.*Proviso*.Advance of funds from Treasury; reimbursement. amend the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934, and certain other Acts relating to game and other wildlife, administered by the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes”, approved June 15, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 718–718h), an amount equal to the sum received during the fiscal year 1940 from the proceeds from the sale of stamps, to be warranted monthly; and in addition thereto an amount equal to the unobligated balance on June 30, 1939, of the total of the proceeds received from the sale of stamps prior to July 1, 1939: *Provided*, That the sum of $125,000 shall be advanced from the general fund of the Treasury on the first day of the fiscal year to the foregoing appropriation, to be returned to the surplus fund of the Treasury when the first $125,000 of revenue from the sale of stamps has been received and warranted for the fiscal year 1940. federal aid in wildlife restoration For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act Federal aid to States.[50 Stat. 917](/us/stat/50/917).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 669–669j](/us/usc/t16/s669–669j).*Proviso*.Limitation on expenditures. to provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes”, approved September 2, 1937 (16 U. S. C. 669–669j), $1,500,000: *Provided*, That expenditures hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury under the provisions of said Act. Total, Bureau of Biological Survey, $4,053,691, of which amount not to exceed $681,610 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $72,100 shall be available Personal services.Vehicles for field work.*Proviso*.Funds available for maintenance, etc.[49 Stat. 384](/us/stat/49/384).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 715k–1](/us/usc/t16/s715k–1). for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That the appropriation of $6,000,000 contained in title VII of the Act of June 15, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 715k–1), shall be available for the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS General administrative expenses: For the employment of persons General administrative expenses.Road-making experiments, etc.[39 Stat. 355](/us/stat/39/355); [42 Stat. 212](/us/stat/42/212).[23 U. S. C. §§ 1–25; Supp. IV, ch. 1](/us/usc/t23/s1–25/1). and means, including rent, in the city of Washington and elsewhere for the purpose of conducting research and investigational studies, either independently or in cooperation with State highway departments, or other agencies, including studies of highway administration, legislation, finance, economics, transport, construction, operation, maintenance, utilization, and safety, and of street and highway traffic control; investigations and experiments in the 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; for furnishing expert advice on these subjects; for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of same; and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports; to be paid from any moneys available from the administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355–359), as amended, or as otherwise provided. federal-aid highway system For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to Construction of rural post roads. provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction 53 Stat. 966 of rural post roads, and for other purposes”, approved July 11, 1916 [39 Stat. 355](/us/stat/39/355); [42 Stat. 212](/us/stat/42/212).[23 U. S. C. §§ 1–25; Supp. IV, ch. 1](/us/usc/t23/s1–25/1).Personal services.[49 Stat. 1519](/us/stat/49/1519).[23 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 21a, 2a](/us/usc/t23/s21a/2a).*Provisos*.Convict labor.Vehicles.[42 Stat. 217](/us/stat/42/217).[23 U. S. C. §§ 21, 23](/us/usc/t23/s21/23).Replacements.Depreciation on engineering, etc., equipment.Warehouse maintenance, etc.Reimbursement for cost of materials, etc.Medical supplies, etc., in emergencies. (39 Stat. 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 $1,120,000 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 the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1939, by section 1 of the Act approved June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1519–1520): *Provided*, That none of the money herein appropriated shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be employed, except this provision shall not apply to convict labor performed by convicts on parole or probation: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $45,000 of the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (23 U. S. C. 21, 23), shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary for carrying out the provisions of said Act, including the replacement of not to exceed one such vehicle for use in the administrative work of the Bureau of Public Roads in the District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That, during the fiscal year 1940, whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and road-building equipment used, and the amounts received on account of such charges shall be credited to the appropriation concerned: *Provided further*, That during the fiscal year 1940 the appropriations for the work of the Bureau of Public Roads shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Roads, and for sale and distribution to other Government activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling) to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured, from the appropriation chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, or equipment: *Provided further*, That the appropriations available to the Bureau of Public Roads may be used in emergency for medical supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of employees engaged on hazardous work under that Bureau. federal-aid secondary or feeder roads Federal-aid secondary or feeder roads.[49 Stat. 1521](/us/stat/49/1521). For secondary or feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural free delivery mail roads, and public-school bus routes, $25,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1939 by section 7 of the Act approved June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1521). elimination of grade crossings Elimination of railroad grade crossings.[49 Stat. 1521](/us/stat/49/1521). For the elimination of hazards to life at railroad grade crossings, including the separation or protection of grades at crossings, the reconstruction of existing railroad grade-crossing structures, and the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings, $40,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is part of the $50,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1939 by section 8 of the Act approved June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1521). 53 Stat. 967 public-lands highways For the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of Survey, construction, etc.[46 Stat. 805](/us/stat/46/805).[23 U. S. C. § 3](/us/usc/t23/s3).[52 Stat. 635](/us/stat/52/635). main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, under the provisions of the Act of June 24, 1930 (23 U. S. C. 3), $1,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is the amount authorized for the fiscal year 1940 by section 6 of the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 635). Total, Bureau of Public Roads, $191,000,000. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS salaries and expenses For the employment of such persons and means in the city of Washington Salaries and expenses. and elsewhere as may be necessary in conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, either independently or in cooperation with public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general General administrative expenses. administrative purposes, including personal services in the District of Columbia, $88,900. Economic investigations: For acquiring and diffusing useful Economic investigations.*Proviso*.Transfer of funds for aiding in formulating programs. information among the people of the United States, and for aiding in formulating programs for authorized activities of the Department of Agriculture, relative to agricultural production, distribution, land utilization, and conservation in their broadest aspects, including farm management and practice, utilization of farm and food products, purchasing of farm supplies, farm population and rural life, farm labor, farm finance, insurance and taxation, adjustments in production to probable demand for the different farm and food products; land ownership and values, costs, prices and income in their relation to agriculture, including causes for their variations and trends, $839,100: *Provided*, That the Secretary may transfer to this appropriation from the funds available for authorized activities of the Department of Agriculture, such sums as may be necessary for aiding in formulating programs for such authorized activities, including expenditures for employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. Total, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, $928,000, of which amount not to exceed $803,858 may be expended for Personal services. personal services in the District of Columbia. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE salaries and expenses For the employment of such persons and means in the city of Washington Salaries and expenses. and elsewhere as may be necessary in conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, either independently or in cooperation with public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general General administrative expenses. administrative purposes, including personal services in the District of Columbia, $157,306. Marketing farm products: For acquiring and diffusing among the Marketing farm products. people of the United States useful information relative to the standardization, classification, grading, preparation for market, handling, and marketing of farm and food products, including the demonstra-53 Stat. 968tion and promotion of the use of uniform standards of classification of American farm and food products throughout the world, $431,470: *Proviso*.Sale of samples, etc. *Provided*, That samples, illustrations, practical forms, or sets of the grades recommended or promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture for farm or food products 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. Crop and livestock estimates.Peanut statistics.[49 Stat. 1898](/us/stat/49/1898); [52 Stat. 348](/us/stat/52/348).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 951–957](/us/usc/t7/s951–957).*Provisos*.Statement of farmers’ intentions as to cotton acreage.Limitation on apple production estimates. 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, State, and local agencies, and for the collection and publication of statistics of peanuts as provided by the Act approved June 24, 1936, as amended May 12, 1938 (7 U. S. C. 951–957), $747,510: *Provided*, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for any expense incident to ascertaining, collating, or publishing a report stating the intention of farmers as to the acreage to be planted in cotton: *Provided further*, That estimates of apple production shall be confined to the commercial crop. Market inspection of farm products.*Proviso*.Certificates as prima facie evidence of truth of statements. 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 businessmen or trade organizations, and persons or corporations engaged in the production, transportation, marketing, and distribution of farm and food products, whether operating in one or more jurisdictions, to investigate and certify to shippers and other interested parties the class, quality, and 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 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, $459,000. Tobacco Inspection Act.[49 Stat. 731](/us/stat/49/731).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 511–511q](/us/usc/t7/s511–511q). Tobacco Inspection Act: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to establish and promote the use of standards of classification for tobacco, to provide and maintain an official tobacco-inspection service, and for other purposes”, approved August 23, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 511–511q), $425,000. Tobacco stocks and standards.[45 Stat. 1079](/us/stat/45/1079).[7 U. S. C. §§ 501–508; Supp. IV, §§ 501–505](/us/usc/t7/s501–508/501–505). Tobacco stocks and standards: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the collection and publication of statistics of tobacco by the Department of Agriculture”, approved January 14, 1929 (7 U. S. C. 501–508), as amended, $17,187. Market news service. Market news service: For collecting, publishing, and distributing, by telegraph, mail, or otherwise, timely information on the market supply and demand, commercial movement, location, disposition, quality, condition, and market prices of livestock, meats, fish, and animal products, dairy and poultry products, fruits and vegetables, peanuts and their products, grain, hay, feeds, cottonseed, and seeds, 53 Stat. 969 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, $1,138,302. Perishable Agricultural Commodities and Produce Agency Acts: Perishable Agricultural Commodities and Produce Agency Acts.[46 Stat. 531](/us/stat/46/531).[7 U. S. C. §§ 499a–499r; Supp. IV, ch. 20A](/us/usc/t7/s499a–499r/20A).[44 Stat. 1355](/us/stat/44/1355).[7 U. S. C. §§ 491–497](/us/usc/t7/s491–497). To enable the Secretary 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”, as amended (7 U. S. C. 499a–499r), 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 (7 U. S. C. 491–497), $155,000. Standard Container Acts: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture Standard Container Acts.[39 Stat. 673](/us/stat/39/673); [45 Stat. 685](/us/stat/45/685).[15 U. S. C. §§ 251–257i](/us/usc/t15/s251–257i). 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 baskets and other containers for small fruits, berries, and vegetables, and for other purposes”, approved August 31, 1916 (15 U. S. C. 251–256), the Act entitled “An Act to fix standards for hampers, round stave baskets, and splint baskets for fruits and vegetables, and for other purposes”, approved May 21, 1928 (15 U. S. C. 257–257i), $20,000. Cotton quality statistics and classing Acts: To enable the Secretary Cotton quality statistics and classing Acts.[44 Stat. 1372](/us/stat/44/1372); [50 Stat. 62](/us/stat/50/62).[7 U. S. C. §§ 471–476; Supp. IV, §§ 473a–473c](/us/usc/t7/s471–476/473a–473c). of Agriculture to carry into effect the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of the grade and staple length of cotton”, approved March 3, 1927, as amended by the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the classification of cotton, to furnish information on market supply, demand, location, condition, and market prices for cotton, and for other purposes”, approved April 13, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 471–476), $475,000. United States Cotton Futures and United States Cotton Standards Cotton Futures Act.[39 Stat. 476](/us/stat/39/476); [40 Stat. 1351](/us/stat/40/1351).[26 U. S. C. §§ 1090–1106](/us/usc/t26/s1090–1106).Cotton Standards Act.[42 Stat. 1517](/us/stat/42/1517).[7 U. S. C. §§ 51–65](/us/usc/t7/s51–65).Agreements as to standards, etc., in foreign countries. Acts: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Futures Act, as amended March 4, 1919 (26 U. S. C. 1090–1106), and to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Cotton Standards Act, approved March 4, 1923 (7 U. S. C. 51–65), including such means as may be necessary for effectuating agreements heretofore or hereafter made with cotton associations, cotton exchanges, and other cotton organizations in foreign countries, for the adoption, use, and observance of universal standards of cotton classification, for the arbitration or settlement of disputes with respect thereto, and for the preparation, distribution, inspection, and protection of the practical forms or copies thereof under such agreements, $495,000. United States Grain Standards Act: To enable the Secretary of Grain Standards Act.[39 Stat. 482](/us/stat/39/482).[7 U. S. C. §§ 71–87](/us/usc/t7/s71–87). Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act, $723,941. United States Warehouse Act: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture Warehouse Act.[39 Stat. 486](/us/stat/39/486).[7 U. S. C. §§ 241–273](/us/usc/t7/s241–273).*Post*, p. 1312. to carry into effect the provisions of the United States Warehouse Act, $400,000. Federal Seed Act: For testing commercial seeds, including the testing Federal Seed Act.*Post*, p. 1275. 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 whom the seeds were 53 Stat. 970 [37 Stat. 506](/us/stat/37/506).[7 U. S. C. §§ 111–114](/us/usc/t7/s111–114).Preventing admission of adulterated grain and seed.[44 Stat. 325](/us/stat/44/325).[7 U. S. C. §§ 111, 115, 116](/us/usc/t7/s111/115/116).*Proviso*.International Seed Testing Congress. offered for sale, and for carrying out the provisions of the Act approved August 24, 1912 (7 U S. C. 111–114), entitled “An Act to regulate foreign commerce by prohibiting the admission into the United States of certain adulterated grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes”, as amended by the Act approved April 26, 1926 (7 U. S. C. 111, 115, 116), $52,293: *Provided*, That not to exceed $250 of this amount may be used for meeting the share of the United States in the expenses of the International Seed Testing Congress in carrying out plans for correlating the work of the various adhering governments on problems relating to seed analysis or other subjects which the Congress may determine to be necessary in the interest of international seed trade. Packers and Stockyards Act.[42 Stat. 159](/us/stat/42/159); [49 Stat. 648](/us/stat/49/648).[7 U. S. C. §§ 181–229; Supp. IV, §§ 218–218d](/us/usc/t7/s181–229/218–218d).*Provisos*.Bonds from agencies and dealers.Suspension for violation.Inspection fee.Not imposed unless requested. Packers and Stockyards Act: For carrying out the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, approved August 15, 1921 (7 U. S. C. 181–229), as amended by the Act of August 14, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 218–218d), $381,879: *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 finds any registrant is insolvent or has violated any provisions 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 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*, 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. Total, salaries and expenses, Agricultural Marketing Service, Personal services.Vehicles. $6,078,888, of which amount not to exceed $1,564,733 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $40,100 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS salaries and expenses General administrative expenses. General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of Chief of Bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $31,735. Home economics investigations. Home economics investigations: For conducting either independently or in cooperation with other 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 the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $293,350. Total, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Home Economics, $325,085, Personal services. of which amount not to exceed $273,350 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. 53 Stat. 971 ENFORCEMENT OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions Enforcement expenses.[42 Stat. 998](/us/stat/42/998); [49 Stat. 1491](/us/stat/49/1491).[7 U. S. C. §§ 1–17; Supp. IV, 1–17a](/us/usc/t7/s1–17/1–17a). of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1–17a), $623,380, of which amount not to exceed $240,940 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION salaries and expenses For all necessary expenses, for chemical apparatus, chemicals, and Salaries and expenses.Rent outside D. C. 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 such investigations; and for rent outside the District of Columbia for carrying out the investigations and work herein authorized, as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general General administrative expenses. administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of administration and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $100,802. Enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: For Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, enforcement.[52 Stat. 1040](/us/stat/52/1040).[21 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 301–392](/us/usc/t21/s301–392).Revision of Pharmacopoeia.*Proviso*.Travel outside United States. enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of June 25, 1938 (21 U. S. C. 301–392), entitled “An Act to prohibit the movement in interstate commerce of adulterated and misbranded food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, and for other purposes”; to cooperate with associations and scientific societies in the revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia and development of methods of analysis, and for investigating the character of the chemical and physical tests which are applied to American food products in foreign countries, and for inspecting the same before shipment when desired by the shippers or owners of these products intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are required before the said products are allowed to be sold therein, $2,288,380: *Provided*, That not more than $4,280 shall be used for travel outside the United States. Enforcement of the Tea Importation Act: For enabling the Secretary Tea Importation Act, enforcement.[29 Stat. 604](/us/stat/29/604).[21 U. S. C. §§ 41–50](/us/usc/t21/s41–50). of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act approved March 2, 1897 (21 U. S. C. 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, $30,094. Naval Stores Act: For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to Naval Stores Act.[42 Stat. 1435](/us/stat/42/1435).[7 U. S. C. §§ 91–99](/us/usc/t7/s91–99). carry into effect the provisions of the Naval Stores Act of March 3, 1923 (7 U. S. C. 91–99), $34,700. Enforcement of the Insecticide Act: For enabling the Secretary of Insecticide Act, enforcement.[36 Stat. 331](/us/stat/36/331).[7 U. S. C. §§ 121–134](/us/usc/t7/s121–134). Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of April 26, 1910 (7 U. S. C. 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”, $193,180. Enforcement of the Milk Importation Act: For enabling the Secretary Milk Importation Act, enforcement.[44 Stat. 1101](/us/stat/44/1101).[21 U. S. C. §§ 141–149](/us/usc/t21/s141–149). of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved February 15, 1927 (21 U. S. C. 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”, $19,241. 53 Stat. 972 Caustic Poison Act, enforcement.[44 Stat. 1406](/us/stat/44/1406).[15 U. S. C. §§ 401–411](/us/usc/t15/s401–411). Enforcement of the Caustic Poison Act: For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1927 (15 U. S. C. 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”, $24,741. Filled Milk Act, enforcement.[42 Stat. 1486](/us/stat/42/1486); [49 Stat. 885](/us/stat/49/885).[21 U. S. C. §§ 61–63; Supp. IV, § 64](/us/usc/t21/s61–63/64). Enforcement of the Filled Milk Act: For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to prohibit the shipment of filled milk in interstate or foreign commerce”, approved March 4, 1923 (21 U. S. C. 61–63), as amended by the Act of August 27, 1935 (21 U. S. C. 64), $10,000. Sea Food Inspectors Act, enforcement.[34 Stat. 768](/us/stat/34/768).[21 U. S. C. §§ 1–5, 7–15](/us/usc/t21/s1–5/7–15).[49 Stat. 871](/us/stat/49/871).[21 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 14a](/us/usc/t21/s14a). Enforcement of the Sea Food Inspectors Act: For personal services of sea food inspectors designated to examine and inspect sea food and the production, packing, and labeling thereof upon the application of any packer of any sea food for shipment or sale within the jurisdiction of the Federal Food and Drugs Act, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to amend section 10A of the Federal Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, as amended”, approved August 27, 1935 (21 U. S. C. 14a), $40,000. Total salaries and expenses, Food and Drug Administration, Personal services.Vehicles. $2,741,138, of which amount not to exceed $826,158 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $27,375 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE salaries and expenses Salaries and expenses.[49 Stat. 163](/us/stat/49/163).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 590a–590f](/us/usc/t16/s590a–590f).*Provisos*.Cost of buildings.Construction on land not owned by Government.Warehouse maintenance, etc. To carry out the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of land resources against soil erosion and for other purposes”, approved April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 590a–590f), which provides for a national program of erosion control and soil and moisture conservation to be carried out directly and in cooperation with other agencies; including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase of books and periodicals, maintenance, repair, and operation of one passenger-carrying automobile in the District of Columbia, furnishing of subsistence to employees, training of employees, and the purchase and erection of permanent buildings: *Provided*, That the cost of any building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same with any such building, shall not exceed $2,500 except where buildings are acquired in conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes and except for ten buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building: *Provided further*, That no money appropriated in this Act shall be available for the construction of any such building on land not owned by the Government: *Provided further*, That during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made the appropriations for the work of the Soil Conservation Service shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Soil Conservation Service and for sale and distribution to other Government activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling), to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured from the appropriations chargeable with the cost or value 53 Stat. 973 of such supplies, materials, or equipment: *Provided further*, That Reproduction of photographs, etc. reproductions of such aerial or other photographs, mosaics, and maps as shall be required in connection with the authorized work of the Soil Conservation Service may be furnished at the cost of reproduction to Federal, State, county, or municipal agencies requesting such reproductions, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation; as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general General administrative expenses.*Proviso*.Restriction. administrative purposes, including the salary of the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $552,050: *Provided*, That no part of the money appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for expenditure if any emergency appropriations are made available for administrative expenses in administering the funds provided in regular appropriations to the Soil Conservation Service. Soil and moisture conservation and land-use investigations: For Soil and moisture conservation and landuse investigations. research and investigations into the character, cause, extent, history, and effects of erosion, soil and moisture depletion and methods of soil and moisture conservation (including the construction and hydrologic phases of farm irrigation and land drainage); and for construction, operation, and maintenance of experimental watersheds, stations, laboratories, plots, and installations, $1,631,185. Soil and moisture conservation and land use operations, demonstrations, Operations, demonstrations, etc. and information: For carrying out preventive measures to conserve soil and moisture, including such special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs, and including the improvement of farm irrigation and land drainage, the establishment and operation of erosion nurseries, the making of conservation plans and surveys, and the dissemination of information, $21,462,349. Emergency erosion control, Everglades region, Florida: For Emergency erosion control, Everglades region, Fla.*Proviso*.State contribution. research and demonstration work in soil conservation control measures, including research and demonstration work in fire control and irrigation construction work to eliminate fire hazards, in the Everglades region of Florida, $75,000: *Provided*, That no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum at least equal to such expenditures shall have been made available by the State of Florida for the same purposes. Total salaries and expenses, Soil Conservation Service, $23,720,584, of which not to exceed $1,734,636 may be expended for Personal services.Vehicles. personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Administrative expenses.[49 Stat. 1148](/us/stat/49/1148).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 590g–590q](/us/usc/t16/s590g–590q).[52 Stat. 31](/us/stat/52/31).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, ch. 35](/us/usc/t7/35).Exhibits at fairs.Law books, etc. provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936 (16 U. S. C. 590g–590q), and the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 31–70) (except the making of payments pursuant to sections 303 and 381 and the provisions of titles IV and V), including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; rent in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $50,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States; purchase of law books, books of refer-53 Stat. 974ence, Amount reappropriated.Availability.*Provisos*.Use restricted.[52 Stat. 37](/us/stat/52/37).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1292](/us/usc/t7/s1292).Limitation.Availability for 1940 programs.[49 Stat. 1148, 1149](/us/stat/49/1148/1149); [52 Stat. 31](/us/stat/52/31).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 590g, 590h](/us/usc/t16/s590g/590h); [7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, ch. 35](/us/usc/t7/35).Transfer of funds.Purchase of seeds, etc.; grants to producers.Tennessee Valley Authority, etc., reimbursement.Funds for administrative expenses.[49 Stat. 774](/us/stat/49/774).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 612c](/us/usc/t7/s612c).[52 Stat. 69](/us/stat/52/69).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1392](/us/usc/t7/s1392). periodicals, and newspapers, $429,560,000, together with not to exceed $70,000,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation made under this head by the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1938, in all, not to exceed $499,560,000, to remain available until June 30, 1941, for compliances under said Act of February 29, 1936, as amended, pursuant to the provisions of the 1939 programs carried out during the period October 1, 1938, to December 31, 1939, inclusive: *Provided*, That no part of such amount shall be available for carrying out the provisions of section 202
(f)of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and not to exceed $3,200,000 shall be available under the provisions of section 202
(a)to 202 (e), inclusive, of said Act, including research on food products of farm commodities: *Provided further*, That no part of such amount shall be available after June 30, 1940, for salaries and other administrative expenses except for payment of obligations therefor incurred prior to July 1, 1940: *Provided further*, That such amount shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1940 programs or plans now or hereafter authorized under section 7 or 8, or both, of said Act of February 29, 1936, or under said provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, from time to time transfer to the General Accounting Office such sums as may be necessary to pay administrative expenses of the General Accounting Office in auditing payments under this item: *Provided further*, That such amount shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming materials and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary of Agriculture in the 1939 and 1940 programs under said Act of February 29, 1936, as amended; for the reimbursement of the Tennessee Valley Authority or any other Government agency for fertilizers, seeds, lime, trees, or other farming materials furnished by such agency; and for the payment of all expenses necessary in making such grants including all or part of the costs incident to the delivery thereof: *And provided further*, That the funds provided by section 32 of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act and for other purposes”, approved August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 612c), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses, in accordance with the provisions of section 392 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, in carrying out the provisions of said section 32, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to the employment of persons and means by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. parity payments Parity payments.[52 Stat. 45](/us/stat/52/45).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1303](/us/usc/t7/s1303).*Provisos*.Rate of payment.Condition. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make parity payments to producers of wheat, cotton, corn (in the commercial corn-producing area), rice, and tobacco pursuant to the provisions of section 303 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, $225,000,000: *Provided, however*, That in expending the appropriation in this paragraph the rate of payment with respect to any commodity shall not exceed the amount by which the average farm price of the commodity is less than 75 per centum of the parity price: *Provided further*, That such payments with respect to any such commodity shall be made with respect to a farm only in the event that the acreage planted to the commodity for harvest on the farm in 1940 is not in excess of the 53 Stat. 975 farm acreage allotment established for the commodity under the agricultural conservation program. disposal of surplus commodities To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to further carry out the provisions Funds for administrative expenses.[49 Stat. 774](/us/stat/49/774).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 612c](/us/usc/t7/s612c).Availability, etc.*Provisos*.Restriction.Cotton allocations. of section 32, as amended, of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes”, approved August 24, 1935, and subject to all provisions of law relating to the expenditure of funds appropriated by such section, $113,000,000. Such sum shall be immediately available and shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, other appropriations made by such section or for the purpose of such section: *Provided*, That not in excess of 25 per centum of the funds herein made available may be devoted to any one agricultural commodity: *Provided further*, That of that part of the funds appropriated in this paragraph which may be allocated for expenditure in connection with cotton not less than 50 per centum shall be allocated for use in carrying out clause
(3)of such section, or in carrying out clause
(2)of such section, which clause
(2)is hereby amended by inserting before the semicolon after “commerce” the following: “or by increasing their utilization through benefits, indemnities, donations or by other means, among persons in low income groups as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.” THE SUGAR ACT OF 1937 To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions, Administrative expenses.[50 Stat. 903](/us/stat/50/903).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1100–1183](/us/usc/t7/s1100–1183).Amount reappropriated.[52 Stat. 27](/us/stat/52/27). other than those specifically relating to the Philippine Islands, of the Sugar Act of 1937, approved September 1, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 1100–1183), and the employment of persons and means, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, as authorized by said Act, $31,975,000 together with $16,000,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation provided under this head by the joint resolution approved February 4, 1938 (52 Stat. 27); in all, not to exceed $47,975,000. INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION CONTROL COMMITTEES During the fiscal year 1940 the Secretary of Agriculture may Share of expenses. expend not to exceed $17,500 from the funds available to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for the share of the United States as a member of the International Wheat Advisory Committee, the International Sugar Council, or like events or bodies concerned with the reduction of agricultural surpluses or with other objectives of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, together with traveling and other necessary expenses relating thereto. FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE ACT Administrative and operating expenses: For operating and administrative Operating and administrative expenses.[52 Stat. 72](/us/stat/52/72).[52 Stat. 77](/us/stat/52/77).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1516](/us/usc/t7/s1516).[52 Stat. 74](/us/stat/52/74).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1507 (d)](/us/usc/t7/s1507/d). expenses under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (52 Stat. 72–77), approved February 16, 1938, $5,423,200, together with a reappropriation of not to exceed $500,000 of the unexpended balance of the funds available for this purpose for the fiscal year 1939, to be allotted by the Secretary of Agriculture
(a)to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, as authorized by section 516
(a)of such Act, and
(b)to bureaus and offices of the Department of Agriculture or for transfer to other agencies of State and Federal Governments, as authorized by section 507
(d)of such Act; and such part as the Secretary allots under clause
(b)hereof shall be available for the employment of 53 Stat. 976 persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, rent in the District of Columbia, purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers. FARM TENANT ACT farm tenancy Loans for acquisition of farms.[50 Stat. 522](/us/stat/50/522).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1000–1006](/us/usc/t7/s1000–1006). To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of title I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 1000–1006), including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia, and elsewhere, exclusive of printing and binding, as authorized by said Act, $40,000,000 reimbursable, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation made under said Act for the fiscal year 1939. liquidation and management of resettlement projects Resettlement projects, liquidation, etc.[50 Stat. 530](/us/stat/50/530).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1017](/us/usc/t7/s1017). To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of section 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 1014–1029), including the employment of persons and means, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, exclusive of printing and binding, as authorized by said Act, $1,987,400. land utilization and retirement of submarginal land Land utilization and retirement of submarginal land.[50 Stat. 525](/us/stat/50/525).[7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1010–1013](/us/usc/t7/s1010–1013). To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 1010–1013), including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, exclusive of printing and binding, as authorized by said Act, $4,978,330, together with the unexpended balances of the appropriations made pursuant to said Act for the fiscal year 1939. Total, Farm Tenant Act, $46,965,730. WATER FACILITIES, ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS Development, etc., of.[50 Stat. 869](/us/stat/50/869).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 590r–590x](/us/usc/t16/s590r–590x).Printing and binding.Vehicles.Personal services.*Proviso*.Restriction. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to promote conservation in the arid and semi-arid areas of the United States by aiding in the development of facilities for water storage and utilization, and for other purposes”, approved August 28, 1937 (16 U. S. C. 590r–590x), including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; printing and binding; the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles; and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $500,000, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That not to exceed $50,000 of this appropriation shall be available for expenditure for any one project designed in whole or in part to benefit lands by the irrigation thereof and all project facilities and appurtenances which depend for their utility in whole or in part upon each other or upon any common facility shall be deemed one project, and the authority contained in said Act shall not be deemed to authorize the construction of any project not in accord with this limitation. BELTSVILLE RESEARCH CENTER General expenses.Additional funds. For general administrative purposes, including maintenance, operation, repairs, and other expenses, $85,000; and, in addition thereto, 53 Stat. 977 this appropriation may be augmented, by transfer of funds or by reimbursement, from applicable appropriations, to cover the cost, including handling and other related charges, of services and supplies, equipment and materials furnished, stores of which may be maintained at the Center, and to cover the cost of building construction, alteration, and repair performed by the Center in carrying out the purposes of such applicable appropriations and the applicable appropriations may also be charged their proportionate share of the necessary general expenses of the Center not covered by this appropriation. COOPERATIVE FARM FORESTRY To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Development, etc., of.[50 Stat. 188](/us/stat/50/188).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 568b](/us/usc/t16/s568b).Printing and binding.Vehicles.*Provisos*.State, etc., contribution.Use for establishing new nurseries, etc., forbidden. provisions of the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, approved May 18, 1937 (16 U. S. C. 568b), including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; printing and binding; not to exceed $7,700 for the purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles; the purchase of reference books and technical journals; not to exceed $30,000 for the construction or purchase of necessary buildings, and other improvements, $300,000: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended in any State or Territory unless the State or Territory, or local subdivision thereof, or individuals, or associations contribute a sum equal to that to be allotted by the Government or make contributions other than money deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture to be the value equivalent thereof: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to establish new nurseries or to acquire land for the establishment of such new nurseries. FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Development, etc., of.[42 Stat. 218](/us/stat/42/218); [49 Stat. 1520](/us/stat/49/1520).[23 U. S. C. § 23; Supp. IV, § 23a](/us/usc/t23/s23/23a).[52 Stat. 635](/us/stat/52/635).Availability.*Proviso*.Authorized expenditures.Limitation. Act approved November 9, 1921 (23 U. S. C. 23), including not to exceed $59,500 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $10,000,000, which sum consists of the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1939 by the Act approved June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1520), and $3,000,000 of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1940 by the Act approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 635), to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: *Provided*, 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 $7,500. INTERCHANGE OF APPROPRIATIONS Not to exceed 5 per centum of the foregoing amounts for the Interchange of appropriations.Limitation. 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 5 per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of extraordinary emergency. WORK FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS During the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made Work for other departments, etc. the head of any department or independent establishment of the Government requiring inspections, analyses, and tests of food and 53 Stat. 978 other products, within, the scope of 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. PASSENGER-CARRYING VEHICLES Availability of funds for purchase, etc.*Provisos*.Limitation on use.Interchangeability.Maintenance, etc.Exchanges.Vehicles for use in D. C. Within the limitations specified under the several headings 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*, 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 motortrucks in the District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That the limitation on expenditures for purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles in the field service shall be interchangeable between the various bureaus and offices of the Department, to such extent as the exigencies of the service may require: *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: *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: *Provided further*, That the funds available to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration may be used during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made for the maintenance, repair, and operation of one passenger-carrying vehicle for official purposes in the District of Columbia. Short title. This title may be cited as the “Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1940”. TITLE II— Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act of 1940. FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION salaries and expenses Salaries and expenses.Printing and binding.Contingent expenses.Supplies and services.[R. S. § 3709](/us/rs/s3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Vehicles. For salaries and expenses of the Farm Credit Administration in the District of Columbia and the field; traveling expenses of officers and employees including not to exceed $5,000 for travel incurred under proper authority attending meetings or conventions of members of organizations at which matters of importance to the work of the Farm Credit Administration are to be discussed or transacted; printing and binding; contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including law books, books of reference, and not to exceed $1,000 for periodicals, newspapers, and maps; contract stenographic reporting services, and expert services for the preparation of amortization tables; library membership fees or dues in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may be made in advance; purchase of manuscripts, data, and special reports by personal service without regard to the provisions of any other Act; procurement of supplies and services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $50; purchase (including one at not to exceed $1,500), exchange, maintenance, repair, 53 Stat. 979 and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motortrucks to be used only for official purposes; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; garage rental in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; payment of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per Transportation, per diem, etc.Collection of loans under designated Acts.Examinations, etc.*Proviso*.Assessment for expenses.Additional funds. diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses of persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Farm Credit Administration; employment of persons, firms, and others for the performance of special services, including legal services, and other miscellaneous expenses; necessary administrative expenses in connection with the making of loans under the provisions of the Act of January 29, 1937 (50 Stat. 5), and the collection of moneys due the United States on account of loans made under the provisions of the Acts of March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1347), March 20, 1922 (42 Stat. 467), April 26, 1924 (43 Stat. 110), February 28, 1927 (44 Stat. 1251), February 25, 1929 (45 Stat. 1306), as amended May 17, 1929 (46 Stat. 3), March 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 78, 79), December 20, 1930 (46 Stat. 1032), February 14, 1931 (46 Stat. 1160), and February 23, 1931 (46 Stat. 1276); January 22, 1932 (47 Stat. 5), February 4, 1933 (47 Stat. 795), March 4, 1933 (47 Stat. 1547), February 23, 1934 (48 Stat. 354), March 10, 1934 (48 Stat. 402), June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1021), February 20, 1935 (49 Stat. 28), March 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 49), April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), January 29, 1937 (50 Stat. 5), February 9, 1937 (50 Stat. 8, 11), February 4, 1938 (52 Stat. 26), and Executive Order Numbered 7305, dated February 28, 1936; examination of corporations, banks, associations, credit unions, and institutions operated, supervised, or regulated by the Farm Credit Administration: *Provided*, That the expenses and salaries of employees engaged in such examinations shall be assessed against the said corporations, banks, or institutions in accordance with the provisions of existing laws; in all, $3,650,000, together with not to exceed $3,950,000 from the funds made available to the Farm Credit Administration under the Acts of January 29, 1937 (50 Stat. 5), February 9, 1937 (50 Stat. 8, 11), and February 4, 1938 (52 Stat. 26). Farmers’ crop production and harvesting loans: For loans to Farmers’ crop production and harvesting loans.Funds available.*Proviso*.Liability of employees for fraud of applicants, etc. farmers under the Act of January 29, 1937 (50 Stat. 5), as amended by the Act of February 4, 1938 (52 Stat. 26), $15,000,000, together with the unobligated balance (exclusive of the amount of such balance made available for “Salaries and expenses, Farm Credit Administration, 1940”) of the appropriation “Crop production and harvesting loans” as made in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937 (50 Stat. 8, 11), and as continued available by the Act of February 4, 1938 (52 Stat. 26), and together with all collections of principal and interest on loans heretofore or hereafter made under said Act of January 29, 1937 (50 Stat. 5): *Provided*, That no employee of the United States on whose certificate or approval loans under said Act of January 29, 1937, as amended, or other acts of the same general character, are or have been made, shall be held personally liable for any loss or deficiency occasioned by the fraud or misrepresentation of applicants or borrowers, if the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration shall determine that such employee has exercised reasonable care in the circumstances, and has complied with the regulations of the Farm Credit Administration in executing such certificate or giving such approval. Notwithstanding any such determination by the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration, this provision shall not be construed to prevent any criminal process against any person who was a party to or had guilty knowledge of such fraud or misrepresentation. 53 Stat. 980 federal farm mortgage corporation Administrative expenses.[48 Stat. 344](/us/stat/48/344).[12 U. S. C. § 1020](/us/usc/t12/s1020).Travel expenses.[44 Stat. 688](/us/stat/44/688).[5 U. S. C. §§ 821–833](/us/usc/t5/s821–833).Printing and binding.Vehicles.Labor-saving devices.Special services.[48 Stat. 344](/us/stat/48/344).*Provisos*.Certain expenses deemed nonadministrative.Payment, etc., of obligations.[48 Stat. 344](/us/stat/48/344).[12 U. S. C. §§ 1016–1020 (h)](/us/usc/t12/s1016–1020/h). Not to exceed $9,500,000 of the funds of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, established by the Act of January 31, 1934 (48 Stat. 344), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the Corporation, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses of officers and employees of the Corporation, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C. 821–833); printing and binding; law books, books of reference, and not to exceed $250 for periodicals and newspapers; contract stenographic reporting services; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; purchase (at not to exceed $750 each), exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; payment of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses of persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Corporation; employment on a contract or fee basis of persons, firms, and corporations for the performance of special services, including legal services; use of the services and facilities of Federal land banks, national farm loan associations, Federal Reserve banks, and agencies of the Government as authorized by said Act of January 31, 1934; and all other necessary administrative expenses: *Provided*, That all necessary expenses (including services performed on a force account, contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal property of the Corporation shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: *Provided further*, That except for the limitations in amounts hereinbefore specified, and the restrictions in respect to travel expenses, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Corporation shall be incurred, allowed, and paid, in accordance with the provisions of said Act of January 31, 1934, as amended (12 U. S. C. 1016–1020 (h)). Short title. This title may be cited as the “Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act of 1940”. Approved, June 30, 1939. Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, to provide appropriations required immediately for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes. Chapter 254 53 Stat. 980 1939-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 254] AN ACT Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, to provide appropriations required immediately for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes. June 30, 1939[[H. R. 6970](/us/bill/76/hr/6970)][[Public, No. 160](/us/pl/76/160)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following Urgent Deficiency and Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal years 1939 and 1940. sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, to provide appropriations required immediately for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes, namely: LEGISLATIVE senate Pages. For twenty-one pages for the Senate Chamber at the rate of $4 each per day during the month of July 1939, $2,604. 53 Stat. 981 house of representatives To pay the widow of Bert Lord, late a Representative from, the Bert Lord.Payment to widow. State of New York, $10,000. To pay the widow of Clarence W. Turner, late a Representative Clarence W. Turner.Payment to widow. from the State of Tennessee, $10,000. The two foregoing sums to be disbursed by the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. Office of Doorkeeper: For forty-seven pages, including ten pages Pages. for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, at $4 each per day during the month of July 1939, $5,828. For the services of an additional messenger to the press room of House Press Gallery, additional messenger. the House Press Gallery as provided by H. Res. 172, Seventy-sixth Congress, fiscal year 1940, $1,440. For the services of a superintendent for the radio room of the House Radio Press Gallery, superintendent for radio room. Radio Press Gallery as provided by H. Res. 199, Seventy-sixth Congress, fiscal year 1940, $2,700. Contingent expenses: For stenographic reports of hearings of Reports of committee hearings. committees other than special and select committees, fiscal year 1939, $6,000. For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, Telegraph and telephone service. fiscal year 1939, $25,000. The unexpended balance of the appropriation “Contingent Expenses, Special and select committees.Balance of appropriation, 1938, available during 1939 and 1940.[50 Stat. 177](/us/stat/50/177). House of Representatives, Expenses of Special and Select Committees, 1938”, is hereby reappropriated and made available during the fiscal years 1939 and 1940 for expenses of special and select committees. capitol building For carrying into effect the provisions of Public Resolution Numbered Painting of the signing of the Constitution.*Ante*, p. 583. 11, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved April 20, 1939, entitled “Joint resolution to authorize the painting of the signing of the Constitution for placement in the Capitol Building”, fiscal year 1940, $30,000, to remain available until June 30, 1941, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the purposes of such joint resolution upon vouchers approved by the Commission or such member thereof as the Commission may designate for that purpose at such times and in such amounts as the Commission may direct. INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENTS executive office Salaries: For an additional amount to be added to the appropriation Administrative assistants to the President, etc.*Ante*, pp. 524, 565. “Salaries, Executive Office, 1940”, to provide six administrative assistants to the President at $10,000 each a year and for their clerical and secretarial assistants, $86,400. Contingent expenses, Executive Office: For an additional amount Contingent expenses.*Ante*, p. 524. for contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including the same objects specified under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940, $6,600. Traveling expenses of the President: For an additional amount Traveling expenses of the President.*Ante*, p. 525. for traveling and official entertainment expenses of the President of the United States, to be expended, in his discretion and accounted for on his certificate solely, fiscal year 1940, $5,000. Bureau of the Budget, salaries and expenses: The unobligated Bureau of the Budget, salaries and expenses.[52 Stat. 126, 1149](/us/stat/52/126/1149). balance on June 30, 1939, of the appropriation, “Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of the Budget, 1939”, shall be added to and become a part of the appropriation, “Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of the 53 Stat. 982 *Proviso*.Limitation on amount for salaries, etc., increased.*Ante*, p. 660.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).[5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652, 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s631–652/661–674/673/673c). Budget, 1940”: *Provided*, That the limitation of $5,000 on the amount that may be expended from the appropriation “Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of the Budget, 1940”, for the temporary employment of persons or organizations by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, or the civil-service laws, or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, is hereby increased to $50,000. federal loan agency Electric Home and Farm Authority, administrative expenses.*Ante*, p. 510.Travel expenses.[44 Stat. 688](/us/stat/44/688).[5 U. S. C. §§ 821–833](/us/usc/t5/s821–833).Printing and binding.Labor-saving devices.Rent.*Proviso*.Certain expenses deemed nonadministrative. Electric Home and Farm Authority, salaries and administrative expenses: Not to exceed $500,000 of the funds of the Electric Home and Farm Authority, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 7139 of August 12, 1935, and continued as such agency until June 30, 1941, by the Act of March 4, 1939 (Public Act Numbered 2, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the Authority, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C. 821–833); printing and binding; lawbooks and books of reference; not to exceed $200 for periodicals, newspapers, and maps; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and all other administrative expenses: *Provided*, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, care, repair, and disposition of any security or collateral now or hereafter held or acquired by the Authority shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof. Export-Import Bank of Washington.Administrative expenses.*Ante*, p. 510.Personal services.Travel expenses.[44 Stat. 688](/us/stat/44/688).[5 U. S. C. §§ 821–833](/us/usc/t5/s821–833).Printing and binding.Labor-saving devices.Rent.*Proviso*.Certain expenses deemed nonadministrative. Export-Import Bank of Washington, salaries and administrative expenses: Not to exceed $75,000 of the funds of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 6581 of February 2, 1934, and continued as such agency until June 30, 1941, by the Act approved March 4, 1939 (Public Act Numbered 3, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the bank, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C. 821–833); printing and binding; lawbooks and books of reference; not to exceed $250 for periodicals, newspapers, and maps; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and all other necessary administrative expenses: *Provided*, That all necessary expenses (including special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belong to the bank or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof. Restriction on use of funds.*Ante*, p. 550. The funds made available herein under the caption “Federal Loan Agency” shall be subject to section 4 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940. employees’ compensation commission Salaries and expenses. Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the Employees’ Compensation Commission, fiscal year 1939, including the same objects and under the same limitations speci-53 Stat. 983fied in the appropriation for this purpose in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1939, $17,500. [52 Stat. 414](/us/stat/52/414). Employees’ compensation fund, emergency relief: The paragraph Employees’ compensation fund, emergency relief.[52 Stat. 415](/us/stat/52/415). in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1939, under the head “Employees’ Compensation Fund, Emergency Relief”, is hereby amended by striking out the sum “$2,936,546” and inserting in lieu thereof the sum “$3,686,546”. federal communications commission Salaries and expenses: For seven Commissioners, and for all other Salaries and expenses.[48 Stat. 1064](/us/stat/48/1064).[47 U. S. C. § 151; Supp. IV, § 151](/us/usc/t47/s151).Ship Act of 1910.[36 Stat. 629](/us/stat/36/629).[46 U. S. C. §§ 484–487; Supp. IV, §§ 484–487](/us/usc/t46/s484–487).Submarine cable licenses.[45 Stat. 2760](/us/stat/45/2760).[50 Stat. 1146](/us/stat/50/1146).Minor purchases.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Vehicles.Attendance at meetings.Transmission of information by U. S. ships.[50 Stat. 195](/us/stat/50/195).[47 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 357](/us/usc/t47/s357).Transportation of personal effects.Personal services. authorized expenditures of the Federal Communications Commission in performing the duties imposed by the Communications Act of 1934, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1064), the Ship Act of 1910, approved June 24, 1910, as amended (46 U. S. C. 484–487), the International Radiotelegraphic Convention (45 Stat., pt. 2, p. 2760), Executive Order Numbered 3513, dated July 9, 1921, as amended under date of June 30, 1934, relating to applications for submarine cable licenses, and the radiotelegraphy provisions of the Convention for Promoting Safety of Life at Sea, ratified by the President of the United States, July 7, 1936, including personal services, contract stenographic reporting services, rental of quarters, newspapers, periodicals, reference books, law books, special counsel fees, supplies and equipment, including purchase and exchange of instruments, which may be purchased without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $25, improvement and care of grounds and repairs to buildings, not to exceed $5,000, purchase, including exchange, maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for official use in the field, not to exceed $3,000, traveling expenses, including expenses of attendance at meetings which in the discretion of the Commission are necessary for the efficient discharge of its responsibilities, reimbursement to ships of the United States for charges incurred by such ships in transmitting information in compliance with section 357 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, expenses of packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of household goods and other personal effects (not to exceed in any case five thousand pounds) of officers and employees when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty upon specific authorization by the Commission, and other necessary expenses; fiscal year 1940, $1,800,000, of which amount not to exceed $1,151,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Special study of radio requirements necessary for ships navigating Radio requirements for ships navigating Great Lakes, etc.[50 Stat. 197](/us/stat/50/197).[47 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 602](/us/usc/t47/s602).Travel expenses. the Great Lakes and inland waters of the United States: To enable the Federal Communications Commission to study and report to Congress the radio requirements necessary or desirable for safety purposes for ships navigating the Great Lakes and the inland waters of the United States, as provided in section 15 of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the Communications Act of 1934, approved June 19, 1934, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property at sea through the use of wire and radio communications, to make more effective the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, and for other purposes”, approved May 20, 1937 (50 Stat. 189–198), including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, supplies and equipment, and such other contingent and miscellaneous expenses as may be necessary; fiscal year 1940, $13,175. Printing and binding: For all printing and binding for the Printing and binding. Federal Communications Commission, fiscal year 1940, $25,000. Total, Federal Communications Commission, $1,838,175. 53 Stat. 984 reconstruction finance corporation Limitation on administrative expenses increased.[52 Stat. 434](/us/stat/52/434). Salaries and administrative expenses: The limitation of $9,250,000 for administrative expenses of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Mortgage Company for the fiscal year 1939, contained in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1939, is hereby increased to $9,500,000. smithsonian institution National Gallery of Art, maintenance.[50 Stat. 51](/us/stat/50/51); *ante*, p. 577.Personal services. Salaries and expenses, National Gallery of Art: For the upkeep and operation of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and all administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution Numbered 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including personal services in the District of Columbia (except as otherwise provided in sec. 4
(c)of such Act); traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; periodicals and books of reference; rental of equipment; services; uniforms for guards and elevator operators; not to exceed $2,000 for printing and binding; purchase or rental of devices for protecting buildings and contents thereof; and maintenance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds, fiscal year 1940, $159,000. temporary national economic committee Administrative expenses.[52 Stat. 705](/us/stat/52/705); *ante*, p. 624.Rent.Availability.Allocations to departments, etc.*Proviso*.Minor purchases.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). For an additional amount for each and every purpose requisite and incident to carrying out the provisions of the public resolution entitled “Joint resolution to create a temporary national economic committee”, approved June 16, 1938, as amended by the public resolution approved April 26, 1939, including rent and personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere by contract or otherwise; contract stenographic reporting services; books of reference; traveling expenses; employment of messenger service by contract or otherwise, and all other necessary expenses; $390,000, to be available until the expiration of the Seventy-sixth Congress, of which amount not to exceed $96,000 shall be available for expenditure by the Temporary National Economic Committee and $294,000 for allocation by the President to the departments and agencies represented on the Committee to enable them to carry out their functions under such public resolution approved June 16, 1938: *Provided*, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not apply to any purchase or service rendered hereunder when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $100. work projects administration Direct relief to destitute citizens, Anoka and Hennepin Counties, Minn.*Proviso*.State, etc., contributions. To enable the Commissioner of Work Projects to afford direct relief to citizens of the counties of Anoka and Hennepin, in the State of Minnesota, made destitute by the recent tornado which occurred in that State, either by grants to the Governor of the State of Minnesota or local authorities, or otherwise, as he may determine, fiscal year 1940, $35,000, payable from funds of the Work Projects Administration: *Provided*, That, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Works Projects, no part of this sum shall be used for grants unless a sum or sums at least equal to such grants shall have been made available by the State of Minnesota or a political subdivision thereof for the accomplishment of the same purpose. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Board of Tax Appeals. Board of Tax Appeals: For an additional amount for salaries of the Board of Tax Appeals for the District of Columbia, in accordance 53 Stat. 985 with title IX of the Act entitled “An Act to amend the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, and for other purposes”, approved [52 Stat. 370](/us/stat/52/370).[20 D. C. Code, Supp. IV, § 973](/us/dcc/20/973). May 16, 1938, fiscal year 1939, $350. Commission on Mental Health: For an additional amount for compensation Commission on Mental Health. of members of the Commission on Mental Health of the District of Columbia, and other personal services, including payment of witness fees and mileage, fiscal year 1939, $750. Public schools: For an additional amount for personal services of Public schools, clerks, etc. clerks and other employees, fiscal year 1939, $705. Policemen and firemen’s relief: For an additional amount to pay Policemen and firemen’s relief. the policemen and firemen’s relief and other allowances as authorized by law, fiscal year 1939, $65,000. Municipal court, jurors: For an additional amount for compensation Municipal court, jurors.[52 Stat. 176](/us/stat/52/176). of jurors, under the same conditions and limitations applicable to the appropriation for this purpose in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, $725. Division of expenses: The foregoing sums for the District of Division of expenses. Columbia, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed by the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the respective fiscal years for which such sums are provided. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE commodity credit corporation Salaries and administrative expenses: Not to exceed $2,000,000 of Administrative expenses.*Ante*, p. 510.Personal services.Travel expenses.[44 Stat. 688](/us/stat/44/688).[5 U. S. C. §§ 821–833](/us/usc/t5/s821–833).Printing and binding.Rent.*Provisos*.Nonadministrative expenses.Restriction on use of funds.*Ante*, p. 550. the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 6340, dated October 16, 1933, and continued as such agency to June 30, 1941, by the Act of March 4, 1939 (Public Act Numbered 3, Seventy-sixth Congress), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses of the Corporation, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C. 821–833); printing and binding; law books and books of reference; not to exceed $150 for periodicals, maps, and newspapers; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and all other necessary administrative expenses: *Provided*, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: *Provided*, That the funds made available by this paragraph shall be subject to section 4 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR office of the secretary Salaries: The sum of $216,560 of the funds appropriated by section Salaries.[52 Stat. 816](/us/stat/52/816).*Ante*, p. 685. 201
(a)of the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 is hereby transferred, effective July 1, 1939, to the appropriation “Salaries, Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1940”, such amount to be taken from the sum made available for the fiscal year 53 Stat. 986 1940 for administrative expenses of the Federal Emergency Administration *Ante*, p. 548. of Public Works by the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1940. general land office Registers of land offices. Registers: For an additional amount for salaries and commissions of registers of district land offices, fiscal year 1939, $1,000. bureau of indian affairs Hospitals, etc., Alaska.[50 Stat. 222](/us/stat/50/222). Construction, and so forth, buildings and utilities, Indian Service: The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $100,000 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, for the construction and equipment of a hospital at Point Barrow, Alaska, is hereby made available under this head until June 30, 1941, for the construction and equipment of hospitals and quarters in Alaska. government in the territories Survey of natural resources, Antarctic regions.*Ante*, p. 634; *post*, p. 1321.Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).*Proviso*.Contracts for supplies in foreign ports. Division of Territories and Island Possessions: For an additional amount for expenses of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions in the investigation and survey of natural resources of the land and sea areas of the Antarctic regions, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or by contract, if deemed necessary, without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, rent, traveling expenses, purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers and periodicals, stationery, hire of automobiles, purchase of equipment, supplies and provisions, and all other necessary expenses, fiscal year 1939, to remain available until June 30, 1940, $340,000: *Provided*, That fuel, repairs, and emergency supplies may be contracted for in foreign ports. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Judicial marshals, and other expenses of united states courts U. S. Courts.Transfer of appropriations; availability.[52 Stat. 268](/us/stat/52/268).Printing and binding.[52 Stat. 259](/us/stat/52/259).District court, C. Z.[52 Stat. 266](/us/stat/52/266).Marshals.[52 Stat. 267](/us/stat/52/267).Clerks.[52 Stat. 268](/us/stat/52/268).Miscellaneous salaries.[52 Stat. 268](/us/stat/52/268).*Proviso*.Department deficiencies, 1938 and prior years.[52 Stat. 268](/us/stat/52/268). The sum of $136,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation “Fees of Jurors and Witnesses, United States Courts, 1939”, is hereby transferred and made available for the purposes of the appropriations to which transferred, as follows: The sum of $50,000 to “Printing and Binding, Department of Justice and Courts, 1939”; the sum of $2,000 to “Salaries, District Court, Panama Canal Zone, 1939”; the sum of $40,000 to “Salaries, Fees, and Expenses of Marshals, United States Courts, 1939”; the sum of $27,000 to “Salaries and Expenses of Clerks, United States Courts, 1939”; and the sum of $17,000 to “Miscellaneous Salaries, United States Courts, 1939”: *Provided*, That the deficiencies under appropriations for the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1938 and prior fiscal years due to settlements of accounts and claims by the Comptroller General of the United States, set forth on page 134 of the hearing of June 19, 1939, before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations in charge of deficiency appropriations, may be charged against the appropriation “Fees of Jurors and Witnesses, United States Courts, 1939”. Conciliation Commissioners, U. S. Courts. Conciliation Commissioners, United States Courts: The unexpended balances of the appropriations “Fees and Expenses of Conciliation Commissioners, United States Courts, 1937–1939”, and “Fees of Conciliation Commissioners, United States Courts, 1938”, are hereby continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. 53 Stat. 987 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT (out of postal revenues) Unexpended balances of appropriations for the Post Office Department Transfers of unexpended balances of appropriations, 1939.[52 Stat. 142–144](/us/stat/52/142–144). are hereby transferred and made available for the purposes of the appropriations to which transferred, as follows: The sum of $1,500,000 from “Railway Mail Service, Salaries, 1939” to “Clerks, First- and Second-Class Post Offices, 1939”; the sum of $1,000,000 from “Railroad Transportation and Mail Messenger Service, 1939” to “City Delivery Carriers, 1939”; the sum of $350,000 from “Rural Delivery Service, 1939” to “Special Delivery Fees, 1939”; the sum of $15,000 from “Electric- and Cable-Car Service, 1939” to “Power-Boat Service, 1939”; and the sum of $35,000 from “Manufacture and Distribution of Stamps and Stamped Paper, 1939” to “Unpaid Money Orders More Than One Year Old, 1939”. The appropriation “Vehicle Service, 1940”, contained in the Post Repair of vehicles.*Ante*, p. 681. Office Department Appropriation Act, 1940, approved May 6, 1939, is hereby made available also for the repair of vehicles owned by, or under the control of, units of the National Guard and departments and agencies of the Federal Government where repairs are made necessary because of utilization of such vehicles in the Postal Service. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Alaskan International Highway Commission: For the expenses of Alaskan International Highway Commission.[52 Stat. 590](/us/stat/52/590).Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652, 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s631–652/661–674/673/673c).Contract services.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Share of joint expenses. the Alaskan International Highway Commission, created by the Act of May 31, 1938 (52 Stat. 590), including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, periodicals, and maps; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; and such other expenses as the President shall deem proper in the fulfillment of the duty of the Commission, including the United States share of necessary joint expenses of the two Governments, fiscal year 1940, $6,200. Eighth Pan American Child Congress, San José, Costa Rica: For Eighth Pan American Child Congress, San José, Costa Rica.Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).Contract services.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Exhibit.Purchase of supplies.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). the expenses of participation by the United States in the Eighth Pan American Child Congress, to be held at San Jose, Costa Rica, in 1939, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; cost of assembling, installing, packing, transporting, safekeeping, demonstrating, and renovating a suitable exhibit, and the purchase of supplies incident thereto, by contract if deemed necessary without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fiscal year 1940, $5,000. First Pan American Housing Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina: First Pan American Housing Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina. For the expenses of participation by the United States in the First Pan American Housing Conference, to be held at Buenos Aires, 53 Stat. 988 Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c).Contract services.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). Argentina, in 1939, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); communication service; rent; travel expenses; local transportation; transportation of things; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; stationery; equipment; official cards; entertainment; printing and binding; cost of assembling, installing, packing, transporting, safekeeping, demonstrating, and renovating a suitable exhibit; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, fiscal year 1940, $2,000. International Committee on Political Refugees.Personal services.[5 U. S. C. §§ 631–652, 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s631–652/661–674/673/673c).Contract services.[R. S. § 3709](/us/bill/76/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).Unexpended balance reappropriated.[52 Stat. 1147](/us/stat/52/1147).*Proviso*.Salary limitation. International Committee on Political Refugees: for the expenses of participation by the United States in the International Committee on Political Refugees, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5); rent; traveling expenses; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; stationery; equipment; official cards; printing and binding; entertainment; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified, fiscal year 1940, $20,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal years 1938 and 1939 contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938: *Provided*, That no salary shall be paid hereunder at a rate in excess of $7,500 per annum. Third International Congress for Microbiology.*Ante*, p. 554. Third International Congress for Microbiology: For the expenses of participation by the United States in the Third International Congress for Microbiology, to be held in the United States during the calendar year 1939, as authorized by and in accordance with Public Resolution Numbered 6, approved March 29, 1939, fiscal year 1940, $5,000. Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany.[49 Stat. 1631](/us/stat/49/1631). Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany: For the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, fiscal year 1939, including the same objects specified under this head in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, $34,400, to remain available until June 30, 1940. Emergencies, Diplomatic and Consular Service.[52 Stat. 1145](/us/stat/52/1145). Emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service: The unexpended balance of the appropriation “Emergencies Arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, 1938 and 1939”, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1938, is continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. International conferences.Balances reappropriated.[52 Stat. 1147](/us/stat/52/1147). International Monetary and Economic Conference and General Disarmament Conference: The unexpended balances of the appropriations “International Monetary and Economic Conference, 1933–1939”, and “General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 1933–1939”, contained in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal vear 1938, are continued available for the same purposes until June 30, 1940. 53 Stat. 989 TREASURY DEPARTMENT office of commissioner of accounts and deposits Contingent expenses, public moneys: For an additional amount for Contingent expenses, public moneys.[52 Stat. 124](/us/stat/52/124). contingent expenses, public moneys, fiscal year 1939, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1939, $6,500. coast guard Office of the Commandant: Not exceeding $6,600 of the amount Salaries.Transfer of appropriation.[52 Stat. 129](/us/stat/52/129). appropriated for “Fuel and water, Coast Guard”, in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1939, may be transferred to the appropriation for “Salaries, office of Coast Guard, 1939”. procurement division, public buildings branch Operating force for public buildings: For an additional amount for Operating force, public buildings.[52 Stat. 136](/us/stat/52/136). personal services, fiscal year 1939, including the same objects specified under this head in the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1939, $15,500. Sec. 2. That section 6 of the Treasury and Post Office Departments Official mail matter.*Ante*, p. 683. Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1940 (Public, Numbered 65, Seventy-sixth Congress), approved May 6, 1939, is hereby amended to read as follows:" “Sec. 6. On and after July 1, 1939, no executive department or Executive departments and independent establishments.Restriction on transmitting certain unsolicited matter, free of postage.Exceptions.Quarterly statements of weight by classes.Certification of compliance.*Provisos*.Exceptions.[49 Stat. 859](/us/stat/49/859).[16 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 825k](/us/usc/t16/s825k).Educational institutions, etc. independent establishment of the Government shall transmit through the mail, free of postage, any book, report, periodical, bulletin, pamphlet, list, or other article or document (except official letter correspondence, including such enclosures as are reasonably related to the subject matter of the correspondence; informational releases in connection with the decennial census of the United States, mail concerning the sale of Government securities, and all forms and blanks and copies of statutes, rules, regulations, and instructions and administrative orders and interpretations necessary in the administration of such departments and establishments), unless a request therefor has been previously received by such department or independent establishment; or such transmission is required by law; or such document is transmitted to inform the recipient thereof of the adoption, amendment, or interpretation of a statute, rule, regulation, or order to which he is subject. For each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing July 1, 1939, the head of each independent establishment and executive department (other than the Post Office Department) shall submit to the Postmaster General, within thirty days after the close of the quarter, a statement of the weight of the mail matter by classes of mail that the independent establishment or department has transmitted free of postage during such quarter, and he shall also certify to the Postmaster General at the end of each such quarter that nothing was transmitted through the mail free of postage by the independent establishment or department in violation of the provisions of this section: *Provided*, That nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the mailing free of postage of lists of agricultural bulletins, lists of public documents which are offered for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, or of announcements of publications of maps, atlases, statistical, and other reports offered for sale by the Federal Power Commission as authorized by section 312 of the Federal Power Act: *Provided further*, That this prohibition shall not apply to the transmission of such books, reports, periodicals, bulletins, pamphlets, lists, articles, or documents to educational insti-53 Stat. 990tutions or public libraries, or to Federal, State, or other public authorities.” " Sec. 3. Short title. This Act may be cited as the “Urgent Deficiency and Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal years 1939 and 1940”. Approved, June 30, 1939. To establish, a lien for moneys due hospitals for services rendered in cases caused by negligence or fault of others and providing for the recording and enforcing of such liens. Chapter 255 53 Stat. 990 1939-06-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 255] AN ACT To establish, a lien for moneys due hospitals for services rendered in cases caused by negligence or fault of others and providing for the recording and enforcing of such liens. June 30, 1939[[S. 1805](/us/bill/76/s/1805)][
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