Provisos. 52 Stat. 31. ch.35. 49 Stat. 774. (44 U. S. C. 111, 220): Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to this appropriation from the appropriation made for marketing quotas, etc. "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 $1303. 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, $1,987,435. LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 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 travel expenses, and for library fixtures, library cards, supplies, and for all other necessary expenses, $105,000, of which amount not to exceed $75,250 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS PAYMENTS TO STATES, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND PUERTO RICO FOR $612c. 52 Stat. 45. Salaries and expenses. Personal services. Support of stations. 24 Stat. 440. 7 U.S. C., Supp. V, Hatch Act: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March 2, 1887 (7 U. Š. C. 362, 363, 365, 368, 377-379), entitled "An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with $363. 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. 12 Stat. 503. Increased allotments. 34 Stat. 63. 7 U.S. O., Supp. V, Adams Act: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March 16, 1906 (7 U. S. C. 369), entitled "An Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment sta- $369. tions 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 "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 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), $67,500. Alaska: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to extend the benefits of the Hatch Act and the SmithLever Act to the Territory of Alaska", approved February 23, 1929 Further allotments. 43 Stat. 970. Hawaii. 45 Stat. 571. Alaska. 45 Stat. 1256. (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 20.8. Supp. V, Alaska, and for other purposes", approved June 20, 1936 (7 U. S. C. 369a), $10,000; in all, for Alaska, $25,000. 49 Stat. 1554. 7 U. S. C., § 369a. Puerto Rico. 46 Stat. 1520. Research, etc. 49 Stat. 436. 7 U. S. C., Supp. V, §§ 427-427g. Total. Administration of grants to States, etc. 24 Stat. 440; 34 Stat. 542, 1256; 46 Stat. 1520; 7.8.0., Supp. V. 63; 43 Stat. 970; 45 Stat. 49 Stat. 1553. §§ 361-382. Puerto Rico station. Form of annual statement, financial etc. Puerto Rico: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act entitled "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), $50,000. Title I, Bankhead-Jones Act: For payments to States, Hawaii, 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 agricultural experiment stations, $6,862,500. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Administration of grants to States and coordination of research: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of the Acts approved March 2, 1887, March 16, 1906, February 24, 1925, May 16, 1928, February 23, 1929, March 4, 1931, and June 20, 1936, and Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto (7 U. S. C. 361-386f), relative to their administration and for 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: 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: ProTransfer of equip vided, 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. Insular experiment stations. Proviso. ment. 45 Stat. 571. Personal services. Vehicles. Total, Office of Experiment Stations, $7,107,235, 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 ex penses. 49 Stat. 436. 7 U. S. C., Supp. V, 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 $$ 427-4271. 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 horsedrawn 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 Capper-Ketcham extension work: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the further development of agricultural extension work between the agricultural 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 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. Further cooperation with State colleges. 12 Stat. 503. 45 Stat. 711. 7 U. 8. C., Supp. V, §§ 343a, 343b. Cooperative extension work. Extension work, Act of April 24, 1939: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work", approved April 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 589), § 343c-1. $203,000. Extension work, section 21, Bankhead-Jones Act: To enable 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 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 CapperKetcham Act to the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes", approved June 20, 1936 (7 U. S. C. 343e), $10,000; in all, for Alaska, $23,918. Puerto Rico: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into 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), $90,000. 7 U. S. C., Supp. V, Cooperative State agricultural extension work. 49 Stat. 438. 7 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 343c. Alaska. 45 Stat. 1256. 49 Stat. 1554. 7 U. 8. O., Supp. V, § 3430. Puerto Rico. 50 Stat. 881. 7 U.S. O., Supp. V, In all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico for $3431, 343g. agricultural extension work, $13,796,918. Administration and coordination of extension work. 38 Stat. 372. Extension informa tion. pictures, etc. SALARIES AND EXPENSES Administration and coordination of extension work: For the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act, approved May 8, 1914 (7 U. S. C. 341-348), and Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, and to coordinate the extension work of the Department and the several States, Territories, and insular possessions, $550,000. Extension information: For the employment of persons and means Exhibits, motion in the District of Columbia and elsewhere for the development, preparation, distribution, and display by the Extension Service of exhibits, motion pictures, sound recordings, and other educational and informational media and for the dissemination of information, designed to increase the effectiveness of the cooperative extension work of the Department and the land-grant colleges in agriculture and home economics; and to cooperate with other bureaus and offices of the Department of Agriculture and with Federal, State, county, municipal, and other agencies, including State, interstate, international, and other fairs held within the United States, in such development, preparation, distribution, and display of such educational and informational material, $240,000. Cooperation with other bureaus, etc. In all, salaries and expenses, $790,000, of which amount not to exceed $667,756 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Total, Extension Service, $14,586,918. OFFICE OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL RELATIONS Salaries and expenses: For carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of June 5, 1930 (7 U. S. C., 541– 545), 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; to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with American republics, as provided for by the Act approved August 9, 1939 (53 Stat. 1290), 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 $500 for newspapers as may be necessary in connection with this work, $196,396. Grand total, Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, $26,519,386. WEATHER BUREAU SALARIES AND EXPENSES 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 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 Telegraphing, etc. Issuance of forecasts observers; for telephone rentals, and for telegraphing, telephoning, Promoting safety, etc., of aircraft. 52 Stat. 1014. 49 U. S. C., Supp. V, 603. Administrative ex penses. Observations, warnings, and general Post, p. 1040. International Meteorological Committee. Printing office. 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, $145,000. Observations, warnings, and general weather service: For necessary expenses incident to collecting and disseminating meteorological, weather service. aerological, climatological, and marine information, and for investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, evaporation, and aerology in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $6,173,870, 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. Total, salaries and expenses, Weather Bureau, $6,318,870, of which ices. amount not to exceed $732,342 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That Weather Bureau part-time employees, appointed by designation or ployees. 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. BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY SALARIES AND EXPENSES Proviso. Total; personal serv Proviso. Salaries penses. 23 Stat. 31. em and ex 7 U. S. C. § 391. Inspection at other For the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere for carrying out the provisions of the Act, as amended, establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry, and related Acts; and the Secretary of Agriculture, upon application of any than headquarters. 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; collect and disseminate information concerning livestock and animal products; prepare and disseminate reports on animal industry; purchase in the open market samples of all tuberculin, Preparation, etc., of reports. |