536 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 185. 1922. ,,§Vd§*·“” *“'*$’“"* EXPERIMENTS IN DAIRYING AND Ltvm-sT0oK PBODUUIION IN SEMLARID AND BRIGATED DISTRIUIS or THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.
°m¤$:iE To enable the Secret of Agriculture to conduct investigations
"‘°“‘““‘* gud experimlents in prgulilems connected with liihe establiishmeint of a1ry1n` g an meat-pro uction enterprises on the semiari an irrigated lands of the western United States, including the purchase of ve stock and the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $40,000. Woodward, Okla. FIELD STATION, WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA. m¤iiii°1ii°t%€•ia sm For the establishment in connection with the Woodward, Okla- °*°‘ homa, Field Station of a live-stock department, through which exeriments and demonstrations in live—stock breeding, growing, and Feeding, including both beef and dairy animals, may be made, $6,500, of which sum the Secretagy is hereby authorized to use not exceeding $500 for the purpose o building additional sheds, stalls, and pens for the protection and care of said animals. P E mma` PASSENGEB—CAnRY1NG VEHICLES. 1p$iii)`;¤`§°¤p;iiir%pni: That not to exceed $95,000 of the lump—sum appropriations “°“°‘ herein made for the De artment of Agriculture shall liie available for the purchase, mainlienance, repair, and operation of motorpropelled and horse—drawn passengencarrying vehicles necessary in PWM the conduct of the field work o the Department of Agriculture Purdmse ma use outside the District of Columbia: Promkled, That not to exceed mlm $20,000 of this amount shall be ex ended for the urchase of such vehicles, and that such vehicles shall be used only iiir official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the con- Repm 0, expmdg tinued use for official service of motor trucks in the District of tures- Columbia: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, on the first day of each regular session of Congress, make a report to Congress showing the amount expended under the provisions of this paragraph during the preceding fiscal year. ¤.¤iC;:Lt1§i°mdis°°°°°‘ E1z.ADIcAT10N or 1·‘ooT-AND-MOUTH AND ommn CONTAGIOUS DISEASES or AN"mALs. Emageucy s ¤¤¤¤¤¤f¤r¤¤di<=i)*i)ii'¤; In case of an emergency arising out of the existence of foot-and-· mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious disease o animals which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, threatens the live-stock industry of the country, he may expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000, w ich sum is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof hmm, O, cum, as he determines to be necessary, in the arrest and eradication of aivtzeeimals dwrmyedy any such disease, including the payment of claims growing out of ` past and future Bgirchases and destruction, in cooperation with the tates, of anim affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any suc disease, wherever found and irrespective of ownership, under like or substantially similar circum- P,,,,,,_,,,,_ stances, when such owner has complied with all lawful quarantine vB·?\yé>r·i¤¤¤¤¤¢ ¤f regulations: Prolmlled, That the_ payment for animals hereafter ` purchased may be made on appraisement based on the meat, dairy, or breeding va ue, but in case of a praisement based on breeding value no afppraisement of any animal glial] exceed three times its meat or aa.} value, and except in case of an extraordin emergency, to be etermined by the Secretary of Agiiculturejutyhe payment by ensxpeqasa mmm the United States Government for any anima.l shall not exceed one- ""$§§{’§§"{,’{‘$5_ half of any such appraisements: Provided further, That so much of the appropriation of $2,500,000 made by the Agricultural Appropriation Act of March 4, 1915, for the fiscal year ending June 30,
