Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 2.djvu/566

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526 SIXTY—NINTH ooivcanss. Sess. 1. cu. 286. une. G°°”*‘°’P°‘*=°- ommnsn nxrrmsns, rnnnnan HORTICULTURAL mann ~§m¤1°’°°*·$¤¤¤“°*‘· For salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Washing- ` ton and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, traveling expenses, rent out- side; tif the District of Columbia, and for allvother necessary expenses, as 0 ows: · E”‘°'°*“ ”“"°" To enable the Secrets of A `culture to ca into effect the piirtidsufbidailixl- provisions of the Act of xxugust 50: 1912, as ameyed entitled “An Act to regulate the importation of nursery stock and other plants and plant products; to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to estab- lish and maintain quarantine districts for plant diseases and insect pests; to and regulate the movement of fruits, plants, and M?_gg:¤gg¤g•£¤&* vegetables therefrom, an for other purposes "; to pxrevent the move- eeamseax. ment of cotton and cotton seed from Mexico into t e United States, including the regulation of the entry into the United States of railway cars an other vehicles, and freight, express, bagga , or other materials from Mexico ‘ andthe inspection, cleaning, amfg'5 disinfection thereof; to inspect, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, domestic fresh fruits, vegetables, and s6eds,'and nursery stock and other vents for roggation, when offered for export, and to certify to s ippers and) in rested arties as`to the of suchkpr ucts from injuriousplant diseases and insect pests, according the sanitary requirements of foreign countries, and to make suc reasonable charges and to use such means %· ,m,m,,,g_ as may benecessary to accomplishi this olgect: Provéied, That any stage gtscepcsiwdin moneys received in payment of charges xed by the _Secretar1YI of °h° "“°"’ Agriculture on account of such cleaning and d1sinfect1on at p nts constructed therefor out of any appropriation made on account of the ink bollworm of cotton and such inspection and certification shall ge covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, $425,000. ootptiif b°u'°°° °l msnxoxrxon or rmx nonmvonar a¢i;§i»°i¤ri°°¤?g12rif¤'§‘id` To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the emergency caused by the existence o the pink bollworm of cotton in Mexico, and to prevent the establishment of such insect in the United States { by the employment of all meansnecessary, including rent outside of the District of Columbia and the employment of persons and means

  1. in the cig; of Washington and elsewhere, $300,000 as follows:

M§g°°g§§‘§;t;2,m§'z§;,§ To m e surveys to determine the actual distribution of the pink mz. ew. bollworm in Mexico and to exterminate local infestations in Mexico near the border of the United States, in ooo ration with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities ‘§860; m{{}"°°“°“”*‘°' °°°‘ fa To inveitigate in Mggigpm or elsewhere the pink bollworm as a basis or contro measures, , ; 1 ,,§‘*{;°{,’,;,,§,'_i,°*g°,§‘,§,‘g¥· To conduct surveys and inspections in Texas or in any other State ' to detlect mybipifleeltation End to coprcggct such control measures, inlelug- ` t e esta is ent o cotton- areas, in cooperation wit t e 1§€.te of Texas or other States concerned, as may be necessary to stamp out such infestation, to establish in cooperation with the ., States concernedpa zone or zones free from cotton culture on or near M§§§§’,?;$,§{,‘;‘§,,,Z,;’{,*§ the border of any State or States adjacent to Mexico, and to cooper- ¤¤=¤·¤¤¤¤¤¤<>¤· ate with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, or otherwise, by undertaking in Mexico such measures for the extermi- nation of the pink bollworm of cotton as shall be determined to be

mm,m_ practicable from surveys showing its distribution, $286,140: Pro-

ummuz. vided, That not to exceed $200,000 maybe available for reimburse- ment to cotton-growing States, for expensesiincurred b them in connection with losses due to enforced nonproduction ofy cotton in certain zones in the manner and upon the terms and conditions set