1318 sixTr-sEvEN*rH ooivcnnss. Sess. rv. GH. 119. 1923. °,<j_£*;;•g*s¤¤¤ diS¤•=¤* nnanroarron or FOOT·AND·MOUTH Arm orman couraerous nrsnasns or Ammms. m *{§é In case of an emergency arising out of the existence of foot·anddesignated- mouth disease, rinderpest, contafgious pleuropneumoma, or other contagious or infectious disease 0 animals which, in the opmion 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 rn the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000, which sum is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as he determines to be necessary, in the arrest and eradication of any ,°,’°,,,,Y'}_,':,§, such disease, including the payment of claims growing out of past •¤¤- and future purchases and destruction, in cooperation with the States, of animals aifected 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 regula- _{’,§';',‘}°{;,,,,,,_,,,,,, M tions: 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 Sleicretary of Agriculture, the payment by the United States Government for any animal shall not exceed one-half ,,P““"“‘°yg',‘}_°”1““°° of any such appraisements: Pmmklcd further, That so much of the ‘F§g§i1;·“*5· appropriation of $2,500,000 made by the Agricultural Appropriation Act of March 4, 1915, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, for the arrest and eradication of foot—and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious leuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious disease of anim5s, as remains unexpended at the close of the fiscal year 1923, is hereby reappropriated and made available for expenditure during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for the objects mentioned in said apprplpriation Act, including necessary investigations to determine w e er said diseases have been completely eradicated in dis— tricts where they previously existed. seiiiiy www M r:aAmcA·r1oN or rmx eonnwonu. .a%{'m¥°¤XxZ£’t°ii°§?d° To enable the Secretar of Agriculture to meet the emergenc . F . . . Y 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 means necessary, includin rent outside " of the District of Columbia and the employment 0% persons and coopumon wm, means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $411,400, as follows: Mexico in ¤:mm1¤¤:· To make surveys to determine the actual distribution of the pink
- °°'°t°‘ bollworm in Mexico and to exterminate local infestations in Mexico
near the border of the United States, in cooperation with the Mexi~ I I M can Government or local Mexican authorities, $8,000; mae. To investigate in Mexico or elsewhere the pink bollworm as a , im basis for control measures, $5,000; §‘m’ 'ue cmd To conduct surveys and inspections in Texas or in any other State to detect any infestation and to conduct such control measures, including the establishment of cotton-free areas, in cooperation with the State of Texas or other States concerned, as may be necessary to stamp out such infestation, to establish in cooperation with c,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, ¤_ the States concerned a zone or zones free from cotton culture on ¤¤¤¤¤¤·¤f¤1¢¤i¤¤- or near the border of an State or States adjacent to Mexico, and to cooperate with the aiexican Govemment or local Mexican authorities, or otherwise lag undertaking in Mexico such measures for- the extermination of e pink bollworm of cotton as shall be
