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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . I. Cii. 572 . 1928 . Fund for charges, et c. Claims for sto ra ge toss or damages . Services in the Dis- trict . Home Economics Bureau . General expenses. such changes thereof as he may find necessary ; to provide a fund for the payment of freight, express, drayage, and other charges and claims against the commodities accepted for storage, and to require reimbursement thereof with interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum under such rules as the Secretary of Agriculture may pre- scribe, and to remove, sell, or otherwise dispose of such commodities held as security for such payment when such reimbursement is not made when due, all reimbursement of such payments and all receipts from such disposition of commodities to be credited to such fund and to be reexpendable therefrom ; and to use such other means as the Secretary of Agriculture may find necessary for the proper occupancy and use by the Government and its tenants of said property, $96,250 : Provided, That not more than $500 may be used for the payment of claims for the loss of or damage to goods while in storage in Center Market that have accrued or may accrue at any time during the operation thereof by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe . Total, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, $5,568,280, of whi ch amount not to exceed $2,024,700 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMIC S SALARIES AND GENERAL EXPENSES offi ce iChief of Bureau, and For necessary expenses for general administrative pu rpos es, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $17,281 . Utilizing farm prod- To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the relative ucts in the home, etc' 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 to disseminate useful information on this subject, Emplo y ment of including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and labor. elsewhere, supplies, and all other necessary expenses, $120,000 . tr Services in the Dis- Total, Bureau of Home Economics, $137,281, of which amount not to exceed $12 7,00 0 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . Plant
Quarantine anControlAm Admin- PLAN T QU ARAN TINE AND CON TROL ADM INIS TRAT ION istration . SALARIES AND GENERAL EXPENSES Enforcing nursery To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the plant quarantine, etc . Vol. 37, pp. 315, 850. provisions of the plant quarantine Act of August 20, 1912 , as amended, and to conduct the other activities hereinafter authorized, independently or in cooperation with the States and other agencies, organizations, and indivi duals concerned, including nec essa ry expenses for s upplies and e quipment, ren t outside the District o f Columbia, and the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, as follows Chief of Administra- For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes tion, and office person- nel .
including the salary of chief of administration and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $68,610 . antines and Enforcing plant pl p revent ing
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For enforcement of foreign plant quarantines and to prevent the entry of Mexican cot- movement of cotton and cotton seed from Mexico into the United ton and. cottonseed . 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,
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