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72d CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 443 . JULY 7, 1932 .

645 Stat ., p . 261), and $5,960,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1933 by the Act approved May 5, Pr V"'08. 1930 : Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon the Apporti onment to approval of this Act, apportion and prorate among the several States, states, etc . Alaska, and Porto Rico, as provided in section 23 of said Federal Highway Act, the sum of $12,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, by the Act approved May 5, 1930 : Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall deemedFderal o proects blige. incur obligations, approve projects, or enter into contracts under his tic". apportionment and prorating of this authorization, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation on the part of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof : Provided further, That the total expe ndit ure s on acc ount of any Stat e or expenditure. on state Territory shall at no time exceed its authori zed apportionment Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the storage. rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the stor- age of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $2,500

Pro- vided f urther, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, the Al aska hlgb ways a expenditures on forest highways in Alaska from the amount herein appropriated or from similar appropriations heretofore made shall not exceed $350,000, and the apportionment for forest highways in Alaska from the sum of $12,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1933 shall be $350,000 . Th e app ropri ation of $8 00,00 0 for the c onstr uctio n on G overn ment Al0 amda 6nt Island, Island, Alameda, California, of buildings required by the Bureau of Public Roads and Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture Cons truction ex . and the Coast Guard of the Treasury Department, contained in the Act entitled "An Act making supplemental appr opriations for the t. A propria tion co n- fisc al y ears end ing June 30, 1931 and June 30, 1932 ," a ppro ved Vol.4e,p.idea. March 4, 1931, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year Post, p. 14W' 1933 . SEC . 2. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions cenienni9orld' Fa ir of the Act entitled "An Act providing for the participation of the bration. United States in A Century of Progress (the Chicago World's Fa ir pe Pa rrti cipat ion ex . Cente nnial Celeb ratio n), t o be held a t Chi cago, Illin ois, in 19 33, authorizing an approp riation therefor, and fo r other purposes," approved February 8, 1932, and for each and every object thereof, An,,, p . 89. and within the limits of cost specified therein, to be immediately availab le and t o remain availabl e until June 30, 1934, $ 1,000,00 0 . SEC . 3 . No appropriation under the Department of Agric ulture al Qacancies not to be available during the fiscal years 1932 and/or 1933 shall be used after the date of the approval of this Act to pay the compensation of an incumbent appointed to any position under the Federal Government which is vacant on the date of the approval of this Act or to any such position which may become vacant after such date : Provided, Ess~eniel,temporary, That this inhibition shall not apply (a) to absolutely essential ate., positions exempt . p ositions the filling of which may be authorized or approved in writing by the President of the nited States, either individually or in groups, or (b) to temporary, emergency, seasonal, and coopera- tive positions . The appropriations or portions of appropri ations Unexpended sums unexpended by the operation of this section shall not be used for any covered in . other purposes but shall be impounded and returned to the Treasury and a report of all such vacancies, the number thereof filled, and Report to Congress . the amou nts unex pen ded, for the per iod betw een the date of the approval of this Act and October 31, 1932, shall be submitted to Congress on the first day of the next regulai session : Provided, E Lion. That such impounding of funds may be waived in writing by the