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73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 89. MARCH 26, 1934 . Procisns . Appraisement based on meat, etc ., value . Eradicating Euro- pean fowl pest . Vol.43,p.682 . Services in the Dis- trict. Vehicles . Dairy Industry Bu- reau . complied with all lawful quarantine regulations

Provided, That the

payment for animals hereafter purchased may be made on appraise- ment based on the meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any ani- mal shall exceed three times its meat or dairy value, and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the Secre- tary of Agriculture, the payment by the United States Government for any animals shall not exceed one half of any such appraisements Provided further, That the sum of $5,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $3,500,000, contained in the Second Defi- ciency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1924, approved December 5, 1924, for the eradication of the foot-and-mouth disease and other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, is hereby made avail- able during the f iscal y ear 193 5 to e nable t he Secr etary of Agri culture to control and eradicate the European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry . Total, Bureau of Animal Industry, $8,802,787, of which amount not to exceed $712,970 may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $48,480 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia . BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRY General expenses.

SAL ARIES AND GEN ERAL EX PENSES Inves tigat ions, p. 243. etc .

For carrying out the provisions of the Act approved May 29, 1924 U.S .C ., p.117 . (U.S.C., title 7, sees . 401-404), establishing a Bureau of Dairying, for salaries in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and for all other necessary expenses, as follows Chief of bureau, and office personnel . General administrative exhenses : For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of the chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $56,514 . Investigations, dem- onstrations, etc . Dairy investigations : For conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in dairy industry, cooperative investigations of the dairy industry in the various States, and inspection of renovated- butter factories, including repairs to buildings, not to exceed $5,000 for the construction of buildings, $503,348 . trServices in the Dis- Total, Bureau of Dairy Industry, $559,862, of which amount not to exceed $282,862 may be expended for personal services in the District of Co lumbia . Pla nt Ind ust ry Bu- reau. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY General expenses .

SALARIES AND GENERAL EXPENSES I nvest igati ng fr uits, plants, products, etc . For all necessary expenses in the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other plants and plant industries in cooperation with other branches of the department, the State experiment stations, and practical farmers, and for the erection of necessary farm build- P Lim roi s for btuldings' ings : Provided, That the cost of any building erected shall not exceed Field, etc ., expenses . $1,500 ; for field and station expenses, including fences, drains, and other farm improvements ; for repairs in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; for rent outside of the District of Columbia ; and for Employment of in- the employment of all investigators, local and special agents, agri- vestigators, etc.

cultural explorers, experts, clerks, illustrators, assistants, and all labor and othe r necessary e xpenses in th e city of Wash ington and