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73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 89. MARCH 26, 1934 .

495 ENFORCEMENT OF THE STANDARD CONTAINER, HA MPE R, AND PRODUCE AGENCY AC TS To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Act entitled "An Act to fix standards for Climax baskets for grapes and other fruits and vegetables, and to fix standards for baskets and ot her co ntaine rs for small fruit s, ber ries, a nd veg etable s, and for other purposes ", approved August 31, 1916 (U .S.C., title 15, sees. 251-256), the Act entitled "An Act to fix standards for hampers, round stave baskets, and splint baskets for fruits and vegetables, and for other purposes ", approved May 21, 1928 (U.S.C., Supp. VI, title 15, sets . 257-257i), and the Act entitled "An Act to prevent the de struct ion or dumpi ng, wi thout good a nd suff icient cause there for, of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants and others and to require them truly and correctly to account for all farm produce received by them ", approved March 3, 1927 (U .S.C ., Supp . VI, title 7, sets . 491-497), including the pur- chase of such perishable farm products as may be necessary for de tection o f violati ons of th e latter Act : Provided, That all receipts from the sale of such products shall be credited to this appropri- ation, and shall be reexpendable therefrom, and including the employment of such persons and means as the Secretary of Agricul- ture may deem necessary in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $29,035 . WOOL MARKETING STUDIES Not to exc eed $2 5,223 of the funds collec ted fr om per sons, firms, or corporations which handled any part of the wool clip of 1918, which the Secretary of Agriculture finds it impracticable to dis- tr ibute among woolgr owers, shall be de posited in th e Trea sury t o the credit of a special fund which is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year 1935 for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the appropriation for use by the Secretary of Agriculture of certain funds for wool standards, and for other purposes ", approved May 17, 1928 (U.S .C ., Supp . VI, title 7, sees. 415b-415d), including personal services and other neces- sary expenses in the District of Columbia and elsewhere . Total, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, $4,916,031, of which tr services amount not to exceed $1,861,856 may be expended for personal serv- ices in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $22,200 shall be available for the purchase of motor-prop elled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia . BUREAU OF HOME ECO NOMI CS SALARIES AND GENERAL EXPENSES General administrative expenses : For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $25,747 . Home-economics investigations : For con duct ing, eit her inde - pendently or in cooperation with other agencies, investigations of the relative 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 for disseminating useful information on this subje ct, i nclu ding trave l an d all othe r nec essa ry ex pense s, $152 .954 . Standard Container, Hamper, and Produce Agency Acts. En force ment ex- pen ses. Vol. 39, p. 673; Vol. 45, p. 685; Vol. 44, p. 1355. U.S.C., p. 377; Supp. VII, p.261. Purchase of perish- able products . P rov iso . Receipts from sales credited to appropriate fund. Wool marketing stud- ies. Fund cre ated f or, from collections of wool clip of 1918 . Use for s tandard izing wools . Vol. 45, p. 593. U.S.C.,Supp. VII, p 64. Vehicles . in the Dis- Home Economics Bureau . General expenses . Chief of bureau and office personnel . Home economics In- vestigations .