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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 30-FEB. 16, 1938 Limitation on ex- penditure. 49 Stat. 1148-1151; 50 Stat. 329. 16 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 590s-590q. Deductions from payments or loans. County, etc. , c om - mittee personnel, names, etc., to be posted annually. Allotment of appro- priations. Title IV-Cotton pool participation trust certificates. Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p . 747. Secretary authorized to draw any part or all of sum; deposit under special symbol number. Sum available for cotton pool participa- tion trust certificates. Post, p . 204. (b) In the administration of this title, sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, and section 32, as amended, of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935, the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, for administra- tive expenses in the District of Columbia, including regional offices, shall not exceed 1 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out such Acts, and the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year for administrative expenses in the several States (not including the expenses of county and local committees) shall not exceed 2 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out such Acts. In the event any adminis- trative expenses of any county or local committee are deducted in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, from Soil Conservation Act payments, parity payments, or loans, each farmer receiving benefits under such provisions shall be apprised, in the form of a statement to accompany the check evidenc- ing such benefit payment or loan, of the amount or percentage deducted from such benefit payment or loan on account of such administrative expenses. The names and addresses of the members and employees of any county or local committee, and the amount of such compensation received by each of them, shall be posted annually in a conspicuous place in the area within which they are employed. ALLOTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS SEc. 393. All funds for carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be available for allotment to bureaus and offices of the Department, and for transfer to such other agencies of the Federal Government, and to such State agencies, as the Secretary may request to cooperate or assist in carrying out the provisions of this Act. TITLE IV-COTTON POOL PARTICIPATION TRUST CERTIFICATES SEC. 401. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $1,800,000 or so much thereof as may be required by the Secretary to accomplish the purposes hereinafter declared and authorized. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to, or upon the order of, the Secretary, such a part or all of the sum hereby authorized to be appropriated at the request of the Secretary. SEC. 402. The Secretary is hereby authorized to draw from the Treasury of the United States any part or all of the sum hereby authorized to be appropriated, and to deposit same to his credit with the Treasurer of the United States, under special symbol number, to be available for disbursement for the purposes hereinafter stated. SEO. 403. The Secretary is hereby authorized to make available, from the sum hereby authorized to be appropriated, to the manager of the cotton pool, such sum or sums as may be necessary to enable the manager to purchase, take up, and cancel, subject to the restric- tions hereinafter reserved, pool participation trust certificates, form C-5-I, where such certificates shall be tendered to the manager, cot- ton pool, by the person or persons shown by the records of the Department to have been the lawful holder and owner thereof on 70 [52 STAT.