Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/770

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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS. - CH. 464-JUNE 16, 1938 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U. S. C. 513-519, 521), including the transfer to the Office of the Solicitor of such funds for the employment by that office of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere as may be necessary in connection with the acquisition of such lands, $3,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $112,500 of the sum appropriated in this paragraph may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia. For the acquisition of land in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to facilitate the control of soil erosion and/or flood damage originating upon lands within the exterior boundaries of the Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah", approved August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 866), not to exceed $50,000 from the entire receipts from the sale of natural resources or occupancy of public land within said national forests for the fiscal year 1938. Total, Forest Service, $19,560,400, of which amount not to exceed $57,915 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, and in addition thereto there is authorized for expenditure from funds provided for carry- ing out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (23 U. S . C. 21, 23), not to exceed $7,087 for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for use by the Forest Service in the construction and maintenance of national-forest roads. BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY AND SOILS SALARIES AND EXPENSES For investigations, experiments, and demonstrations hereinafter authorized, independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Department of Agriculture, other departments or agencies of the Federal Government, States, State agricultural experiment stations, universities and other State agencies and institutions, counties, municipalities, business, or other organizations and corporations, individuals, associations, and scientific societies, including the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Wash- ington and elsewhere; and for erection, alteration, and repair of buildings outside the District of Columbia at a total cost not to exceed $5,000, as follows: 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, $90,200. Agricultural chemical investigations: For conducting the investi- gations contemplated by the Act of May 15, 1862 (5 U. S . C. 511, 512), relating to the application of chemistry to agriculture; for the biological, chemical, physical, microscopical, and technological investigation of foods, feeds, drugs, plant and animal products, and substances used in the manufacture thereof; for investigations of the physiological effects and for the pharmacological testing of such products and of insecticides; for the investigation and development of methods for the manufacture of sugars, sugar sirups and starches and the utilization of new agricultural materials for such purposes; for the technological investigation of the utilization of fruits and vegetables and for frozen pack investigations; for the investigation of chemicals for the control of noxious weeds and plants; and to 729 Additional forest lands. Acquisition, under Conservation Act. 36 Stat. 961. 16 U.S. C. §. 513- 519, 521. Proviso. Personal services, D.C . Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah. Soil erosion control, etc. 49 Stat. 866 . Vehicles, field work. 42 Stat. 217. 23U.S.C. §21,23. Bureau of Chemis- try and Scils. Salaries and ex- penses. Investigations, dem- onstrations, etc. Personal services. General administra- tive expenses. Agricultural chem- ical investigations. 12 Stat. 387. 5 U.S . C . 11,11512. Biological, etc., in- vestigations. Investigation, etc. , of methods of sugar manufacture, etc.