PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 464-JUNE 16, 1938 sonal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $46,880 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 Biological Survey. Salaries and ex- penses. General administra- tive expenses. Food habits of birds and animals. Fur resources inves- tigations. Biological investiga- tions. 45 Stat. 701. 16U.S.C. 581d. Reindeer, musk oxen, etc., in Alaska. Predatory animals, etc., control. Pocatello, Idaho, de- pot and laboratory. 49 Stat. 1913. 16 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 667. Protection of migra- tory birds. 40 Stat. 755; 49 Stat. 1556. 16U. .C.§§703- 711; Supp. III , 5§ 703- 709a. 39 Stat. 1702. Cooperation with local authorities. BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the employment of persons and means in the city of Washing- ton and elsewhere, including the purchase of printed bags, tags, and labels, without regard to existing laws applicable to public printing, and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations and carrying out the work of the Bureau, including cooperation with Federal, State, county, or other agencies or with farm bureaus, organizations, or individuals, 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, $110,000. Food habits of birds and animals: For investigating the food habits and economic value of North American birds and animals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry, including methods of conserving beneficial and controlling injurious birds and animals, $68,140. Fur resources investigations: For investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and cooperation in connection with the production and utilization of animals the pelts of which are used commercially for fur, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures, $91,000. Biological investigations: For biological investigations, including the relations, habits, geographic distribution, and migration of ani- mals and plants, and the preparation of maps of thelife zones, and including $30,738 for investigations of the relations of wild animal life to forests, under section 5 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (16 U. S . C . 581d), and for investigations, experiments, and demonstra- tions in the establishment, improvement, and increase of the reindeer industry and of musk oxen and mountain sheep in Alaska, including the erection of necessary buildings and other structures, $171,149. Control of predatory animals and injurious rodents: For investiga- tions, demonstrations, and cooperation in destroying animals injuri- ous to agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and wild game; and in protecting stock and other domestic animals through the suppression of rabies and other diseases in predatory wild ani- mals; and for construction, repairs, additions, and installations in and about the grounds and buildings of the game-management supply depot and laboratory at Pocatello, Idaho including purchase, trans- portation, and handling of supplies and materials for distribution from said depot to other projects, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved June 24, 1936 (16 U. S . C . 667), $650,000. Protection of migratory birds: For all necessary expenses for enforcing the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (16 U. S. C. 703-711), as amended by the Act of June 20, 1936 (16 U. S . C . 703-709a), to carry into effect the treaty with Great Britain for the protection of birds migrating between the United States and Canada (39 Stat., pt. 2, 1702), and the convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals; for cooperation with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds, and for necessary investigations connected therewith; for the enforcement of sections Vehicles. [52 STAT.
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