Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/785

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 464-JUNE 16, 1938 Reproductions of photographs, etc. General administra- tive expenses. Proviso. Restriction. Soil and moisture conservationand land- use investigations. Operations, demon- strations, etc. Personal services, D.C . Vehicles. Conservation Service and for sale and distribution to other Govern- ment activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and han- dling), to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time addi- tional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured from the appro- priations chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, or equipment: Providedfurther, That reproductions of such aerial or other photographs, mosaics, and maps as shall be required in connec- tion with the authorized work of the Soil Conservation Service may be furnished at the cost of reproduction to Federal, State, county, or municipal agencies requesting such reproductions, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation; as follows: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $552,050: Provided, That no part of the money appro- priated in this paragraph shall be available for expenditure if any emergency or other appropriations are made available for adminis- trative expenses in administering the funds provided in regular appropriations to the Soil Conservation Service. Soil and moisture conservation and land-use investigations: For research and investigations into the character, cause, extent, history, and effects of erosion and soil and moisture depletion and methods for soil and moisture conservation, including construction, operation, and maintenance of experimental watersheds, stations, laboratories, plots, and installations, $1,510,601. Soil and moisture conservation operations, demonstrations, and information: For carrying out preventive measures to conserve soil and moisture, including such special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs, the establishment and operation of erosion nurseries, the making of conservation plans and surveys, and the dissemination of information, $21,462,349. Total, Soil Conservation Service, $23,525,000, of which not to exceed $1,734,636 may be expended for personal services in the Dis- trict of Columbia, and not to exceed $100,000 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. Conservation and CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND use of agricultural land resources. RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Administrative ex- To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Ptses1sta4. provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and ,6 U. Sg-.C .,s upp Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936 (16 U. S . C . Ante, p. 31. 590g-590q), and the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (except the making of payments pursuant to sections 303 and 381 and the provisions of titles IV and V), including the employ- ment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and else- Printing and bind- where; rent in the District of Columbia; printing and binding; g. purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and news- Sums reappropri- papers, $345,000,000, together with not to exceed $155,000,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriations made by the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, under the head "Payments for 49 Stat. 1116 . Agricultural Adjustment" (49 Stat. 1116), by section 12 (a), title 48 Stat. 38 . 7u.s.c.3612. I, of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of May 12, 1933 (7 U. S. C . 612), and by section 2 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 49Stat. 1183. 1937, approved March 19, 1936 (49 Stat. 1183), in all, not to exceed 744 [52 STAT.