55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 18T SESS.-CH. 267-JULY 1, 1941 of law in force on the date this Act takes effect is hereby increased by an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. WATER FACILITIES, ARID AND SEMIARID AREAS To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the pro- visions of the Act entitled "An Act to promote conservation in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States by aiding in the develop- ment of facilities for water storage and utilization, and for other purposes", approved August 28, 1937 (16 U. S . C . 590r-590x), includ- ing the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and the purchase, exchange, operation, and mainte- nance of passenger-carrying vehicles, $500,000, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 of this appropriation shall be available for expenditure for any one project designed in whole or in part to benefit lands by the irrigation thereof, and all project facilities and appurtenances which depend for their utility in whole or in part upon each other or upon any common facility shall be deemed one project, and the authority contained in said Act shall not be deemed to authorize the construction of any project not in accord with this limitation. 441 Development, etc. 50 Stat. 869. Proviso. Limitation on ex- penditure for any one project. COOPERATIVE FARM FORESTRY To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, approved May 18, 1937 (16 U. S . C . 568b), (not to exceed $600,000) and the provisions 0 Stat. 18 of sections 4 (not to exceed $100,000) and 5 (not to exceed $77,898) of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor", approved June 7, 1924 (16 U. S . C . 567-568), and Acts supplementary 43 Stat. 64 . thereto, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; not to exceed $7,700 for the purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles; the purchase of reference books and technical journals; not to exceed $30,000 for the construc- tion or purchase of necessary buildings and other improvements; in all, not to exceed $700,000: Provided,That no part of this appropria- teetoe., tion shall be expended in any State or Territory unless the State or tribution. Territory, or local subdivision thereof, or individuals, or associations contribute a sum equal to that to be allotted therefrom by the Govern- ment or make contributions other than money deemed by the Secre- tary of Agriculture to be the value equivalent thereof: Provided further, That any part of this appropriation allocated for the produc- Procurementof nur- tion or procurement of nursery stock by any Federal agency, or funds serystock. appropriated to any Federal agency for allocation to cooperating States for the production or procurement of nursery stock, shall remain available for expenditure for not more than three fiscal years: Provided further, That in carrying into effect the provisions of the Establishment of Cooperative Farm Forestry Act, no part of this appropriation shall ton. be used to establish new nurseries or to acquire land for the establish- ment of such new nurseries. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the pro- visions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, approved May 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S . C . 901-914), as follows: Salaries and expenses: For administrative expenses and expenses pf studies, investigations, publications, and reports including the sal- 49 Stat. 1363 Poe, p. 61.
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