Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 56 Part 1.djvu/585

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77TH CONG. , 2D SESS:--CH. 473-JULY 2, 1942 improvement, and for other purposes", approved February 18, 1929, as amended by title III of the Act approved June 15, 1935 (16 U. S . C . 7 15-715r), $79,240. In all, salaries and expenses, $4,661,570. MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION FUND For carrying into effect the provisions of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to supplement and support the Migratory Bird Conservation Act by providing funds for the acquisition of areas for use as migra- tory-bird sanctuaries, refuges, and breeding grounds, for developing and administering such areas, for the protection of certain migratory birds, for the enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and regulations thereunder, and for other purposes", approved March 16, 1934, as amended by an Act entitled "An Act to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934, and certain other Acts relating to game and other wildlife, administered by the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes", approved June 15, 1935 (16 U. S . C . 718-718h), an amount equal to the sum received during the fiscal year 1943 from the proceeds from the sale of stamps, to be war- ranted monthly; and in addition thereto an amount equal to the unobli- gated balance on June 30, 1942, of the total of the proceeds received from the sale of stamps prior to July 1, 1942. FEDERAL AID IN WILDLIFE RESTORATION For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes", approved September 2, 1937 (16 U. S . C. 669-669j), $1,250,000: Provided, That expendi- tures hereunder shall not exceed the aggregate receipts covered into the Treasury under the provisions of said Act. Total, Fish and Wildlife Service, $5,911,570, and in addition thereto funds made available under the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, of which amounts not to exceed $921,505 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $65,300 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia: Provided, That funds available for the work of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for the maintenance, repair and operation of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles; the installation and operation of telephones in Government-owned residences, apartments, or quarters occupied by employees of the Fish and Wildlife Service; books, periodicals, and newspapers (not to exceed $100), rubber boots, oilskins, first-aid outfits, and rations for officers and crews of vessels; for the expendi- ture from appropriations available for the purchase of lands of not to exceed $1 for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land; and for the employment, by contract or otherwise, of men with equipment, boats, work animals, animal-drawn and motor- propelled vehicles: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous expenses of the work of the Fish and Wildlife Service herein provided for shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects included within the general expenses of said Service, but no more than 10 per centum shall be added to any one item or appropriation: Provided further, That the Fish and Wildlife Service may exchange motor-propelled and horse-drawn vehicles, tractors, road equipment, boats, aircraft, typewriters, computing or duplicating machines, or 48 Stat. 1222; 49 Stat. 381. Administrative ex- penses. 48 Stat. 451. 49 Stat. 378. Receipts from sale ol stamps. 50 Stat. 917. 16U. S .C .,Snpp.I, 669g-1 . Proviso. Total, Fish and Wildlife Service. Personal services. Provisoa. Availability of funds Interchange of amounts. Exchange of vehi- cles, etc. 56 STAT.]